For many people, the answer might be “hackers”. But according to Professor Ivan Damgård, cybersecurity is about something much more fundamental: How we can have a secure digital society at all.

Researchers from the department receive both of the prestigious Test of Time Awards presented at Eurocrypt 2026, recognizing research papers that have had a lasting impact on the field of cryptography 15 years after publication. A huge congratulations to Claudio Orlandi, Ivan Damgård and Diego Aranha on this international recognition of your…

In just over a month, Rasmus Vestergaard Knudsen will graduate with a master’s degree in computer science from Aarhus University. Rasmus is from Copenhagen, and five years ago he had no connection to either football or Aarhus. Today, he is an AGF fan – and for a very special reason.

From August 10-14, PhD students and advanced BSc/MSc students will have the opportunity to join leading researchers in Aarhus for a week of intensive courses on programming languages, formal methods, type theory, static analysis, and software security. Participants will explore topics such as theorem proving, concurrent separation logic,…

On Friday May 8th the Department of Computer Science, AU, held the 2026 Demo Day for the courses “Mixed Reality User Experiences” (MRUX) and “Visual Computing for Immersive and Computational Displays” (VCICD). The open house Demo Day showed 15+ different student projects using mixed realty and visual computing. In both courses, students have worked…