2019.09.25 | CS frontpage, Featured, Public/media
Congratulations to Peyman Afshani who received the ESA best paper award for Fragile Complexity of Comparison-Based Algorithms at the ALGO 2019 in Munich. In the paper, Afshani et al. initiate a study of algorithms with a focus on the computational complexity of individual elements, and introduce the fragile complexity of comparison-based…
2019.09.20 | CS frontpage, Featured, Public/media
One of the most important things to get for a successful start at university is a well-functioning study group. The HatchIt resident UniHelpr has created an algorithm that can assemble study groups based on personality and skills. This year, AU has used the algorithm for more than 2,000 students.
2019.09.13 | Public/media, Featured, CS frontpage
Congratulations to Panos Karras who has been awarded a FTP grant the form of DKK 2.730.196 for this project entitled "Harnessing Influences in Networks".
2019.09.12 | CS frontpage, Featured, Public/media
Then sign up for the Danish championship in programming, which will be hosted at the department on October 5. For more info, see facebook.com/datalogi
2019.09.06 | Public/media, CS frontpage, Featured, COBRA
Professor Jesper Buus Nielsen gave the opening speech. He gave a talk about the inside of the engine of the third generation blockchains, and the work they are doing at The Concordium Blockchain Research Center at Aarhus University, working with the Concordium Blockchain Network. The network is an example of the upcoming third generation…
2019.08.26 | Public/media, Featured, CS frontpage
This year the AU, Science and Technology TAP Award went to Special consultant Søren Poulsen from the Departement of Computer Science for his unique contribution to the department over the past 12 years.
2019.08.22 | CPV, Public/media, Featured
Congratulations to PhD student Daniel Gratzer! Daniel has just received a Distinguished Paper Award for at ICFP 2019, for the paper Implementing a Modal Dependent Type Theory.
2019.08.21 | CS frontpage, Featured, Public/media
Today, is the first day for 191 new bachelor students at Department of Computer Science. We look forward to meeting your all, and hope you will have a great and educational time at the department!
2019.08.01 | Public/media, Featured, CS frontpage
The number of women enrolled in IT programs at Aarhus University has increased by 31 percent since 2016. This is more than at the national level.
2019.07.09 | CS frontpage, Featured, Public/media
The 2019 applications to AU show a great interest in studying IT. This year, Science and Technology has opened 3 new IT programmes that will be filled. Computer Science is still the subject with most application across the faculty. We look forward to welcoming our new students in August.
2019.11.28 | COBRA
This week from 28 to 30 November Daniel Tschudi and Christian Matt from Concordium AG will be visiting COBRA.
2019.11.19 | Public/media, Featured, CS frontpage
Congratulations to Kasper Green Larsen, who is among the 35 outstanding Sapere Aude research leaders, whom the Independent Research Fund Denmark has pointed out as being among the most capable young researchers. Kasper receives DKK 6,185,861 for his project "Data Structure Techniques in Cryptography and Machine Learning".
2019.11.18 | CS frontpage, Public/media, Featured
Congratulations to alumni Martin Mortensen, who was named IT Developer Talent 2019. IT talent is a competition hosted by Version2, Ingeniøren and Jobfinder where the IT Talents 2019 - in the categories consultant, developer and project manager - are announced.
2019.11.15 | CPV, Public/media
On December 18, Aarhus University will celebrate five new VILLUM Investigators, including Lars Birkedal. At the celebration, the five VILLUM Investigators will give a short talk about their research, which is followed by a reception for friends, family and colleagues.
2019.11.15 | CS frontpage, Featured, Public/media
According to a new survey, the city of Aarhus is the best student city in Denmark. Aarhus scored high across several key parameters: Career Opportunities, Education Institution Quality and City Reputation. All of them are categories that prospective students value the most.
2019.11.13 | CS frontpage, Featured, Public/media, COBRA
Jesper Buus Nielsen and his team work hard on their blockhcain research. The plan is for Concordium to launch their product in 2020, and if all go according to plan it could revolutionize the way deals and transactions are verified - and make DK a pioneer country within fintech [article in Danish].
2019.11.10 | CS frontpage, Featured, Public/media
For the 14th time, the Department of Computer Science at Aarhus University opened its doors to IT Camp for girls. This year there has been a huge interest for exchanging the autumn holiday with IT Camp, and with 55 participants from all over the country, the organisers can report a record-high number of participants.
2019.11.04 | COBRA
On Saturday November 2nd, the COBRA researchers Bas Spitters and Danil Annenkov gave a presentation about blockchain technology for the Danish association Datalogiforeningen. Further details about the event and the association can be found here: https://www.datalogforeningen.dk/stormoede-2019-indbydelse/
2019.10.31 | CPV
On October 28 and 29, 43 participants visited Aarhus University for the first edition of the Iris workshop will be held in Aarhus and it will be focused on Iris-related research. The workshop had a full program for two days, and many stayed longer for informal discussions and interaction.
2019.10.30 | Public/media, Featured, CS frontpage
Congratulations to PhD student Svend Christian Svendsen who has received a travel scholarship from the STIBO foundation. Svend will use his DKK 25.000 for his stay abroad at Duke University in North Carolina.
