Pioneer Centre for AI
The Pioneer Centre for Artificial Intelligence opened in Copenhagen at the end of 2021. The centre conducts world-class artificial intelligence research focusing on societal challenges, people and design while putting Denmark at the international forefront.
The centre will be organized in a collaboratory structure, with seven collaboratories structured around an AI research theme with 2-3 PIs as well as PhD students and postdocs attached.
| Collaboratory | Co-lead / PI |
| 💡 Cx - Causality and Explainability | Sebastian Weichwald, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UCPH Aasa Feragen, Professor, DTU Compute Ira Assent, Professor, Department of Computer Science, AU |
| 🥽 Xr - Extended Reality | Dan Witzner Hansen, Professor, Department of Computer Science, ITU Kasper Hornbæk, Professor, Department of Computer Science, UCPH Hans Gellersen, Professor, Department of Computer Science, AU |
| 🦜 Fg - Fine-Grained Analysis | Mads Nielsen, Professor, Department of Computer Science, UCPH Thomas Moeslund, Professor, Department of Architecture, Design and Media Technology, AAU |
| 🎯 Lo - Learning Theory and Optimization | Ole Winther, Professor, Department of Biology, UCPH Christian Igel, Professor, Department of Computer Science, UCPH |
| ⚡️ Sd - Signals and Decoding |
Lars Kai Hansen, Professor, DTU Compute |
| 💬 Sl - Speech and Language | Christian Hardmeier, Associate Professor, Computer Science Department, ITU Isabelle Augenstein, Professor, Department of Computer Science, UCPH |
| 🔗 Ng - Networks and Graphs | Sune Lehmann Jørgensen, Professor, DTU Compute Roberta Sinatra, Professor, Center for Social Data Science, UCPH and ITU. |
The centre will target 10 societal challenges:
- Biotech, Life, and Health Sciences
- Climate and Conservation
- Education and Capacity Building
- Equality and Inclusion
- Economic Growth and Entrepreneurship
- Crisis Response
- Information Verification and Validation
- Energy and Infrastructure
- Security, Ethics, and Justice
- Public and Social Sector
The centre has received DKK 352,4 million (€47 million) from the following foundations:
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- Aalborg University (AAU)
- Aarhus University (AU)
- The Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
- The IT University of Copenhagen (ITU)
- The University of Copenhagen (UCPH)
The centre will be headed by professor Serge Belongie and be rooted in the Department of Computer Science (DIKU) at the University of Copenhagen, with COO Michelle Cumming Løkkegaard.
Website
Visit our new website:
https://www.aicentre.dk/