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Computer Science Department

This is the faculty-maintained homepage for the Computer Science Department at the IT University of Copenhagen. The department conducts research in all aspects of computer science and data science, including algorithms, databases, government IT, logic, image analysis, machine learning, natural language processing, network science, operating systems, optimization, programming languages, proof assistants, quantum computing, robotics, security, semantics, software development tools, software engineering, type theory, verification and more, as well as a range of applications.

The department is responsible for the IT University's technical education programs BSc Software Development, BSc Data Science, MSc Computer Science, MSc Data Science, and MSc Software Design.

Research groups and centers

• Algorithms Group, head Riko Jacob
• Audio-Visual Computing Group, head Sami Brandt
• Center for Information Security and Trust, head Carsten Schürmann
• Center for Computing Education Research, head Claus Brabrand
• Danish Institute for IT Program Management (DIIP), head Bent Flyvbjerg
• Data-Intensive Systems and Applications (DASYA) Group, head Philippe Bonnet (fall 2023) else Pinar Tözün
• Machine Learning Group, head Dan Witzner Hansen
• Natural Language Processing Group, head Rob van der Goot
• NEtwoRks, Data, and Society (NERDS) Group, head Michael Szell
• Programming, Logic, and Semantics (PLS) Group, head Rasmus Møgelberg
• Research Centre for Government IT, head Jens Schmidt
• Robotics, Evolution, and Art Lab (REAL), head Kasper Støy
• Software Engineering Group, head Yvonne Dittrich
• Software Quality Research (SQUARE) group, head Andrzej Wasowski

Boards and committees

• Ad hoc department board meetings
• Computing Resources Committee
• CS representation in other committees
• Department faculty meetings
• Department management meetings
• Study program head (HoSP) meetings

Information and links

• Administrative shortcuts
• Computer Science Lectures
• CS department goals, values and strategy
• Official department description on the IT University homepage
• People in the department (drawn from Pure)
• Recommended acronyms and formats
• Supervisors for projects and theses
• Talks and visitors
• Teknosofikum
• The other ITU research departments: Business IT and Digital Design

Contact

The department's postal address is IT University of Copenhagen, Rued Langgaards Vej 7, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark. The department is located both in the Rued Langgaards Vej 7 (RLV, wings 3E, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E) and the Emil Holms Kanal 20 (EHK, DR, wing F) buildings. Department head Peter Sestoft, deputy department heads Oksana Kulyk (research) and Thore Husfeldt (education), department administrator Maria Kronberg Nedergaard.