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Modern arms technologies help autocratic rulers stay in power

Autocrats and dictators quickly acquire new arms technologies from abroad and often use them against their own citizens. Now a study shows that the spread of military technologies inhibits democratic reform.

Construction work near the Biocenter

There is a risk that this type of construction work may be noisy and can sometimes produce low-frequency vibrations. For further details, please see the attached letter from the construction management (in Danish only).…

Daisy Newsletter 31 and 32 out

Daisy Newsletter 32 is out AgroEco-HPM funded Daisy Newsletter 31 is also out, some time ago Daisy 6.32 released

An Anthropology of Futures and Technologies

Associate Professor Karen Waltorp has co-edited the book An Anthropology of Futures and Technologies, authored the preface and in collaboration with Maja Hojer Bruun, the chapter 'Drones as a gendered matter of concern'

Energy Futures: Anthropocene Challenges, Emerging Technologies and Everyday Life

Associate Professor Karen Waltorp has edited the book Energy Futures. She contributed the chapter ‘Imagining energy futures beyond colonial continuation‘.

Newly appointed professor: Data science can save food research decades

We can potentially save decades of food research by using data science to investigate where we have the greatest chance of finding the most significant results. It is a latent game changer when we want to convince…

MIAO wins two awards for best paper in 2022

The Mathematical Insights into Algorithms for Optimization (MIAO) group, headed by Jakob Nordström in the Algorithm & Complexity Section at DIKU, has received two awards for their research on combinatorial optimization…

Student project grants 2022/2023

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Gene targeting in cell lines

Here we apply apply our expertise in CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing to cell lines. We can now help you generating your new in vitro experimental system by knocking out your gene of interest, or introducing point…

BARC researcher secures EU funding in theoretical computer science

Ass. professor Radu-Cristian Curticapean recieves 1.5 million Euro grant from the European Research Council to conduct research in the field of theoretical computer science

Roberta Sinatra in Northwestern University Panel on “Inequalities in Scientific Production”

SODAS professor Roberta Sinatra will discuss “Inequalities in Scientific Production” in conversation with Jevin West, Cassidy Sugimoto, and Fariba Karimi in panel hosted by Northwestern University

UCPH researcher lauded for superb solution of algorithmic riddle from the 1950s

Solving the riddle can reduce electric car battery consumption and make life tougher for currency speculators in the future. The discovery has just won the award for best research article and was honored at the field’s…

Open World Conference 10-11 Nov. 2022: Open Science and Global Dangers

Marking the centenary of Niels Bohr’s Nobel Prize in physics, and the United Nations announcing 2022 as the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development, we acknowledge Bohr’s vision of an open world

10 BARC papers accepted for SODA and SOSA 2023

Basic Algorithm Reasearch Copenhagen is represented at next year’s SODA and SOSA conferences to be held in Florence, Italy, January 22-25, 2023. In total 10 papers are accepted in relation to BARC members.

CPH Tech Policy Commitee

SODAS and the Crown Princess Mary Center have initiated the CPH Tech Policy Committee, bringing together national and international experts in the global tech policy field

Disability and Technology in Africa: Introduction

In collaboration with Herbert Muyinda, Professor Susan Whyte has edited and co-authored a special issue of Africa, the Journal of the International African Institute.

Disappearing coastlines: A smartphone and selfie stick can let us know by how much

New mobile phone technology makes it possible to better monitor Danish coastlines, which recede up to four meters a year in some places. The method, which has been tested by the University of Copenhagen, also lets…

Huge unveiling of schizophrenia brain cells show new treatment targets

For the first time, researchers show how schizophrenia affects both the single cell and regional cell networks in the brain. The study may provide new options for treating the disease.

Research project will improve diagnostics and treatment of strokes with artificial intelligence

The new research project Stroke will deliver the world’s first solution to significantly improve MRI-based stroke treatment and clinical workflow efficiency.

DIKU creates digital twins of the future

One of the major themes at DIKU is digital twins, and it is also one of the main themes at this year’s Digital Tech Summit 2022. At this event you can hear researchers from DIKU talk about the exciting topic!

Surprising news: Your smartphone can help strengthen your memory

The use of reminders on digital devices such as smartphones could help improve memory skills rather than causing lazy and forgetful behavior. This discovery has been made by an international research team with Danish…

Translational AML trial improves clinical outcome and identifies novel drugs for future treatment

The LD-VenEx trial exemplifies the vast potential of clinical trials integrating translational research programs, says research group leader Kim Theilgaard-Mönch. In a large investigator-initiated trial, clinicians form…

Faster knowledge of side effects via artificial intelligence

Together with the Danish Medicines Agency and Bispebjerg & Frederiksberg Hospital, Department of Computer Science is launching a three-year research project whose goal is to ensure faster and better knowledge about side…

BARC welcomes four new PhD students

BARC welcomes PhD students David Rasmussen Lolck, Hanwen Zhang, Shuyi Yan, and Joel Andersson