18 November 2024
Denmark risks missing out on significant societal advancements because large amounts of sensitive data cannot be shared across organizations. However, a team of computer science researchers has developed an encryption method that enables data to be shared and analyzed anonymously using machine learning.
18 November 2024
For the first time, researchers from ITU have examined gender representation in IT education at Danish high schools. Their findings revealed a striking absence of female role models in the teaching materials used in Denmark. The project has since received international recognition, and the researchers have presented their results at the ICER conference in Australia.
1 November 2024
On Friday, November 1, 2024, the government announced an agreement on the allocation of research funds for 2025. A total of 5.5 billion DKK will be distributed for research and innovation, including 40 million DKK specifically for the continuation of the Digital Research Centre Denmark (DIREC).
11 October 2024
The trading platform eToro is making significant investments in collaboration with the academic world. Most recently, the company’s blockchain lab in Copenhagen welcomed a PhD student to help the company stay on top of the latest knowledge in cryptocurrency and blockchain.
10 October 2024
GPS and cell tower data have become essential tools in shaping our society. However, these digital footprints often contain significant biases that favor some social groups over others. In a new project funded by DIREC, Associate Professor Vedran Sekara from ITU seeks to address biases in mobility data.
23 September 2024
In recent years, the Danish researcher Emil Njor has emerged as a pioneering figure in the field of TinyML. At Harvard University, he has contributed to the development of a new generation of datasets for local machine learning models, capable of processing data in an environmentally sustainable way and without the need for an internet connection.
18 September 2024
Denmark has a unique opportunity to double its current revenue in the cybersecurity sector while enhancing its resilience against hybrid threats, according to Lars Bo Larsen from the National Defense Technology Center, Thomas Riisgaard Hansen from DIREC, and Peer Heldgaard Kristensen from Security Tech Space.
16 September 2024
Despite Denmark’s promising start in the digitalization field, we lack the long-term projects necessary to secure a strong position in the AI race. We need to focus on attracting top talent—especially with the upcoming EU presidency in mind, write Andreas Espersen and Thomas Riisgaard Hansen in Altinget.
12 September 2024
From research to business: How do you start a company based on state-of-the-art research? And what challenges are deep tech spin-out startups facing?
26 August 2024
There are high expectations for AI in the public sector. However, for these expectations to be met, we need to assemble more digital dream teams, including players from Danish universities.
21 August 2024
Supported by DIREC, the experienced management consultant Henrik Axelsen is exploring how the corporate structure known as DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations) can be implemented in modern businesses. The potential is enormous, but the challenges are equally substantial.
20 August 2024
Researchers have developed a new technology that enables participants in hybrid meetings to communicate more effectively. This innovation makes it easier for online attendees to build strong connections with colleagues in a world where hybrid meetings have rapidly become the norm.
4 July 2024
Teaching computer science topics to larger groups of students should of course utilize the modern digital technologies wherever possible. This project first investigated the possibility of creating shared resources for teaching on top of national cloud ressources.
24 June 2024
Every year, kidney tumor patients endure significant suffering due to unnecessary biopsies and surgeries. The current diagnostic methods leave much to be desired. Therefore, a research team from the University of Copenhagen, Roskilde University, and the Urology Department at Zealand University Hospital is developing an explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) to assist nephrologists and patients with accurate diagnoses.
2 July 2024
The interplay between humans and technology is a subject of intense debate. Is human involvement necessary if technology can handle the work on its own? A research collaboration between Copenhagen Business School and the University of Southern Denmark, funded by DIREC, highlights the importance of human involvement in automated systems.
25 June 2024
The Minister for Digital Government Marie Bjerre recently visited the HERD project at DIREC in Aalborg to gain insights into the value of digital research, the green transition, and drone swarms. The visit is part of DIREC’s initiative to engage decision-makers in funding advanced digital research and innovation.
21 June 2024
For the first time, researchers at Aarhus University and Lars Seier Christensen’s Concordium have demonstrated the security of blockchain software for conducting secure online elections. The challenge now lies in fostering trust in the technology.
11 June 2024
Discover the highlights of Folkemødet on Bornholm, focusing on digital technology, research, and innovation. The program is packed with exciting sessions for tech enthusiasts.
23 May 2024
After two years of collaboration, a team of researchers from Danish universities has developed an artificial intelligence capable of evaluating the quality of ultrasound scans of pregnant women, drawing insights from experienced physicians. This innovation aims to enhance the quality of scans not only within Denmark but also in developing nations.
16 May 2024
Focusing on user-centered design can give Denmark a unique competitive advantage, positioning us as the leading country in Europe for developing innovative digital solutions. The best IT solutions are those where technology seamlessly integrates into the background, enabling us to accomplish our tasks effortlessly.
8 March 2024
Mark your calendars for October 22-23, 2024, as we gear up for another great community-driven conference in Nyborg – Danish Digitalization, Data Science and AI 2.0 – also called D3A 2.0.
7 March 2023
In 2023, there was a significant breakthrough in digitisation, particularly in generative AI, which became a widespread topic of conversation. The introduction of ChatGPT allowed everyone to explore the possibilities of interacting with advanced language models.
6 March 2024
Probabilistic programs, a fundamental concept in modern computing, have gained increasing attention due to their versatile applications across various domains, including machine learning, cryptography, and statistics.
