This week, Aarhus University is proud to host CONFEST 2025, a major international event bringing together around 200 participants to explore the latest research in concurrency theory, formal methods, and system verification.

This week, marks the 6th edition of the Aarhus Conference - a once-in-a-decade event that has shaped the field of participatory design and critical computing since 1975.

Welcome (back) Mark Simkin! Mark joins the department as a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Cryptography & Cybersecurity, researching secure computation, privacy-preserving protocols, and decentralized systems. His work bridges cryptographic theory with real-world impact.

On Tuesday 19 August 2025, Bjarne Stroustrup will return to Aarhus University to give a free public talk on: Concept-based Generic Programming

Date & Time: 19 August, 15:00–17:00
Location: Peter Bøgh Andersen Auditorium
Price: Free, but registration required

About the talk: Generic programming is a key part of modern C++, and concepts provide a…

Congrats to PhD student Nearchos Potamitis and supervisor Akhil Arora. Their ICML paper 'Fleet of Agents' won a Spotlight Award at the REALM workshop at ACL2025, introducing a new way to coordinate AI agents for more efficient, sustainable problem-solving.