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virtual reality

What could possibly go wrong with virtual reality?

YouTube is a treasure trove of virtual reality fails: users tripping, colliding into walls and…

50 years of computer science in Denmark: From a basement at the University of Copenhagen to indispensable for all of us

In 1970, pioneers founded the Department of Computer Science in a basement at the University of…

human-computer interaction

Computers can now predict our preferences directly from our brain

A research team from the University of Copenhagen and University of Helsinki demonstrates it is…

All Danish universities join forces for the largest research and tech fair in the Nordic region

DIGITAL TECH SUMMIT will be Denmark's unifying showcase for digital technologies and a venue for…

Artificial intelligence

Leading American researcher and DKK 350 million will take Danish artificial intelligence research to new heights

A new pioneer centre for artificial intelligence research is expected to open in Copenhagen at the…

Project hopes to ensure trust between citizens and algorithms

DIKU is part of a new, broad consortium that has received DKK 100 million to study how data and…

Classic math conundrum solved: Danish computer scientist has developed a superb algorithm for finding the shortest route

One of the most classic algorithmic problems deals with calculating the shortest path between two…

Dissemination Award:

Award-winning professor writes forgotten women into the history books

Women sent the first computer into space and programmed some of the 1970’s most iconic computer…

New head of the Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen

Jakob Grue Simonsen, professor at the Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Universit…

Artificial Intelligence

Big grant enables young researcher to develop AI solution for pancreatic cancer

With a new grant for research leaders in data science, Assistant Professor Bulat Ibragimov will lea…

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