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Professor Roman Beck and research assistant Signe Agerskov from ITU's European Blockchain Center have been in charge of convening a new set of ethical guidelines for EU's new blockchain infrastructure.

"Not many people are aware that norms and values are codified in a software, which is especially critical when information systems are mandatory to use for everyone in Europe.

Therefore, we need ethical guidelines that meet European values and protect the rights of European citizens," says Professor Roman Beck.

Learn more about the initiative in this article 👇

ITU Center behind the first ever ethical guidelines for European blockchain infrastructure Europe is building a new digital infrastructure based on Blockchain technology. Representative for Denmark, Professor at the IT University of Copenhagen’s Business IT Department, Roman Beck and Research Assistant Signe Agerskov, have been in charge of convening the ethical guidelines that will ens...

Congratulations to Sami Brandt who has been appointed as Professor at ITU! 🥳

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

Grat news for students and researchers at ITU with innovative ambitions! 🚀🤗

InnoCollab takes on innovation projects after Open Entrepreneurship 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, InnoCo...

Efficient queries = faster, cheaper, and more energy friendly systems! 💻☘️

In a new research project, Associate Professor at ITU, Zoi Kaoudi, will investigate how ranking algorithms influence query efficiency, and develop new models for query optimisation.

"Ultimately, our vision is for the project to pioneer a new research paradigm," says Zoi Kaoudi.

Learn more about the project in this article. 👇

The project is funded by Carlsbergfondet. 🙏

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

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. 🚴🚶🙌

The supported JUST STREETS project focuses on developing streets shaped by active mobility that are both sustainable and inclusive for all citizens.

"Putting marginalized social groups, the most vulnerable mobility users, as well as those citizens who previously have been underrepresented in mobility infrastructure decision-making will allow the project to create highly valuable knowhow, critical in creating better, more just, and sustainable cities for all citizens," says Michael Szell.

Learn more about the project in this article. 👇

Congratulations to Michael and the rest of the project team! 🥳

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

Congratulations to Anna Rogers 🥳 who just secured a grant for a research project aimed at developing new methods for identifying references to language model training data.

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

👏 Congratulations to Associate Professor Nutan Limaye for being recognised by ACM for her outstanding contributions to computational complexity, and her active encouragement and mentoring of women in the field! 🎉🥳

Associate Professor Nutan Limaye receives prestigious ACM award The ITU researcher receives the ACM India Outstanding Contributions in Computing by a Woman (OCCW) Award for her outstanding contributions to computational complexity, and her active encouragement and mentoring of women in the field.

ITU Professor Bent Flyvbjerg and journalist Dan Gardner have written an extremely well received book about project management. 👇

VKR Professor Bent Flyvbjerg’s “How Big Things Get Done” took the world by storm in 2023 “How Big Things Get Done”, in which VKR Professor at IT University of Copenhagen Bent Flyvbjerg and journalist Dan Gardner present the ultimate guide to project management dos and don’ts, has taken the world by storm and secured ‘Book of the Year’ nominations and awards from a range of med...

Congratulations to Sami Brandt 🎉, Associate Professor at ITU, who will be heading a new ambitious research and industry collaboration focused on developing mixed reality technology for the culture industry. 🕶️🎭🎶

ITU researcher to spearhead Horizon Europe funded project for immersive experience of art and culture Associate Professor Sami S. Brandt coordinates an 8.0 million-euro Horizon Europe project and leads a research and industry collaboration focused on developing mixed reality technology for the culture industry.

Congratulations to PhD student at ITU, Elisa Bassignana! 🥳🎉

In a new project funded by VILLUM FONDEN # VELUX FONDEN, she will investigate how large language systems are encoded with social, cultural, demographically defined information and values.

"I want to improve the quality of human interaction with AI technology, so perhaps the technology at some point will be better at understanding what users expect and need from it," she says.

ITU researcher receives funding to improve human-centered AI 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...

✨Best Master Thesis in Computer Science 2023✨

🥳 CONGRATULATIONS to ITU student Robert Bayer who was awarded the annual CS Thesis Award last Friday! 💪📝🤩

The award is presented by IDA IT, Ingeniørforeningen, Dansk Industri - DI and representatives from all computer science institutes at Danish universities.

