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ITU graduates teach AI to turn designs into code – and land international investment

Entrepreneurship artificial intelligence startups apps

30 May, 2018

Three ITU graduates have founded Uizard, a startup aiming to make it easy for anyone to build apps or websites. The company has secured $800,000 in funding from a group of investors and received international media attention– before even launching their product.

Digital payments create new opportunities for unbanked Indonesians

Business IT Department Research Blockchain fintech

17 May, 2018

In Indonesia, the majority of the population do not have bank accounts or credit cards. The use of digital payment methods, however, is rapidly increasing. In her PhD project, Sunniva Sandbukt investigates how a digital economy and blockchain-based currencies could come to benefit ordinary citizens.

New startup leads tourists to local spots in Copenhagen

Entrepreneurship apps ITU Business Development startups

15 May, 2018

Three ITU students have developed Motes, a web app that provides location-based tips for alternative sights in Copenhagen.

BuILD lab gives students a unique opportunity

Business IT Department Collaborations student life

14 May, 2018

ITU's Business Innovation Lab (BuILD) has arranged a Scrum Master Certification Course for MSc students at ITU, in collaboration with Implement Consulting Group. The course has given students concrete competencies that they can undoubtedly use in their future work life.

What can we learn from the Facebook data scandal?

Business IT Department Digital Design Department social media privacy Aske Kammer Brit Ross Winthereik Irina Shklovski

7 May, 2018

The Cambridge Analytica scandal where data from 87 million Facebook users was abused has raised concerns and debate about the implications of sharing personal data with global tech companies. Here, three ITU researchers reflect on what we can learn from the scandal.

Mads Tofte is leaving the ITU at the end of the year

About ITU Mads Tofte

30 April, 2018

Vice Chancellor Mads Tofte is leaving his position when his fixed-term appointment expires at the end of the year.

98% of ITU research is freely available online

Research About ITU

25 April, 2018

The IT University of Copenhagen is the leading Danish university when it comes to using Open Access for scientific publications.

CAST IT: Verifying one million digits of Pi

Research software Thore Husfeldt cast IT

19 April, 2018

In this podcast, Thore Husfeldt talks to Yves Bertot, a leading researcher on correctness of software and the verification of mathematical proofs.

What happens when the boundaries between play and labour collapse?

Computer Science Department Research

16 April, 2018

The concept of playbour, a contraction of play and labour, is central when looking at how to hold on to participants in online Collaborative Commons, and create a form of sustainability, says Giacomo Poderi. He is a postdoc at the IT University of Copenhagen, who, in a new project, is studying participants’ subjective experiences in the commons.

ITU team honoured for research paper on SSDs

Computer Science Department Research data storage Philippe Bonnet

5 April, 2018

Professor Phillippe Bonnet and his former PhD students Matias Bjørling and Javier Gonzalez were honoured for their work on Solid State Drives (SSDs) at the 9th Annual Non-Volatile Memories Workshop hosted by the University of California, San Diego.

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