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DIGITAL TECH SUMMIT

Post author By Susanne Brøndberg
Post date November 5, 2024

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Digital tech summit

Bridging Academia and Industry

Digital Tech Summit is Denmark's largest deep tech conference and exhibition, and the unique annual meeting place for researchers from the country's universities and their partners from Danish industry.

Digital technologies are transforming our society and industries at a rapid pace. Therefore, the primary mission of the Digital Tech Summit is to discuss these changes, provide the audience with insights into academic research environments, and their industrial collaborations.

Together with the editorial team of Ingeniøren and the universities, we have created a program that aims to offer both insight and perspective.

However, the Digital Tech Summit is much more than a comprehensive speaker program. It is also a meeting place for industry and universities. It offers students and companies an opportunity to connect and discuss career opportunities. Here, Danish startup environments meet politicians and representatives from the industry.

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Danish Digitalization, Data Science and AI – D3A 3.0

Post author By Susanne Brøndberg
Post date August 26, 2024

Conference

Danish Digitalization, Data Science and AI – D3A 3.0

We bring together researchers, students, and professionals from a wide range of fields to share the latest research and insights, gain new knowledge, exchange ideas, and make valuable connections across geography, scientific domains, and sub-fields.

Danish Digitalization, Data Science and AI (D³A) is a new national conference hosted by Pioneer Centre for AI (P1), Danish Data Science Academy (DDSA), and Digital Research Center Denmark (DIREC).

D³A is a scientific conference where the newest research and insights will be discussed.

With this joint annual meetup, our aim is to create a space for knowledge-sharing across sub-fields and sectors within Danish research and development, thereby creating an essential framework towards establishing Denmark as a strong international player in AI, deep digital tech, and data science.

The next D³A conference, named D3A 3.0, will take place on August 26-27, 2025 at Hotel Nyborg Strand.

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PhD School on Intersections of Algorithms and Machine Learning Theory

Post author By Susanne Brøndberg
Post date July 3, 2024

Phd School

Intersections of algorithms and Machine learning theory

This school is mostly aimed at PhD students, but we also accept applications from Master's students and young postdocs.

The PhD School on Intersections of Algorithms and Machine Learning Theory will take place at the University of Southern Denmark, Campus Odense, from July 1 to 4, 2025. The speakers will be:

Paul Dütting from Google Switzerland,
Roi Livni from Tel Aviv University,
Nicole Megow from Universität Bremen and
Sahil Singla from School of Computer Science, Georgia Tech.

They will cover the topics Prophet Inequalities, Foundations of Machine Learning, Algorithms with Predictions, and Data-Driven Stochastic Optimization, respectively.

This school is mostly aimed at PhD students, but we also accept applications from Master’s students and young postdocs.

Related events are STOC (June 23 to 27 in Prague, Czech Republic), an ICALP satelite workshop on Theory and Applications of Algorithms with Predictions (July 7 in Aarhus, Denmark), and ICALP (July 8 to 11 in Aarhus, Denmark).

Organizing committee

Joan Boyar, SDU
Kasper Green Larsen, AU
Nutan Limaye, ITU
Kevin Schewior SDU
Amir Yehudayoff, KU

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How can your business profit from breakthrough digital technologies?

Post author By Susanne Brøndberg
Post date March 12, 2024

Industry – academic event

How can your business profit from breakthrough digital technologies?

Are you ready to take your organization to the next level? Join industry leaders, academic experts in digital innovation, and fellow business professionals at our half-day event, designed to help Danish enterprises harness the power of breakthrough digital technologies, such as artificial intelligence, IoT, and blockchain.

In this event, organised by Copenhagen Business School, we will give insight into how emerging digital technologies can reduce operational costs and provide innovative sources of revenue.

Agenda

14:30-15:00

15:00-15:10

Arrival and registration: Networking and refreshments

Welcome and event introduction
Thomas Asger Hansen, Director, Group Data & AI, Grundfos

15:10-15:30

The commercial potential of employing emerging technologies
Professor Carsten Sorensen, Copenhagen Business School

15:30-16:15

Keynote: Harnessing the disruptive power of breakthrough digital technology for profit
Professor Youngjin Yoo, Weatherhead School of Management, US

16:15-16:30

Refreshments

16:30-17:00

Case study presentations
Industry presentations giving examples of how emerging digital technology has changed the way they make money

17:00-17:30

Panel discussion
Industry perspectives on employing breakthrough digital technologies in business

17:30-18:00

Closing talk: AI and SMEs – threat or opportunity?
Professor Jan Damsgaard, Copenhagen Business School

18:00-19:00

Reception
Networking, informal discussions and refreshments

Limited seats are available for this exclusive event.

The event is organised by Copenhagen Business School, sponsored by DIREC and supported by Grundfos and Erhvervshus Midtjylland.

Speaker bios

Professor Youngjin Yoo is a recognised expert in digital innovation and entrepreneurship. He holds the prestigious Elizabeth M. and William C. Treuhaft Professorship at Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management, where he also serves as Associate Dean of Research. As the founding faculty co-director of xLab, an interdisciplinary center for responsible digital innovation, he has spearheaded numerous initiatives at the forefront of technological advancement.

Professor Yoo’s academic achievements are globally recognized. He is an Association of Information Systems Fellow and has held visiting appointments at renowned institutions, including the London School of Economics, Warwick Business School, and LUISS Business School. His research, with over 170 scholarly articles cited more than 26,000 times, has appeared in leading journals such as MIS Quarterly and Organization Science. He has also secured over $8 million in research funding from organizations like NASA, the National Science Foundation, and Samsung Electronics.

