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Research suggests that predictive modelling is not a good replacement for caseworkers’ assessment at job centres

e-government Business IT Department Research digitization artificial intelligence

April 22, 2021

Using artificial intelligence to predict long term unemployment among welfare seekers can be problematic in practice. That is the conclusion drawn in a new research article entitled “We Would Never Write That Down”: Classifications of Unemployed and Data Challenges for AI published in the proceedings of the ACM on HCI (PACM HCI), as part of the leading international conference on computer supported cooperative work (CSCW 2021).

Public digitalisation: Citizens' need for informal IT support will be studied in new research project

e-government Business IT Department Research digitization grants

March 8, 2021

As a part of the digitalisation of the public sector, citizens are required to handle more tasks themselves in the contact with governmental institutions and authorities. This is not equally easy for everybody and many people need help. But where can they find that support? A new research project at the IT University of Copenhagen’s Center for Digital Welfare is going to investigate informal welfare work in the digitized state.

Oxford University's Bent Flyvbjerg and ITU establish IT programme management research collaboration

e-government Collaborations Computer Science Department Research Peter Sestoft Jens Schmidt

September 25, 2020

The Oxford Major Programme Management research group starts collaboration with the ITU Research Centre for Government IT. The collaboration will, among other things, investigate the performance of IT projects.

Bent Flyvbjerg to be awarded ITU’s first honorary doctorate

e-government Computer Science Department Research Collaborations

September 1, 2020

Bent Flyvbjerg, Professor and Academic Lead of Oxford University’s research and education programmes in Major Programme Management, is known for his groundbreaking research in the management of large-scale projects, including in the field of IT. The IT University of Copenhagen is the youngest of Denmark’s eight universities, and specialized in research and higher education in IT.

DKK 6 million for research on the effects of public digitization

e-government Business IT Department Research grants digitization Brit Ross Winthereik Vasilis Galis

October 9, 2019

Researchers at the IT University of Copenhagen have received a DKK 6 million grant from the VELUX Foundation for a research project that will investigate the effects of digitization in law enforcement, the health care system, primary schools and municipal administrations.

ITU launches research center for digital welfare

e-government Business IT Department Computer Science Department Digital Design Department Research Brit Ross Winthereik digitization

September 30, 2019

We know too little about the consequences of comprehensive digitization of the welfare society. Now, a new interdisciplinary research center at ITU will investigate the effects of public digital solutions and create a basis for ensuring that public digitization aligns with the values of the welfare society.

New ITU professor: "We should be careful not to get dumber as technology gets smarter"

e-government Business IT Department Research Brit Ross Winthereik digitization big data

January 10, 2018

Brit Ross Winthereik has been appointed Professor of Science & Technology Studies at the IT University of Copenhagen from January 1, 2018. In her research, she investigates how we build and use IT infrastructures – and she warns against letting the technologies and platforms we have already built limit our imaginations.

New research center at ITU will contribute to better public IT

e-government Research Collaborations digitization

November 21, 2017

In collaboration with the Danish Agency for Digitisation, the IT University in Copenhagen is establishing a research center that will provide knowledge about public IT systems development and operation. The research center is part of the Danish government's new IT strategy.

Making case management effective, flexible and transparent

e-government Thomas Hildebrandt Computer Science Department Research Collaborations grants

October 5, 2017

Digital case management systems should become more intelligent and flexible so that both case workers and clients are provided better and more transparent service, despite the increasingly complex legislation. Innovation Fund Denmark invests DKK 16 million in the research project Ecoknow, which links technology and practice of adaptive case management.

USA: Virginia ditches DRE voting machines after ITU researcher’s hack

e-government Carsten Schürmann Computer Science Department Research democracy IT security

September 12, 2017

In July 2017 associate professor at the IT University of Copenhagen, Carsten Schürmann made the headlines in the international media with a hack that demonstrated the vulnerabilities of the DRE voting machines used in the U.S. elections. Now these voting machines are decertified in the state of Virginia.

ITU researcher’s hack of a US voting machine makes headlines around the world

e-government Carsten Schürmann Computer Science Department Research algorithms democracy digitization innovation IT security management

August 1, 2017

Carsten Schürmann, Associate Professor at the IT University of Copenhagen, hacked an American WINVote machine at DEF CON, one of the world's largest hacker conventions. The hack has now been receiving a lot attention in some of the worlds most influential media.

The IT University of Copenhagen invites Danish leaders to get digitally upgraded

e-government Dr. Alexander Richter Collaborations Research Entrepreneurship Business IT Department Professional education business career innovation management

June 23, 2017

Are you a leader and do you want to make your business sustainable in the digital age? If yes, you can become part of the Innovation for Leadership project (I4L) at the IT University of Copenhagen (ITU). Participation is free.

KMD uses new technology from ITU to give flexibility to government knowledge workers

e-government Research Collaborations Computer Science Department Thomas Hildebrandt

June 2, 2017

The digitalization of knowledge work goes more smoothly with a new software technology developed by researchers from the IT University and Exformatics. Workers get more flexible workflows and support to complete tasks. The IT company KMD is now implementing the technology in a case-management system widely used by government agencies.

New project accompanies Danish business leaders on their way towards the digital economy

e-government Dr. Alexander Richter Business IT Department Collaborations Professional education Research awards business career grants innovation ITU Business Development management

April 20, 2017

Danish leaders need more knowledge about the impacts of digitalization if their businesses are to be competitive. The Danish Industry Foundation has recently decided to fund a research project at the IT University of Copenhagen. “Innovation4Leadership” (I4L) aims to equip organizational leaders for the upcoming challenges related to the digital economy.

Industrial PhD from ITU wins award at eGovernment conference

e-government Research Industrial PhD awards

September 9, 2015

Christian Østergaard Madsen, Industrial PhD student at the IT University, has won ‘Outstanding Paper’ at the EGOV 2015 conference about digital public administration. The winning paper is about citizens’ choice of forms of contact with public authorities.

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