The activities of DIO include

Collaborations

We promote collaboration in research and innovation, by supporting joint projects, meet-ups, and the creation of consortia.


SDU Digital Business Club

We maintain a registry of companies and other external organisations interested in collaborations on Digital Technology.


SDU Talent Fellowship

We manage the Talent Fellowship and foster further recruitment opportunities for both international and national students.


Advanced Education

We discuss with businesses the potential for new (post-)education initiatives (e.g., intensive workshops), regarding digitalisation and computational science.


Examples of concrete initiatives

Exchange agreements

Exchange agreements between SDU and external organisations regarding knowledge, students, and resources.

Study activities

Study activities and thesis projects at businesses for students.

Technology transfer

Facilitating lecturer exchanges between SDU and Industry

Matchmaking events

Career days and other matchmaking events for businesses and students.

Summer schools

Digital and traditional summer schools aimed at all academic levels as well as tailored for executives and IT experts.


Competence & Competitive Advantage

The main technical areas of competence and expertise covered by DIO include Computer Science and Engineering, Big Data, Digitalisation, and Industry 4.0.

DIO combines world-level experts in:

  • Algorithms and Efficient Computation.

  • Artificial Intelligence, including Machine Learning, Expert Systems, and Statistics.

  • Big Data and Data Science, including Bioinformatics, Cheminformatics, and Parallel Computing.

  • Digitalisation and System Integration.

  • Modern paradigms for software and IT infrastructures in Industry 4.0: Cloud Computing, Edge computing, DevOps, Internet of Things, Microservices, Dark Data.

  • Software development tools.

Thanks to its collaborations and partnerships, DIO holds an outstanding position to help promoting innovation both on the technical and business levels.

  • It is part of the Microservices Community, an international group of experts (practitioners and researchers) in the software paradigm of Microservices: the state-of-the-art in building modern, large-scale systems.

  • It works in close collaboration with the eScience Centre, the host and manager of the Danish national HPC Centre.

  • It is an exclusive partner of Technology Denmark, a company cluster devoted to attract, develop and retain Digital Technology talent.