Beyond academia, Professor Yoo has extensive experience advising and collaborating with industry leaders. He has worked with Samsung on digital design strategy, served as Innovation Architect for University Hospitals in Cleveland, and taught digital strategy programs for LG Academy, including an online course now available on Udemy. His insights have also benefited companies such as Penske, Goodyear, and Progressive Insurance. Professor Yoo’s wealth of knowledge and hands-on experience make him uniquely equipped to deliver actionable insights on how businesses can harness digital innovation for growth and success.

Jan Damsgaard is professor at the Department of Digitalization, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. Jan’s research focuses on digital transformation and disruption and includes topics like platform economics, AI, IoT, Blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Before joining CBS, he worked at leading universities in USA, China, Finland and Australia.

Jan has just been appointed to become member of the Danish government´s AI task force´s expert committee that will focus on advising the task force about how Danmark can become world leader in the application of AI in the public sector. Jan has also written the bestselling book “AI – between sense and sensibility”. Jan also serves in the board of SME:digital which supports Danish SMEs digital transformation.

Carsten Sørensen is a DIREC Professor of Digital Transformation at Copenhagen Business School and an expert in digital innovation. With over three decades of experience, he has held prominent academic positions, including 25 years at the London School of Economics and affiliations with leading institutions in Denmark, Sweden, and the UK.

Professor Sørensen has extensive experience leading impactful international and EU-funded research projects, with a combined portfolio exceeding DKK 35 million. He was instrumental in founding the Viktoria Institute in Gothenburg and co-founded The Internet Project, focusing on digital innovation during the mid-1990s. His widely published research spans topics such as distributed ledger technology and cryptocurrency, and he developed LSE’s first course on these transformative technologies. Beyond academia, Professor Sørensen has advised prominent organizations, including Google, Mastercard, Microsoft, Intel, and the Danish Ministry of Science, providing expertise on digital transformation strategies.

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From Hype to Action: Applying Generative AI in Danish Research Practices

Post author By Susanne Brøndberg
Post date January 29, 2024

Workshop

From Hype to Action: Applying Generative AI in Danish Research Practices

DIREC and the Danish Council for Research and Innovation Policy (DFIR) invite to a workshop and a debate on potentials, risks, and barriers for the use of genAI in Danish research and innovation.

The program for the workshop and debate meeting will be updated continuously.

Program

12:30-13:00: Lunch

13:00-14:30: Part 1: Workshop on the application of genAI in research

Three talks on how generative AI has been applied in various research fields, followed by a discussion on how it has influenced research practices.

AI in the humanities: A tool and an object
by Professor Mads Rosendahl Thomsen

The humanities have usually been on the outskirts of research in and with artificial intelligence. With the arrival in 2022 of generally available and broadly used generative AI, not least technologies for creating and analyzing text, this has changed dramatically. I sketch how generative AI influences research, ranging from solid advances in text mining to exploratory approaches, before turning to how the use of generative AI in society is a field with a rapid ascending importance as it affects not least text culture.

Mads Rosendahl Thomsen is Professor of Comparative Literature, Aarhus University. He has worked for the past decade with computational methods in the humanities, both in his research, e.g., the VELUX Fonden supported Fabula-NET project, and as a coordinator of several competency development programs. On April 1, he will lead the new center of excellence TEXT: Center for Contemporary Cultures of Text, supported by the Danish National Research Foundation.

A brief overview of AI trends and technologies in scientific research
by Entrepreneur and Tech Product Lead Mads Rydahl

In this talk, Mads Rydahl will briefly overview how AI has shaped research over the last 15 years. In his previous company, Mads designed recommendation engines used by, for example, Nature.com to suggest related publications. In his new endeavor, he is building a generative AI solution to support the next generation of scientific research. The talk will highlight the development of AI and some of the key challenges for the use of AI in scientific research.

Mads Rydahl is Tech Product Lead at Proemial. He is a seasoned technology and product leader with over two decades of experience driving innovation in the tech industry. He has been recognized with numerous international awards and featured in several publications. As the former Head of Product Design at Siri.com, a startup acquired by Apple in 2010, Mads played a pivotal role in shaping groundbreaking technologies. He is also the first-named inventor on multiple foundational patents in search technology and recommender systems.

Timothy Jenkins, Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Center for Antibody Technologies, DTU 

14:30-15:00: Break

15:00-15:15:  Part 2: Welcome to debate meeting and presentation of report

15:15-15:30:  Using Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) across different Research Phases – Cases, Potential and Risks
by professor Mads P. Sørensen, Aarhus University

15:30-16:30: Panel debate

Participants are invited to discuss how Danish research environments can move from hype to action in the application of generative artificial intelligence. A particular focus is on stimulating a widespread uptake and application of genAI tools.

Head of Research Ulla Appel Haahr, Business Academy Aarhus, School of Applied Sciences
Chair Janne Gleerup, Danish Association of Masters and PhDs
Dean Anne-Mette Hvas, Health, Aarhus University
Department Head Kaj Grønbæk, Department of Computer Science, Aarhus University
CFO Michael Friis Lindinger, Innovation Fund Denmark

Digital tech summit

Bridging Academia and Industry

Digital Tech Summit is Denmark's largest deep tech conference and exhibition, and the unique annual meeting place for researchers from the country's universities and their partners from Danish industry.

Danish Digitalization, Data Science and AI – D3A 3.0

Intersections of algorithms and Machine learning theory

This school is mostly aimed at PhD students, but we also accept applications from Master's students and young postdocs.

Organizing committee

How can your business profit from breakthrough digital technologies?

Agenda

Speaker bios

From Hype to Action: Applying Generative AI in Danish Research Practices

Program

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