PhD Defences 2020

Rosemary Lee, 9 December, at 2 PM
Location: Online via Zoom Video Conferencing. Pre-registration is required (see below).
Thesis: "Machine Learning and Notions of the Image”
Examination Committee:
Associate Professor Hans-Joachim Backe, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Chair)
Associate Professor Taina Bucher, University of Oslo, Norway
Professor Lev Manovich, City University of New York (CUNY), USA
Supervisors:
Principal supervisor Associate Professor Laura Beloff
Co-supervisor Professor Sebastian Risi
Pre-registration:
Registration closed on 7 December 2020 at 3 PM. Upon registration, you will receive an invitation with a link to join the online defence no later than the work day before the defence.

Christoph Müller-Bloch, 2 November, at 1 PM
Location: Online via Zoom Video Conferencing. Pre-registration is required (see below).
Thesis: "Governance in the Age of Blockchain”
If you wish to see a copy of the PhD thesis, please contact phdsupport@itu.dk.
Examination Committee:
Associate Professor Oliver Krancher, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Chair)
Associate Professor Juho Lindman, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Professor Tim Weitzel, University of Bamberg; Germany
Supervisor:
Professor Roman Beck, IT University of Copenhagen
Pre-registration:
Registration closed on 29 October 2020 at 3 PM. Upon registration, you will receive an invitation with a link to join the online defence no later than the work day before the defence.

Tiemo Thiess, 26 October, at 1 PM
Location: Online via Zoom Video Conferencing. Pre-registration is required (see below).
Thesis: "Designing Artificial Intelligence Systems for B2B Aftersales Decision Support”
Examination Committee:
Associate Professor Oliver Krancher, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Chair)
Professor Iris Junglas, College of Charleston, USA
Professor Guido Schryen, Paderborn University; Germany
Supervisor(s):
Principal Supervisor: Dr. Oliver Müller, IT University of Copenhagen
Company Supervisor: Oliver Mühlich, MAN Energy Solutions Company
Pre-registration:
Registration closed on 22 October 2020 at 3 PM. Upon registration, you will receive an invitation with a link to join the online defence no later than the work day before the defence.

Michael Hockenhull, 7 October, at 1 PM

Location: Online via Zoom Video Conferencing. Pre-registration is required (see below).
Thesis: "Speculative Relations: Data and Digitalization Work in the Danish Public‐Private Tech Sector"
Examination Committee:
Associate Professor Baki Cakici, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Chair)
Associate Professor Nanna Thylstrup, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Reader in Design and Social Science, Director CISP, Alex Wilkie, Goldsmiths University of London, UK
Supervisors:
Associate Professor Marisa Cohn
Pre-registration:
Registration is closed on 5 October 2020 at 3 PM. Upon registration, you will receive an invitation with a link to join the online defence no later than the work day before the defence.

Adam Alami, 24 August, at 4:30 PM
Location: Online via Zoom Video Conferencing. Pre-registration is required (see below).
Thesis: "The Social, Organizational and Disciplinary Aspects of Quality in Free and Open Source Software Communities"
Examination Committee:
Associate Professor Maria Passivaara, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Chair)
Professor Margaret-Anne Storey, University of Victoria, Canada
Associate Professor Alexander Serebrenik, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Supervisors:
Principal supervisor Professor Andrzej Wąsowski
Co-supervisor Associate Professor Marisa Cohn
Pre-registration:
Registration is closed on 20 August 2020 at 3 PM. Upon registration, you will receive an invitation with a link to join the online defence no later than the workday before the defence.

Jannik Friberg Lindegaard, 7 August, at 1 PM
Location: Online via Zoom Video Conferencing. Pre-registration is required (see below)
Thesis: "Parallax Machines: An Ethnography on Artificial Life in the Real World"
Examination Committee:
Associate Professor Rachel Douglas-Jones, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Chair)
Professor, Cathrine Hasse, Aarhus University, Denmark
Associate Professor Richard Harper, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
Supervisor:
Associate Professor Lars Rune Christensen
Pre-registration:
Registration is closed on 5 August 2020 at 3 PM. Upon registration, you will receive an invitation with a link to join the online defence no later than the workday before the defence.

