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ITU receives two Danish Data Science Academy Fellowships

ITU receives two Danish Data Science Academy Fellowships

artificial intelligenceResearchalgorithmsdata science

26 June, 2025

Each year, the DDSA awards a total of 10 PhDs, and 6 postdocs. This year, ITU has secured two – Nils Grünefeld who will undertake a PhD in Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing, and Ola Rønning will begin a postdoc project in Probabilistic Programming.

ITU researcher secures grant to improve safety of AI systems

ITU researcher secures grant to improve safety of AI systems

artificial intelligenceResearchAlessandro Brunigrantsprogramming languages

19 March, 2025

At Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in Japan, Associate Professor Alessandro Bruni from ITU is currently conducting research on the mathematical foundation for developing verifiably correct machine learning frameworks. The project is supported by the Carlsberg Foundation.

New research project to find a more inclusive way to develop algorithms

New research project to find a more inclusive way to develop algorithms

artificial intelligenceResearchVeronika Cheplyginaalgorithmsgrantshealth

10 February, 2025

Associate Professor Veronika Cheplygina has received a Novo Nordisk Data Science Investigator Grant of almost DKK 11 million. The grant will fund research on how more inclusive teaching and research environments may lead to better algorithms for medical imaging.

New ITU research analyses attacks on Large Language Models

New ITU research analyses attacks on Large Language Models

artificial intelligenceResearchNanna InieLeon DerczynskiComputer Science Department

16 January, 2025

What are the intentions and profile of someone trying to use LLMs for malicious purposes? And how do they do it? In a new study, researchers from ITU define so-called “red teaming” of LLMs to enable better security in the future.

Video: Is artificial intelligence the key to human consciousness?

Video: Is artificial intelligence the key to human consciousness?

artificial intelligenceResearchPaolo BurelliDigital Design Department

12 November, 2024

"Our future is going to look like science fiction." Associate professor at IT University of Copenhagen, Paolo Burelli, uses artificial intelligence to approach a better understanding of the human brain and consciousness.

ITU researcher develops software to secure Large Language Models

ITU researcher develops software to secure Large Language Models

artificial intelligenceResearchLeon DerczynskiComputer Science Department

26 September, 2024

As Large Language Models (LLMs) are deployed in thousands of applications, the need for scalable evaluation of how models respond to malicious attacks grows rapidly. ITU Associate Professor Leon Derczynski has developed the hitherto most comprehensive tool for the task.

Video: Can Artificial Intelligence be trusted?

Video: Can Artificial Intelligence be trusted?

artificial intelligenceResearchComputer Science Departmentalgorithmsethics

18 June, 2024

Artificial intelligence or advanced algorithm? ITU researcher Nanna Inie focuses on how we talk about artificial intelligence in the public debate and which consequences it has for our understanding of the technology when it is described with human characteristics.

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

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

artificial intelligenceResearchToine BogersCollaborationsComputer Science Departmentalgorithmsdiversityethics

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.

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

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

artificial intelligenceResearchAnna RogersComputer Science Departmentalgorithmsgrants

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 receives funding to improve human-centered AI

ITU researcher receives funding to improve human-centered AI

artificial intelligenceResearchComputer Science Departmentgrants

6 November, 2023

PhD student at IT University of Copenhagen’s Department of Computer Science Elisa Bassignana has received an International Postdoc grant from Villum Fonden to gain a better understanding of how large language systems are encoded with social, cultural, demographically defined information and values.

Three ITU projects selected for NordForsk policy brief collection on how we reach the  sustainability targets

Three ITU projects selected for NordForsk policy brief collection on how we reach the sustainability targets

artificial intelligenceResearchdigitizationprivacy

2 October, 2023

The IT University of Copenhagen is well represented in a collection of policy briefs, which have recently been published by the Nordic Council of Ministers’ research programme, NordForsk.

PhD Ieva Daukantas has been accepted for a research stay abroad at Stanford University

PhD Ieva Daukantas has been accepted for a research stay abroad at Stanford University

artificial intelligenceResearchalgorithmsIT security

8 June, 2023

Ieva Daukantas is working on her PhD in Information Security at ITU, and at the moment she is a visiting researcher at Stanford University, USA. She investigates formal methods and proofs for security guarantees in machine learning, and she is highly motivated by the fact that her field of research emerges from a high demand in the industry.

Do deepfake videos challenge the integrity of online information?

Do deepfake videos challenge the integrity of online information?

artificial intelligenceResearchAske MottelsonDigital Design Departmentalgorithmsawardsdemocracysocial media

7 March, 2023

Deepfakes – highly realistic synthetic audio-video content depicting actual individuals – may potentially increase the dissemination of disinformation online, but research on the phenomenon and how users are affected is sparse. A new research project spearheaded by the IT University’s Human-Centered Data Science research group tackles the issue.