In his thesis, which was supervised by Associate Professor Pınar Tözün, Robert used neural networks for image processing in space 🚀, playing a central role in the student run satellite program DISCO. 🛰️✨

We are very proud of this great achievement! 🙌 Congratulations! 🥳

📸 Photo credit: Andrea Pražienková

Who would Julius Caesar befriend on Facebook? 🤔

In a new project funded by VILLUM FONDEN # VELUX FONDEN, Associate Professor at ITU Michele Coscia aims to reconstruct social networks of ancient times by applying network analysis to archaeological data. 👇

What can data driven network analysis tell us about the Roman Empire? Associate Professor at IT University’s Computer Science Department Michele Coscia has secured a grant from Villum Synergy for an interdisciplinary project applying network analysis to archaeological data to reconstruct social networks of ancient times.

“How Big Things Get Done” written by VKR Professor at ITU Bent Flyvbjerg and author Dan Gardner, has been shortlisted for the Financial Times’ Business Book of the Year.

We will cheer for Bent when the winner will be announced at a ceremony in London on 4 December! 🥳🤞

Bent Flyvbjerg book shortlisted for prestigious prize “How Big Things Get Done” written by VKR Professor at ITU Bent Flyvbjerg and author Dan Gardner, has been shortlisted for the Financial Times’ Business Book of the Year.

ITU is well represented in a new collection of policy briefs published by the Nordic Council of Ministers’ research programme, NordForsk.

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

Teaching yourself a new language is difficult, but a new research project from ITU aims to make it easier. 🗣️💁

How? By tailoring the curriculum to the user’s personal interests and level of proficiency.

ITU researcher secures grant for personalised language learning Teaching yourself a new language is difficult, but a new Villum Experiment awarded research project from ITU aims to make it easier. How? By tailoring the curriculum to the user’s personal interests and level of proficiency.

Researchers from ITU have created a Danish language dataset which can be used for training AI in chatbots such as ChatGPT.

22 pct. of the data comes from renowned Danish web forum Heste-nettet (literal translation: “the horse net"). 🐴

Bloomberg has the story 👉 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-09-22/danish-ai-trained-on-data-from-a-web-forum-about-horses

A new project sets out to gauge the level of media literacy in the Nordic countries. One of the experts tasked with qualifying the project survey is Associate Professor at ITU, Gitte Stald. 🙌

How good are we at navigating the digital stream of information? A new project sets out to gauge the level of media literacy in the Nordic countries, and one of the experts tasked with qualifying the project survey is Associate Professor Gitte Stald from IT University of Copenhagen’s Digital Design department.

A warm welcome to ITU's two new board members - tech entrepreneur, Hanne Breddam, and Professor, David Sands! 🤗

Two new members appointed for the Board of Directors at the IT University Tech entrepreneur, Hanne Breddam, and Professor, David Sands, have been appointed new external members of the Board of Directors at the IT University of Copenhagen.

🥳 Congratulations to ITU postdoc Alena Thiel for receiving the Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship from Horizon Europe for her project on digital emergency preparedness! 🚨🔥🧑‍💻

During the next two years she will investigate the use of digital innovations for the predictive anticipation, real-time analysis, and early intervention in multiple and intersecting threats to human security in Ghana🇬🇭.

"Disaster Risk Reduction is more pressing than ever. The project, MUNDI, will investigate data collection and analysis that allow Ghanaian government institutions to respond to unfolding disasters in timely and targeted manner," Alena Thiel says.

Learn more about the project in the article below. 👇

New research project: Studying Ghana’s digital emergency preparedness Alena Thiel has received the Horizon Europe’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral fellowship for her project, MUNDI. During the next two years she will investigate the use of digital innovations for the predictive anticipation, real-time analysis, and early intervention in multiple and in...

We are excited to be hosting the NORDIC BLOCKCHAIN SUMMIT 2023 on Friday, August 18! 🤗 Join us to learn about and more. 🙌

Participation is free of charge and open to everyone interested. 🙏

👉 In-person signup (with drinks and networking): https://blockchainschool.eu/nordic-summit/
👉 Livestream: https://video.itu.dk/live/87640605

The event is organised by the European Blockchain Center at ITU.

Meet Anna Rogers 👋 - a new face at ITU with an expertise in Natural Language Processing and the reliability of language models like ChatGPT.

