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AI driven job matching has a bias problem, new ITU research tackles the issue

Toine Bogers Collaborations Computer Science Department Research algorithms artificial intelligence diversity ethics

7 May, 2024

Algorithms are far from objective. In a new three-year industry partnership with Jobindex, ITU Associate Professor Toine Bogers and Postdoc Mesut Kaya will work to develop job and candidate recommendation algorithms that take multi-sided fairness into account.

Why digital data from our eyes will have significant implications for better or for worse

Dan Witzner Hansen Research Computer Science Department Collaborations wearables

3 May, 2024

Professor at the IT University, Dan Witzner Hansen, has spent the most of his career researching how we collect and utilize data from our eyes. Now, he is a partner in the EU project, Eyes4ICU, which he hopes will be the fundation of the next generation of researchers in the field.

ITU researchers secure EU funding for research in digital agriculture and affective gaming

Elisa Mekler Steffen Dalsgaard Business IT Department Research Digital Design Department Climate IT computer games green IT

15 April, 2024

Professor Steffen Dalsgaard and Assistant Professor Elisa Mekler have collectively secured almost half a million euros from the Marie Sklodowska Curie Programme to fund two postdocs working on projects in digital agriculture and affective gaming.

Professor Sami S. Brandt’s research in audio-visual computing began with a love of music

Sami Brandt Computer Science Department Professor portrait

18 March, 2024

On 11 April at 15:00, newly minted professor of the Computer Science Department at IT University in Copenhagen, Sami S. Brandt will present his inaugural lecture in Auditorium 0 at IT University of Copenhagen.

InnoCollab takes on innovation projects after Open Entrepreneurship

About ITU Collaborations Entrepreneurship Research business

5 March, 2024

Since 2017, Peter Ibsen and Nikolaj Oppermann have built a bridge between ITU's researchers and the business world via the Open Entrepreneurship programme. The project, which was completed at the turn of the year, has been such a success that the IT University has launched an innovation unit, InnoCollab, to continue the work.

ITU researcher secures Carlsberg Foundation grant for query optimisation

Computer Science Department awards Zoi Kaoudi artificial intelligence

20 February, 2024

Associate Professor Zoi Kaoudi from IT University’s Computer Science Department has secured approximately five million kroner for research in query optimisation.

Jens Christian Godskesen is stepping down as prorector 1 August 2024

Jens Christian Godskesen About ITU

31 January, 2024

Jens Christian Godskesen will be resigning his position as prorector on 1 August 2024. Jens Christian will be returning to a position as associate professor at the Computer Science Department to resume his research career.

Grant: ITU researcher working for transparency in training data for AI

Anna Rogers Computer Science Department Research algorithms artificial intelligence grants

24 January, 2024

Assistant Professor at IT University of Copenhagen’s Computer Science Department, Anna Rogers, has just secured a prestigious 940 000-euro Villum Young Investigator grant for a research project aimed at developing new methods for identifying references to language model training data.

ITU researcher part of Horizon Europe project to make urban mobility sustainable

Michael Szell Computer Science Department Research algorithms diversity

23 January, 2024

Together with 31 partners from 15 countries Associate Professor Michael Szell will run a new urban mobility project implementing innovative mobility strategies in 12 cities for the next four years.

New mentorship programme provides ITU graduates with role models in the games industry

Digital Design Department Education computer games diversity career

18 January, 2024

A new women’s mentorship programme for students in ITU’s Games MSc aims to provide graduating students with role models in the games industry. We spoke to Games student Saskia Joanna Rauhut and her mentor, Executive Technical Producer at IO Interactive, Cristina Vega, about the importance of representation and career paths in the industry.

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