Ambitious EU funded robot research project to ensure sustainable food handling

Ambitious EU funded robot research project to ensure sustainable food handling

artificial intelligenceResearchKasper Støyalgorithmsgrantsinnovationrobots

20 February, 2023

The EU MOZART project investigates the latest robotic technologies and system solutions to drive the food industry towards economic, social, and environmental sustainability. The project is coordinated by Professor Kasper Støy of the IT University of Copenhagen.

New face at ITU to help build the “Danish embassy of AI”

New face at ITU to help build the “Danish embassy of AI”

artificial intelligenceResearchToine BogersCollaborationsComputer Science Department

6 February, 2023

Associate Professor of Computer Science, Toine Bogers, is a new face at the IT University of Copenhagen. Alongside his work at ITU, he is also the new Chief Scientific Officer of the Pioneer Centre for AI – a collaborative effort between five Danish universities to conduct and facilitate fundamental research in AI.

ITU researcher secures ERC Consolidator grant to develop rapid learning abilities in AI

ITU researcher secures ERC Consolidator grant to develop rapid learning abilities in AI

artificial intelligenceResearchSebastian RisiDigital Design Departmentalgorithmsgrants

13 December, 2022

Professor Sebastian Risi from the IT University’s Digital Design department has received 1.9 million Euros from the European Research Council to develop AI that is capable of adapting to and learning from unforeseen events in a bid to unleash more of the enormous potential of autonomous machines.

Research spinout LAIKA helps creative writers overcome the dreaded writer’s block

Research spinout LAIKA helps creative writers overcome the dreaded writer’s block

artificial intelligenceResearchMartin PichlmairDigital Design DepartmentEntrepreneurshipalgorithmscomputer games

5 December, 2022

Associate Professor at the IT University of Copenhagen, Martin Pichlmair, has spearheaded the development of LAIKA – new artificial intelligence that acts as a helping hand for creative writers struggling to find inspiration. Today, LAIKA is officially launched as a spinout company in collaboration with the ITU Business Unit.

Can robots help prevent anxiety attacks in children?

Can robots help prevent anxiety attacks in children?

artificial intelligenceResearchComputer Science DepartmentalgorithmsgrantsrobotsMorten Roed Frederiksen

26 April, 2022

Morten Roed Frederiksen from Computer Science at ITU has received 1.6 million kroner from Independent Research Fund Denmark for at research project that aims to make robots better at understanding human emotion. The goal is to create technology that may help children with anxiety.

Professor Sebastian Risi receives grant to develop policy learning with neural networks

Professor Sebastian Risi receives grant to develop policy learning with neural networks

artificial intelligenceResearchSebastian RisiDigital Design Departmentalgorithms

20 April, 2022

Professor in the Digital Design Department at the IT University of Copenhagen, Sebastian Risi, has received a grant of approximately 550,000 Danish kroner for his work on neural cellular automata to grow neural network policies capable of adapting to novel complex reinforcement learning tasks.

New digital tool helps caseworkers navigate complex legislation

New digital tool helps caseworkers navigate complex legislation

artificial intelligenceResearchComputer Science Department

4 October, 2021

A new digital tool may make it easier for companies and caseworkers to comply with the law. The tool, which highlights legal requirements in a given case process, was developed as a part of the recently completed research project Ecoknow and is used by caseworkers in Denmark and Italy.

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

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

artificial intelligenceResearchBusiness IT Departmentdigitizatione-government

22 April, 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).

New IT University cofounded pioneer centre to bolster Danish artificial intelligence research

New IT University cofounded pioneer centre to bolster Danish artificial intelligence research

artificial intelligenceResearchCollaborationsgrants

9 April, 2021

The pioneer centre, established by the IT University and four other Danish universities, has received DKK 352,4 million in funding to conduct artificial intelligence research focussed on social issues, design, and ethics.

ITU recruits two international researcher profiles with Start Package from Novo Nordisk Foundation

ITU recruits two international researcher profiles with Start Package from Novo Nordisk Foundation

artificial intelligenceResearchAbout ITUdata storagegrants

27 January, 2021

Two uniquely talented, international researchers will be moving to Denmark to continue their careers at the IT University of Copenhagen. The recruitments are supported by Novo Nordisk Foundation's new Start Package grant programme.

The IT University is coordinating new European expert training in underwater robots

The IT University is coordinating new European expert training in underwater robots

artificial intelligenceResearchAndrzej WasowskiComputer Science Departmentgrants

5 October, 2020

In the next four years, professor at the IT University, Andrzej Wasowski, will be leading a new expert training program focusing on the development of /developing underwater robots in order to make them reliable so that we can use them for critical tasks like fighting pollution. The program is funded by an EU grant of 30 mio. DKK.

ITU Professor in Prestigious Journal: Game Technology Can Improve AI-Development

ITU professor in Prestigious Journal: Game Technology Can improve AI-Development

artificial intelligenceResearchDigital Design Departmentcomputer gamesSebastian Risi

6 August, 2020

Professor Sebastian Risi publishes paper in Nature Machine Intelligence on how to improve training of robots with popular video game technology.