13 December 2023
PhD Student Axel Christfort and Supervisor Associate Professor Tijs Slaats from the University of Copenhagen won the Process Discovery Contest at the 5th International Conference on Process Mining with their DisCoveR miner.
11 December 2023
Kurt Nielsen is one of the pioneers behind encryption and blockchain technology for protecting sensitive data while in use, and co-founder of Partisia. Here, he tells about the journey from researcher to CEO.
1 December 2023
Language models like ChatGPT will change how we conduct research. To ensure transparency and maintain trust in research, a code of conduct should be drawn up, writes the Royal Academy in Altinget, an online Danish political review.
29 November 2023
Quantum technology opens up a world of possibilities, but we must acknowledge that the path forward may not necessarily be easy. Denmark can play a crucial role in the development, but to realize this potential, focused investments and, above all, competent digital specialists are needed.
21 November 2023
Danish farmers are ready to embrace new technologies to support the green transition and ensure smarter production. Multi-robot systems are a crucial part of the solution, but barriers need to be dismantled and teething problems eliminated for seamless interaction between farmers and robots.
20 November 2023
This year’s Digital Tech Summit formed the framework for a unique conversation space. With over 4,000 participants, 100 professional presentations from 8 stages, and 80 companies, startups, and organizations in the exhibition area, universities, companies, and legislators gathered to discuss the development and use of AI.
23 October 2023
The LearnT Conference 2023 at Technical University of Denmark was organized by the Center for Digital Learning Technology at DTU Compute with support from DIREC. The conference shed light on the rapidly evolving field of digital learning technologies and brought together an impressive panel of experts and participants from academia and the business world.
4 October 2023
Susanne Bødker’s research in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) has had a profound influence for decades on how we interact with technology in our daily lives and work.
3 October 2023
We met the world-renowned robotics expert for a discussion on Danish tech research compared to American and Swedish research and on the next major advancements in robotics technology.
3 October 2023
The research project, REWORK, explores the future of hybrid work technologies and experiences. Three Copenhagen-based artists presented their interpretation of how technology in the near future could transform our work lives.
3 October 2023
The research project called ‘REWORK’ aims at developing the digital meeting room to make human interaction feel more authentic and personal, much like in a physical meeting.
9 August 2023
“This can go far” a team of researchers from Aarhus University realized when a PhD project turned out to have great application potential. The project became the launch pad for the company Coana.
9 August 2023
DIREC invites to a high calibre research meeting with the workshop ‘Verifiable and Robust AI’ in November.
4 July 2023
The agricultural sector is the least digitized sector in the world, and a large part of food quality assurance is still handled manually. The aim of a research project is to strengthen understanding of and trust in AI and image analysis, which can improve quality assurance, food quality and optimize production.
15 June 2023
Maja Hanne Kirkeby is Associate Professor at Roskilde University (RUC) and works closely with companies and other researchers to develop more energy efficient software solutions.
13 June 2023
Getting a complex piece of hardware to work with all the variables of the real world is difficult. But through a DIREC-project collaboration, Luca Pezzarossa got much closer to having a working prototype.
7 June 2023
DIREC works to ensure that Denmark gets more university-based tech startups, and there is plenty of inspiration to be gained from successful entrepreneurs such as Chief Physician Søren Andreas Just and Professor of Medical Robotics from SDU, Thiusius Rajeeth Savarimuthu. They are co-founders of the company ROPCA and the robot Arthur, which will revolutionize everyday life in busy hospital wards.
25 May 2023
A defect at a processing plant in Brazil meant that production was at a standstill for three days. The incident has prompted SANOVO TECHNOLOGY GROUP to invest time and data in a DIREC research project, which involves machine learning and IoT with the aim of preventing similar breakdowns in the future.
15 May 2023
On December 9, 2021, businesses and organizations around the world got a serious surprise when a critical vulnerability in the open source logging module Log4J, which is used by millions of applications, was discovered. The security vulnerability could be exploited by hackers to gain access to the underlying systems and networks.
13 April 2023
Denmark must prepare for more extreme weather in the future. By using machine learning and artificial intelligence, researchers will effectively be able to prevent floods.
28 March 2023
A recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is full of distressing reading. Digital development must speed up, and researchers can play a leading role in the development of digital solutions to counteract climate change.
24 March 2023
The better we can use data to calculate the CO2 emissions from sea, road and air transport, the more effectively we can implement measures that have effect. Researchers from AAU and SDU are leading the development of the most comprehensive environmental database so far, which is based on decades of data.
15 March 2023
A DIREC project led by researchers from the IT University and the University of Southern Denmark shows that a series of efforts have provided a wider recruitment field in the computer science studies and reduced dropout rates.
27 February 2023
In DIREC, we have accelerated with new projects and activities in 2022 to ensure that Denmark is at the forefront of digital research and innovation.
20 February 2023
The reuse of robot data would make it much easier to improve existing or set up new robot solutions. This was the aim of the completed ReRoPro project led by Norbert Krüger, who is a Professor at the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Institute at the University of Southern Denmark and part of SDU Robotics.
20 January 2023
How do we create a Danish community of computer scientists who can develop future software for quantum technologies? This was the subject of a workshop where 40 leading researchers were recently gathered at Technical University of Denmark.
19 January 2023
Researchers from Aalborg University, together with Rambøll, have developed a tool which contributes to a better overview of CO2 emissions on the road network.
