Professor Anders Møller has - for the second time - been selected by the European Research Council (ERC) to receive a Proof-of-Concept Grant, this time to support the project Vulnerability Exposure Analysis for JavaScript, which focuses on software security. The Proof-of-Concept grants, each worth 150.000 euro, help researchers to bridge the gap between the discoveries stemming from their frontier research and the practical application of the findings, including early phases of their commercialisation. The funding is part of the EU's research and innovation programme, Horizon Europe.

In October 2022, Michael Wessely joined the department as a tenue-track assistant professor in the Collaboration and Computer-Human Interaction group (CoCHI). Michael has already received two grants, started building new labs at the department, and is preparing to teach the ITPDP course for IT Product Development students.

In 1968, the first courses in computer science were taught at Aarhus University. Nevertheless, the Department was able to celebrate a 215-year anniversary last week. This was a celebration of six dedicated employees, several of whom have been at the Department from the very beginning of computer science at Aarhus University.

The six were duly celebrated with a jubilee reception and a personal but humorous speech to each jubilee from Head of Department Kaj Grønbæk. Family, friends, and colleagues congratulated Associate Professor Emeritus Erik Meineche Schmidt (50 years), Professor Ole Lehrmann Madsen (40 years), Professor Morten Kyng (50 years), Associate Professor Henrik Bærbak Christensen (25 years), Associate Professor and joint trustee Olav W. Bertelsen (25 years) and associate professor Niels Olof Bouvin (25 years).

The Department would like to congratulate and thank you for your great efforts to computer science and at department!

There is constant interest for internet voting by election commissions around the world. At the same time, there is a need for such internet voting for blockchain governance. However, building such voting systems is hard: the design of cryptographic protocols and their implementation are error prone. Now, researchers from the department and the Alexandra Institute have been granted DKK 1.8 million by Digital Research Centre Denmark (DIREC) to investigate safe software and protocols for voting and blockchain governance. Concordium Blockchain is the industry partner in this project.

Congratulations to assistant professor Davide Mottin and professor Ira Assent who have received an AUFF Nova grant from Aarhus University Research Foundation of almost DKK 2.5 million for the project ‘GAI: Graph Alignment Algorithms for Next Generation Computing Hardware (IPUs)’, in which they will develop new algorithmic solutions for next-generation computing hardware (IPUs).

Congratulations to Associate Professor Clemens Nylandsted Klokmose who has been granted DKK 2.499.400 from AUFF NOVA for his project entitled "DECLARE: Declarative Programming of Interactivity in Computational Media".

The ACM Special Interest Group on Programming Languages (SIGPLAN) explores programming language concepts and tools, focusing on design, implementation, practice, and theory. SIGPLAN’s 2,000 members are programming language developers, educators, implementers, researchers, theoreticians, and users from all over the world. Since July 2021, Professor Anders Møller has been Vice Chair of the group.

Professor Anders Møller has - for the second time - been selected by the European Research Council (ERC) to receive a Proof-of-Concept Grant, this time to support the project Vulnerability Exposure Analysis for JavaScript, which focuses on software security. The Proof-of-Concept grants, each worth 150.000 euro, help researchers to bridge the gap between the discoveries stemming from their frontier research and the practical application of the findings, including early phases of their commercialisation. The funding is part of the EU's research and innovation programme, Horizon Europe.

In October 2022, Michael Wessely joined the department as a tenue-track assistant professor in the Collaboration and Computer-Human Interaction group (CoCHI). Michael has already received two grants, started building new labs at the department, and is preparing to teach the ITPDP course for IT Product Development students.

In 1968, the first courses in computer science were taught at Aarhus University. Nevertheless, the Department was able to celebrate a 215-year anniversary last week. This was a celebration of six dedicated employees, several of whom have been at the Department from the very beginning of computer science at Aarhus University.

The six were duly celebrated with a jubilee reception and a personal but humorous speech to each jubilee from Head of Department Kaj Grønbæk. Family, friends, and colleagues congratulated Associate Professor Emeritus Erik Meineche Schmidt (50 years), Professor Ole Lehrmann Madsen (40 years), Professor Morten Kyng (50 years), Associate Professor Henrik Bærbak Christensen (25 years), Associate Professor and joint trustee Olav W. Bertelsen (25 years) and associate professor Niels Olof Bouvin (25 years).

The Department would like to congratulate and thank you for your great efforts to computer science and at department!

There is constant interest for internet voting by election commissions around the world. At the same time, there is a need for such internet voting for blockchain governance. However, building such voting systems is hard: the design of cryptographic protocols and their implementation are error prone. Now, researchers from the department and the Alexandra Institute have been granted DKK 1.8 million by Digital Research Centre Denmark (DIREC) to investigate safe software and protocols for voting and blockchain governance. Concordium Blockchain is the industry partner in this project.

Congratulations to assistant professor Davide Mottin and professor Ira Assent who have received an AUFF Nova grant from Aarhus University Research Foundation of almost DKK 2.5 million for the project ‘GAI: Graph Alignment Algorithms for Next Generation Computing Hardware (IPUs)’, in which they will develop new algorithmic solutions for next-generation computing hardware (IPUs).

Congratulations to Associate Professor Clemens Nylandsted Klokmose who has been granted DKK 2.499.400 from AUFF NOVA for his project entitled "DECLARE: Declarative Programming of Interactivity in Computational Media".

The ACM Special Interest Group on Programming Languages (SIGPLAN) explores programming language concepts and tools, focusing on design, implementation, practice, and theory. SIGPLAN’s 2,000 members are programming language developers, educators, implementers, researchers, theoreticians, and users from all over the world. Since July 2021, Professor Anders Møller has been Vice Chair of the group.