ITU researcher: Generative AI needs a reality check Assistant Professor in Computer Science, Anna Rogers, is a new face at IT University of Copenhagen. She conducts research on Natural Language Processing (NLP), and her research makes it easier to determine whether Transformer-based language models, which are used in systems like ChatGPT, are reliabl...

Researchers from ITU have secured 5.7 million kroner from VILLUM FONDEN # VELUX FONDEN to investigate how digital technologies affect the relationship between users and care providers in the healthcare system.

Velux Fonden to fund ITU research project in digital care practices Five researchers from IT University of Copenhagen’s Digital Design Department have secured 5.7 million kroner from Velux Fonden to investigate how digital technologies affect the relationship between users and care providers in the healthcare system.

👉 Pro-Ukranian protests in Grand Theft Auto.
👉 Iranian demonstrations organised through the chat function in Clash of Clans.
👉 Hong Kong activists sharing safe spaces to hide via Pokemon Go.

These are examples of the kind of ✨tactical use of computer games✨ that Hanna Wirman, Associate Professor at ITU, is investigating.

Learn more about her research in this article. 👇

Hanna Wirman investigates how online games are used in unforeseen ways Games are everywhere – even in the most unlikely places. Hanna Wirman, Associate Professor at IT University of Copenhagen’s Digital Design Department, investigates extraordinary ways in which games are used for other purposes than entertainment including political protests and international conf...

The videogame industry does not have the best sustainability track record. A new research group wants to change that. 🎮☘️

Educating future game designers to make the game industry more sustainable A multi-disciplinary research group investigates how to make future game developers include sustainability. At the workshop, NASG Un-Jam, held at the IT University of Copenhagen, 23 European students contributed to the project by developing prototypes of environmental and cultural friendly games.

ITU is looking to fill two external board member positions by October 1, 2023. ✨ Please help spread the word! 🙏

Are you the new member of the board of IT University of Copenhagen? IT University of Copenhagen (ITU) is looking to fill two external board member positions by October 1, 2023. All candidates who meet the demands of one of the two competence profiles are encouraged to apply.

In a new project supportet by Lundbeckfonden, Assistant Professor at ITU, Stella Grasshof, will investigate how to detect early signs of mental disorders via patients’ facial expressions.

The project is a collaboration with partners in Region Hovedstaden.

ITU researcher receives grant from The Lundbeck Foundation Investigator Network Stella Grasshof, Assistant Professor at Computer Science Department at ITU, and her research partner at Region Hovedstaden, has secured a grant of 150.000 Danish kroner from The Lundbeck Foundation Investigator Network to their research project “Automated Analysis of Mental Disorders”.

ITU Professor Miguel Sicart has spent 20 years researching digital games and play and is today considered a pioneer in the field.

On Friday, May 26, he will give his inaugural lecture as full professor at ITU. 🥳

Professor portrait: “My weird and playful approach is what drives my research” On May 26, Miguel Sicart, Head of Center for Digital Play, will present his inaugural lecture as professor. He has spent the past twenty years working in games research at IT University of Copenhagen, and today he is considered a pioneer in the field of game studies. The lecture is called “Out of ...

Very inspiring project by two ITU students! 🤗

In their master's thesis, Matthias Als and Mathias Bejlegaard Madsen developed energy efficient timetables for trains 🚂🗓️ that can reduce trains’ energy consumption, operating costs, and CO2 emissions without extending the passenger travel time. ✅😯

ITU master’s thesis can improve train operation Matthias Als and Mathias Bejlegaard Madsen have finished their MSc in Computer Science at ITU, and their master’s thesis has recently been published in a research journal. They have developed energy efficient timetables for trains that can reduce trains’ energy consumption, operating costs, and ...

Space history in the making! 🛰️✨🤗

Students launch a satellite to test artificial intelligence in space On the 14th of April ITU-students contribute to write space history. The Satellite, DISCO-1, is launched into space and it carries a microcomputer to test artificial intelligence outside the atmosphere. The satellite is developed by the space program, DISCO, which is a collaboration between students...

What is the impact of technologies on online misinformation? 🤔 Researchers from ITU set out to find out. 👇

Do deepfake videos challenge the integrity of online information? 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-Ce...