2018.05.01 | People , CS frontpage, Featured, Public/media
On May 1, Kasper Green Larsen from the Algorithms and Data Structures group has been appointed Associate Professor. The inaugural lecture will be planned in the beginning of 2019, as Kasper soon leaves for a six month reserach stay at UC Berkeley. Congratulations!
2018.04.23 | CS frontpage, Featured, Public/media
More than 200 participants were a part of AU Hack this weekend. AU Hack is the largest hackathon in Denmark and organized by volunteers from the department’s student organizations.
2018.04.20 | CS frontpage, Featured, Public/media
More than 1,300 former students (230+ at Computer Science!) and employees visited their former academic environment on Thursday 5 April to see old fellow students and teachers, to attend presentations of the latest research within their fields of expertise, and to tour the laboratories and see new research facilities.
2018.04.09 | CS frontpage, Featured, Public/media
53 companies from all over Denmark participated in this year’s Career Day – and made it the biggest event so far.
2018.03.21 | Public/media, Featured, CS frontpage
Jesper Buus Nielsen has been appointed professor in crytography and security at the Department of Computer Science as of 1 april 2018. Jesper is one of the top cited and publishing researchers in secure multiparty computation. His primary research areas are implementing secure multiparty computation in practice, rational cryptography, leakage…
2018.03.09 | Open house, CS frontpage, Featured, Public/media
On April 5, the department hosts an event for all alumnus from Computer Science and IT-Product development. Currently, 170 have signed up, and we look forward to an exciting day with talks, tour of the department and time to socialize with fellow students.
2018.03.07 | News from the management, CS frontpage, Featured, Public/media
It is with great pride and pleasure the department can announce the appointment of three new honorary professors – Bjarne Stroustrup (extension), Olivier Danvy and Michael E. Caspersen. As an honorary professor, the appointee is expected to promote our department, and to work together with us i.e. by giving guest lectures.
2018.03.01 | Awards, CS frontpage, Featured, Public/media
Congratulations to PhD student Mark Simkin, who has received the prestigious Elite Travel grant from the Ministry of Higher Education and Science. Søren Pind, minister for Higher Education and Science, presented the grant to Mark at the Elite Research Ceremony in Copenhagen on March 1. Mark is planning to use the travel grant for a stay at IBM…
2018.02.05 | CS frontpage, Featured, Private and public companies, Public/media, Future students, News from the management
A new study café and mentor program are some of the tools used to reduce student dropout and to improve the study environment for the departments 700 students.
2018.01.23 | CS frontpage, Public/media, Private and public companies, Featured
Professor Ivan Bjerre Damgård is this year’s recipient of the Villum Kann Rasmussen Annual Award in Science and Technology (5 million DKK). He receives the award in recognition of his outstanding research in the field of cryptography and data security.
2018.05.21 | CS frontpage, Featured, Public/media
In keeping with tradition, the winners of the CS Awards are always announced at Computer Science Day. This year was no exception as the awards for "Teacher of the Year", "Teaching Assistant of the Year" and "CS student Awards" all were announced Friday afternoon. Congratulations to the award winners!
2018.05.09 | Awards, CS frontpage, Featured, Public/media, People
Five teachers are nominated for Teacher of the Year. In a vote the students will name the winner, who will be announced at Computer Science Day on May 18. The nominees are; Anders Møller, Eve Hoggan, Henrik Bærbak Christensen, Kasper Green Larsen and Kurt Jensen. Congratulations!
2018.01.18 | Public/media, CS frontpage, Private and public companies, Media coverage, Featured
It took less than five days for all stands at the 2018-edition of the career fair Katrinebjerg Karrieredag (Kdag) to be sold out.
2018.01.10 | CS frontpage, Featured, Private and public companies, Public/media, Future students
For the third time on April 13 - 15, 2018 IT City Katrinebjerg will host AUHack, an event arranged by student volunteers. At AUHack students meet to innovate and create new IT products and solutions. - Hacking is a buzzword in the media, but there is far more to the word than just infiltrating a company illegally. Hacking is a term in which you…
2018.01.02 | People , CS frontpage, Featured, Public/media
Congratulations to PhD students Manuel Ciosici (Data-Intensive Systems) and Andreas Mathisen (Ubiquitous Computing and Interaction) who both have received a travel grant from STIBO for their stay abroad in the US. From January to June 2018, Manuel will be working at University of Southern California’s Information Sciences Institute, while Andreas…
2017.12.14 | Awards, People , CS frontpage, Featured, Public/media
Professor Lars Birkedal is named Fellow by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for his contributions to the semantic and logical foundations of compilers and program verification systems. ACM is the worldwide organization for computer researchers and professionals. ACM Fellow is the highest recognition given by the organization, and only…
2017.12.08 | CS frontpage, Private and public companies, Public/media, Future students, Featured
Interpersonal skills, ability to see the bigger picture and a lot of patience: It takes a wide variety of skills, if one has to be team captain at the Danish Cyber Security national team. Lucky for the team, Morten Eskildsen, computer science-student at the Department of Computer Science, possess all of these skills - and many more. As…
2017.12.01 | CS frontpage, Private and public companies, Public/media, Featured, News from the management
Aarhus University must maintain its independence, focus on international recruitment of researchers and students, and increase its collaboration with the private sector. Through this, the university can maintain its high ambitions on quality in research, knowledge and education for the future. This was the main message when Rector at Aarhus…
2017.11.23 | People , CS frontpage, Featured, Public/media
Congratulations to PhD student Kristoffer Just Andersen (Logic & Semantics) who has just received a travel grant from the STIBO foundation. Kristoffer will use the grant for his stay abroad at University College London from January-June 2018. The Stibo foundation hands out a number of travel grants every year of up to DKK 100.000.…
2017.11.22 | CS frontpage, Private and public companies, Public/media, Talent development, People , Featured
Two Danish teams - three girls and two boys - competed against 1500 participants at the international finals in World Robot Olympiad (WRO), which was held November 10-12th 2017 in Costa Rica. The Danish team qualified for the championship in October, when Department of Computer Science at Aarhus University hosted the the Danish Finals. Read…