Cathrine Seidelin, 29 June, at 4 PM
Location: Online via Zoom Video Conferencing. Pre-registration is required (see below).
Thesis: "Towards a Co-design Perspective on Data: Foregrounding Data in the Design and Innovation of Data-based Services"
Examination Committee:
Associate Professor Lene Nielsen, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Chair)
Distinguished Research Staff Member, Dr. Jeanette Blomberg, IBM Almaden Research Center, USA
Associate Professor, Dr. Vincenzo D'Andrea, University of Trento, Italy
Supervisors:
Principal supervisor Professor Yvonne Dittrich
Co-supervisor Associate Professor Erik Grönvall
Industry supervisor Henrik Amdi Madsen
Pre-registration:
Registration is closed on 25 June 2020 at 3 PM. Upon registration, you will receive an invitation with a link to join the online defence no later than the workday before the defence.

Ida Kathrine Hammeleff Jørgensen, 26 June, at 2:00 PM
Location: Online via Zoom Video Conferencing. Pre-registration is required (see below).
Thesis: "Games as representational artifacts: A media-centered analytical approach to representation in games"
Examination Committee:
Associate Professor Hans Joachim Backe, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Chair)
Associate Professor Adrienne Shaw, Temple University, USA
Associate Professor Seth Giddings, University of Southampton, England
Supervisor:
Professor Espen Aarseth
Pre-registration: 
Registration is closed on 24 June 2020 at 3 PM. Upon registration, you will receive an invitation with a link to join the online defence no later than the workday before the defence. 

Joleen Blom, 19 June, at 1:00 PM
Location: Online via Zoom Video Conferencing. Pre-registration is required (see below).
Thesis: "The Dynamic Game Character: Definition, Construction, and Challenges in Character Ecology"
Examination Committee:
Associate Professor Martin Pichlmair, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Chair)
Professor Akinori Nakamura, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto
Associate Professor Rachael Hutchinson, University of Delaware, USA
Supervisor:
Professor Espen Aarseth
Pre-registration:
Registration is closed on17 June 2020 at 3 PM. Upon registration, you will receive an invitation with a link to join the online defence no later than the workday before the defence.

Obaida Hanteer, 11 June, at 1:00 PM
Location: Online via Zoom Video Conferencing. Pre-registration is required (see below).
Thesis: "A Practical and Critical Look at the Problem of Community Discovery in Multi-layer Networks"
Examination Committee:
Associate Professor Barbara Plank, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Chair)
Professor Vito Latora, University of London, England
Dr. Luca Aiello, Nokia Bell Labs, England
Supervisor:
Associate Professor Luca Rossi, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Co-supervisor:
Professor Irina Shklovski, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Pre-registration:
Registration is closed on 9 June 2020 at 3 PM.Registered participants will receive an invitation with a link to join the online defence no later than the workday before the defence.

Sarah Homewood, 8 June, at 1:00 PM
Location: Online via Zoom Video Conferencing. Pre-registration is required (see below).
Thesis: "The Body is Not a Neutral Design Space: How Designers Can Use Feminist and Phenomenological Theory When Defining the "Self" in Self-tracking"
Examination Committee:
Associate Professor Jonas Fritsch, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Chair)
Professor Kristina Höök, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Associate Professor Daniela Rosner, University of Washington, USA
Supervisor:
Associate Professor Anna Vallgårda, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Co-supervisors:
Associate Professor Marisa Cohn, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Associate Professor Madeline Balaam, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Pre-registration:
Registration is closed on 4 June 2020 at 3 PM. Registered participants will receive an invitation with a link to join the online defence no later than the workday before the defence.

Ruth Sørensen, 27 January, at 1:00 PM
Location: Aud. 1
Thesis: "What we talk about when we talk about auditory experiences: A holistic tool for describing and evaluating auditory user experiences"
Examination Committee:
Associate Professor Jonas Fritsch, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Chair)
Associate Professor Morten Breinbjerg, Aarhus University, Denmark
Professor Karmen Franinović, Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland
Supervisor:
Associate Professor Gitte Bang Stald

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