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DIREC Annual Report 2022
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.
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Merry Christmas from DIREC
22 December 2022
Christmas is coming after an extraordinary and eventful year. The digital agenda is busy and, in DIREC we have been fully engaged with placing Denmark at the forefront of digital research and innovation. We would like to thank you for a great year with many fruitful collaborations and projects.
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Welcome to the new minister for digitalisation, Marie Bjerre
15 December 2022
Denmark has formed a new government and an ambitious government framework listing a large number of proposals for reforms that must meet the major societal challenges we are facing. We wish the 23 new ministers all the best in their new jobs and we are delighted to have a minister for digitalisation, as there will plenty to deal with during the first 100 days – and the next four years with a world in great change.
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The IT University of Copenhagen has doubled the number of female IT students after a few years – a series of initiatives have a positive effect
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.
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What if? Designers and researchers must challenge the dark side of technology
22 February 2023
How do we create future technologies and at the same time maintain a critical approach to the many new possibilities? A workshop on speculative design challenged the PhD students to take a critical look at the downside of technology.
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Database can become a potential gamechanger for robotics
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.
