Department of Computer Science

News 2021

As the first Dane, Professor Mikkel Thorup receives the prestigious Fulkerson Prize

Professor Mikkel Thorup is the first Dane ever to be awarded the prize for finding the solution to …

TECHNOLOGY & VACCINES

Researchers develop AI tool to combat coronavirus variants of the future

A new AI tool makes it possible to predict the structure of proteins faster, which is crucial for…

New algorithm could save lives: Predicts COVID-related intensive care unit resource use

A new algorithm can predict how many patients will need intensive COVID-related healthcare. This is…

artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence favours white men under 40

Publicly available language models of the sort used for everything from Google and Siri, to…

TECHNOLOGY & BIAS

Our computers are sexist towards male and female politicians

Female politicians are often described as 'beautiful' or 'hysterical' in language models, while…

The bridge builder who opened up computer science

After 35 years of research, Jørgen Bansler now becomes professor emeritus. He has built a bridge…

From VHS tapes to YouTube: Terrorist recruitment since 9/11

Developments in technology have been profound since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center…

How bird’s species made new Professor Serge Belongie world-famous within Computer Vision

New Professor at the Department of Computer Science, Serge Belongie, recently moved from New York t…

Digitization of Natural History is now getting its own professorship

With his new professorship, Kim Steenstrup Pedersen will lead a new unit that will be responsible…

In future pandemics, you can hug your friends through your computer

In a new and innovative research project, researchers from the University of Copenhagen, among…

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