Technology as a weapon in the battle against fake news

Technology as a weapon in the battle against fake news

artificial intelligenceResearchComputer Science DepartmentalgorithmsmediaLeon Derczynski

13 March, 2019

Algorithms can help us identify false stories, but letting technology be the judge of what is true and false is not without its problems, says Leon Derczynski, a researcher at ITU specializing in automatic detection of fake news and misinformation.

ITU researcher wins Amazon Research Award

ITU researcher wins Amazon Research Award

artificial intelligenceResearchComputer Science DepartmentalgorithmsawardsBarbara Plank

8 March, 2019

Barbara Plank, Associate Professor from ITU’s Natural Language Processing (NLP) research group, has received a prestigious Amazon Research Award (ARA) for her work on improving automatic language understanding, for instance in digital assistants.

Carlsberg funding for research on surgery robots and AI in Danish

Carlsberg funding for research on surgery robots and AI in Danish

artificial intelligenceResearchComputer Science DepartmentBusiness IT DepartmentgrantsNatalie SchluterBarbara Plank

6 December, 2018

The Carlsberg Foundation is funding three projects at ITU, including research on surgery robots and methods for creating better AI solutions in Danish.

Robotic fish teaches itself to swim

Robotic fish teaches itself to swim

artificial intelligenceResearchDigital Design Departmentrobots

15 August, 2018

Inspired by the black ghost knifefish, two researchers from the IT University of Copenhagen have developed a soft robot that taught itself to swim. By means of an evolutionary algorithm, the artificial fish has discovered a swimming technique resembling that which the knife fish developed through natural evolution.

ITU researcher receives artificial life-award

ITU researcher receives artificial life-award

artificial intelligenceResearchSebastian RisiDigital Design Departmentawards

6 August, 2018

Associate professor at The IT University of Copenhagen, Sebastian Risi, receives “Distinguished Young Investigator Award.”

AI generates new challenges for Mario

AI generates new challenges for Mario

artificial intelligenceResearchDigital Design Departmentcomputer gamesSebastian Risi

13 June, 2018

A group of researchers has developed an artificial intelligence algorithm that automatically generates new levels for computer games. The technology opens up for new possibilities for adapting the difficulty of game levels to individual players.

Machine learning can predict the effect of genetic mutations

Machine learning can predict the effect of genetic mutations

artificial intelligenceResearchJes FrellsenComputer Science Department

3 April, 2018

Essentially, machine learning is concerned with developing algorithms that can teach a machine to solve problems based on examples, says Associate Professor Jes Frellsen, whose research shows, among other things, that machine learning can be used to predict the effect of genetic mutations.

Young ITU researcher receives EliteForsk travel grant for teaching computers to think strategically

Young ITU researcher receives EliteForsk travel grant for teaching computers to think strategically

artificial intelligenceResearchDigital Design Departmentcomputer gamesawards

1 March, 2018

Niels Justesen is awarded a travel grant of DKK 200,000, and plans to travel to both New York and France, to work with some of the leading researchers in computer games and robots.

Researchers are training a deep learning algorithm to beat humans at StarCraft

Researchers are training a deep learning algorithm to beat humans at StarCraft

artificial intelligenceResearchComputer Science Departmentalgorithmscomputer games

4 October, 2017

Computers have already crushed humans at chess, Go and poker. Now, researchers at the IT University of Copenhagen are training an algorithm to beat the best human players in the sci-fi computer game StarCraft. If the project succeeds, it will be another quantum leap forward for artificial intelligence (AI).

CAST IT: Technology And The Future Of Humanity

CAST IT: Technology And The Future Of Humanity

artificial intelligenceResearchcast ITethicsThore Husfeldt

29 June, 2017

What are the potential dangers associated with emerging technologies? Thore Husfeldt discusses this question with Swedish professor and public debater Olle Häggström.

CAST IT: Kidneys, Cars, And Killer Robots

CAST IT: Kidneys, Cars, And Killer Robots

artificial intelligenceResearchcast ITethicsalgorithmsThore Husfeldt

29 March, 2017

In this podcast, Thore Husfeldt discusses AI and ethics with Australian AI researcher Toby Walsh.

CAST IT: Poker-Playing Bots

CAST IT: Poker-Playing Bots

artificial intelligenceResearchcast ITThore HusfeldtTroels Bjerre Lund

14 March, 2017

In this podcast Thore Husfeldt talks to Associate Professor Troels Bjerre Lund, IT University of Copenhagen, a researcher in algorithmic game theory and a leading expert on artificial intelligence for poker.

Artificial intelligence can compose video game music of the future

Artificial intelligence can compose video game music of the future

artificial intelligenceResearchComputer Science Department

7 April, 2016

Marco Scirea, a PhD student at the IT University of Copenhagen, won the best paper award at the EvoMUSART conference for his research on music composition using artificial intelligence.

Meet your new virtual pets

Meet your new virtual pets

artificial intelligenceResearch

21 September, 2015

Have online cat videos become a tad too predictable? Is your dog starting to bore you with the same old tricks? Soon you might be able to find new, entertaining alternatives in the virtual world.

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