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Morten Axel Pedersen comments on new study about AI poems

DISTRACT PI, Professor Morten Axel Pedersen was interviewed for the article: “Folk foretrækker digte skrevet af kunstig intelligens frem for Shakespeare” (EN: “People prefer poems by artificial intelligence to…

Price increases from January 1, 2025

General pricing The following general price increases have been decided for internal users in 2025: 8 pct. (including the regular 3 pct. P/L) price increase for rodent housing 13 pct. (including the regular 3 pct. P/L)…

Department of Computer Science joins new European AI and innovation collaboration with elite institutions

The newly launched initiative, ELIAS Alliance, will strengthen AI research, sustainability and entrepreneurship in Europe. The ambition is to connect talent between academia and industry across Europe to upscale…

SCIENCE AI Centre joins new European AI and innovation collaboration with elite institutions

The newly launched initiative, ELIAS Alliance, will strengthen AI research, sustainability and entrepreneurship in Europe. The ambition is to connect talent between academia and industry across Europe to upscale…

BARC welcomes Sia Sejer

BARC welcomes new PhD student Sia Sejer to the team.

CMS Researcher Tobias Liebetrau co-edits speciel edition of International Affairs

CMS Researcher Tobias Liebetrau has co-edited a special section on cybersecurity and international relations in the latest issue of International Affairs.

Emilie Munch Gregersen presents at Digital Tech Summit 2024

On October 30th DISTRACT researcher Emilie Munch Gregersen presented at the Digital Tech Summit, where she pitched the digital fieldnote app Ethnote designed for collecting, sharing, and analyzing qualitative data. …

New article: ”EthNote gives qualitative research a new format”

Recently TechSavvy Media published an article about the digital fieldnote app Ethnote, co-founded by DISTRACT researcher Emilie Munch Gregersen and DISTRACT coordinator Karoline Husbond Andersen. The article is written…

Security in future energy systems: Researcher working on a more flexible security system

Ken Friis Larsen, Associate Professor of IT security and Deputy Head of Teaching at the Department of Computer Science, is working to develop more flexible IT solutions that can create the necessary security in the…

5 BARC papers at FOCS'24

BARC members and affiliates are presenting 5 papers at FOCS’24 held in Chicago, USA.

Apps, cartoons and training reduces need to anesthetise kids

A joint research project shows how to reduce the need for anesthetising scanned children by 94 percent.

BARC welcomes Prateek Dwivedi

BARC welcomes new Postdoc Prateek Dwivedi to the team.

New paper: “Analyzing differences between discursive communities using dialectograms”

In the paper “Analyzing differences between discursive communities using dialectograms,” current and previous DISTRACT researchers Thyge Enggaard, August Lohse, Morten Axel Pedersen and Sune Lehmann introduce a new way…

Mastering Meta-Control: From Cognitive Mechanisms to Practical Strategies - DISTRACT Talk by Signe Vangkilde and Rie Kristensen

On Friday the 27th of September, Signe Vangkilde and Rie Kristensen did a DISTRACT Talk where they explored core concepts and mechanisms of attention and control. They also provided research-based insights on ways of…

Quantum researchers come up with a recipe that could accelerate drug development

University of Copenhagen mathematicians have developed a recipe for upgrading quantum computers to simulate complex quantum systems, such as molecules. Their discovery brings us closer to being able to predict how new…

Quantum researchers come up with a recipe that could accelerate drug development

University of Copenhagen mathematicians have developed a recipe for upgrading quantum computers to simulate complex quantum systems, such as molecules. Their discovery brings us closer to being able to predict how new…

BARC welcomes Florestan Brunck

BARC welcomes new PhD student Florestan Brunck to the team.

Long-COVID sufferers are conserving strength with a "hack" of their fitness tech

When people suffering from the long-term effects of COVID-19 faced more questions than answers from doctors, they began collecting data on themselves using fitness watches to better understand their disease. University…

New CMS Report: Drones, the Russo-Ukrainian War, and the Future of Armed Conflict

The war between Russia and Ukraine provides important lessons for future armed conflicts and illustrates the prominent role that drone technology will play in the future.

Renovation of buildings 10-4 and 10-5 at Panum

Notice from CAS Dear users at Panum building 4, 6, 10, 12 and 16 On 23 September 2024, the renovation of floors 4 and 5 in building 10 will begin, respectively. AEM and reNEW/BMI. Establishment of construction site The…

Newsletter no. 39 is out

Read about the latest updates in Daisy, progress in the AgroEco-HPM project, the new PHISHES project, recent articles using Daisy, and more. All in the latest version of the quarterly Daisy newsletter.

New edited volume: “The Digital Backlash and the Paradoxes of Disconnection”

Kristoffer Albris is the co-editor of the new edited book "The Digital Backlash and the Paradoxes of Disconnection" published on Nordicom

BARC welcomes Egor Bakaev

BARC welcomes new PhD student Egor Bakaev to the team.

BARC welcomes Tuukka Korhonen

BARC welcomes new Postdoc Tuukka Korhonen to the team.