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Quantum Computer

2024.05.09

New initiative elevates Denmark's role in Fault-Tolerant Photonic Quantum Computing

Denmark is set to redefine photonic quantum computing with the launch of a five-year research and…

artificial intelligence

2024.04.03

Computer scientists show the way: AI models need not be SO power hungry

The development of AI models is an overlooked climate culprit. Computer scientists at the Universit…

Wetlands

2024.02.02

World Wetlands Day: Bogs hold an important key to the climate crisis

Peat bogs store twice as much CO2 as all of the world's forests combined. A new research center at…

HONORARY AWARDS

2023.11.15

Clean Sweep: Department of Computer Science takes home three Business Awards

Two researchers and two students from the Department of Computer Science were presented with this…

AI

2023.10.13

The increasing carbon footprint of AI is a challenge. Here is what we can do about it

Smart AI solutions have plenty of advantages, but they do not come free of cost for the environment…

AI

2023.08.30

Combining AI Models Improves Breast Cancer Risk Assessment

Study from the University of Copenhagen shows that combining artificial intelligence (AI) systems…

Climate

2023.06.14

New Danish research centre will investigate wetlands’ potential in fighting global climate change

The Global Wetland Center will acquire more knowledge on how wetlands can reduce the emission and…

Climate

2023.03.14

The counting of nine billion trees could help manage climate credits and nature restoration

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and NASA have developed a method that has now mapped…

climate

2022.12.21

Rwandan tree carbon stock mapped from above

Breakthrough in climate change mitigation: Researchers at University of Copenhagen have developed…

event

2022.11.17

The Nordic AI Meet comes to Copenhagen in 2023

Next year the Nordic AI Meet will bring young AI researchers across the Nordics to Copenhagen, and…

FELLOWSHIP

2022.08.29

New DDSA Fellow will improve the predictions of protein variants using machine learning methods

Richard Michael is one of the first ten candidates to receive the prestigious PhD fellowship from…

Artificial intelligence

2022.06.23

Let your mind control the computer

With electric signals from human brains as the only input, new software can perform computerized…

PROTEINS

2022.04.08

New Machine Learning method provides more meaningful mappings of proteins

In a unique collaboration, researchers from DIKU and DTU Compute have created a new technology that…

Insects

2022.02.21

Insect wingbeats will help quantify biodiversity

Insect populations are plummeting worldwide, with major consequences for our ecosystems and without…

Technology

2021.11.24

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…

Data Science

2021.06.29

Danish Data Science gets extra boost: Everyone can apply for support from new academy

Do you have a good idea for a PhD project, a course, or an event within data science? Soon, you wil…

artificial intelligence

2021.06.16

Algorithm reveals the mysterious foraging habits of narwhals

An algorithm can predict when narwhals hunt – a task once nearly impossible to gain insight into.…

Computer science

2021.06.08

Artificial intelligence enhances efficacy of sleep disorder treatments

An algorithm based on 20,000 nights of sleep that can improve the diagnosis, treatment and our…

Democracy

2021.03.29

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…

DATALOGI

2021.02.05

Computer can determine whether you’ll die from COVID

Using patient data, artificial intelligence can make a 90 percent accurate assessment of whether a…

Grants

2021.01.27

The University of Copenhagen lands 9 out of 12 new data science grants from the Novo Nordisk Foundation

With its new major Data Science Initiative, the Novo Nordisk Foundation makes it clear that data…

Growth

2020.12.01

A record number of PhD students has been enrolled at the Department of Computer Science in 2020

Large demand from the industry and increased attention from foundations have boosted the growth of…

New Professor

2020.10.27

New Associate Professor teaches computers to read your thoughts and feelings

What if we could teach computers to decode our thoughts and emotions? DIKU's new associate professo…

TREES

2020.10.20

Artificial intelligence reveals hundreds of millions of trees in the Sahara

There are far more trees in the West African Sahara and Sahel than most would expect. A combination…

Artificial Intelligence

2020.09.24

New project will crack the code to effective job matching with AI

A new research project will develop a machine learning solution to help companies find the right…

Computer science

2020.08.22

New study: Eyes linger less on 'fake news' headlines

A new study reports that people spend a little less time looking at 'fake news' headlines than to…

Climate

2020.04.22

Artificial intelligence may be the secret weapon in the climate fight

Massive climate change alters the world’s ecosystems every day, but we lack effective digital tools…

corona virus

2020.04.02

Artificial intelligence to predict corona-patients' risk of needing ventilators

Experts at the University of Copenhagen have begun using artificial intelligence to create computer…

Associate professorship

2020.03.25

Newly appointed Associate Professor will use machine learning to explain gender bias towards politicians

On 1 February 2020, Isabelle Augenstein started her new position as an Associate Professor in DIKU’…

Scholarship

2020.03.09

Novo supports students' thesis on medical optimization

Better medicine and detergents that are more effective may be the result of a thesis project made b…

International Women's Day

2020.03.06

Happy International Women’s Day: From one to five female professors in 18 months

DIKU marks the International Women’s Day by celebrating our four newest female professors. Read her…

Artificial Intelligence

2019.12.12

Copenhagen is at the forefront of Machine Learning

Copenhagen will contribute to catalyzing European AI research and business as one of the newly…

ELLIS PhD Award 2018

2019.10.15

Researcher receives prestigious award for combining NLP and eye tracking

In her PhD thesis from 2018, Maria Barrett, postdoc at Department of Computer Science, University o…

DFF grants

2019.10.10

Economic boost for digital research at University of Copenhagen

Researchers from Department of Computer Science at University of Copenhagen (DIKU) have received a…

NeurIPS and EMNLP

2019.10.04

Record-breaking number of DIKU-papers accepted at two top conferences

Researchers from Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen (DIKU) have had five and…

machine learning

2019.08.27

Women are beautiful, men rational

Men are typically described by words that refer to behavior, while adjectives ascribed to women ten…

New professor

2019.07.01

Newly appointed professor is playing a significant role in the artificial intelligence revolution

In 2018, Christina Lioma became leader of the Machine Learning research section at the Department o…

Fintech symposium

2019.06.21

Overwhelming interest for AI and Blockchain at Fintech symposium

More than 350 dedicated Fintech enthusiasts attended the symposium hosted by Copenhagen Fintech,…

Information Retrieval

2019.05.27

International AI success for DIKU’s Information Retrieval Lab

In the last month, the Information Retrieval Lab has had a string of huge international successes i…

Diversitet

2019.04.12

Women in data science get together in Copenhagen

The conference Women in Data Science (WiDS) is the first of its kind in Denmark. The purpose of the…

AI Competition

2019.02.19

International distinction in AI for DIKU's Information Retrieval Lab

Researchers in the Information Retrieval Lab at DIKU has won the second place at a large…

COLLABORATION

2019.02.07

New collaboration will improve quality and sustainability of food and agricultural production

A new strategic agreement between the University of Copenhagen and the analytics company FOSS will…

AI for Earth

2019.01.18

New AI project will take road detection from manual to automatic

The Microsoft AI for Earth program, working to solve global environmental challenges, is supporting…

Natural Language Processing

2019.01.17

First place for Copenhagen NLP in SIGMORPHON shared task

Yova Kementchedjhieva, Johannes Bjerva and Isabelle Augenstein from the NLP Group at Department of…

DATA SCIENCE

2019.01.08

Artificial Intelligence helps dyslexics read

Free software from the University of Copenhagen simplifies difficult texts for people with dyslexia…

Top ranking

2018.11.26

Top position in Medical Segmentation Decathlon challenge

Researchers from the Machine Learning Section and industrial partner Cerebriu obtained a top…

Research paper

2018.06.18

Large-Scale Random Forests

In a paper just accepted at the prestigious KDD conference (ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge…

Grand Opening

2018.04.20

A massive interest in Artificial Intelligence

The Grand Opening of the new interdisciplinary SCIENCE AI Centre on 12 April 2018 demonstrated a…

Artificial Intelligence

2018.02.07

SCIENCE AI Centre raises Danish research to a higher level

The new SCIENCE AI Centre at Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen will analyse and interpre…