Health Informatics (HI) Systems Development (SD)

The health informatics team performs research, design and prototype infor-mation systems that improve the quality and efficiency in healthcare systems. This includes a variety of clinical information systems that support communication and collaboration and target broader or more particular settings, such as electronic health records, decision-support applica-tions, and patient management systems.

Selected project: SCAUT (Self-, Collaborative- and AUTo-detection) designing pacemakers that communicate with patients and clinicians on early detection of signs and symptoms scaut.dk.

Systems development is concerned with creating and evolving IT systems. We are focusing on approaches to system devel-opment with active stakeholder involve-ment in analysis, design, construction, evaluation and evolution.

Selected project: AKHERA Architectural evolution made easy akhera.org.

HUMAN CENTRED COMPUTING (HCC)

Human-computer interaction relates to the design, implementation, and evaluati-on of interactive technology. Our research focuses on new sensing and tracking technologies, information visualization, shape change, and mobile user interfaces.

Selected projects:GHOST (generic, highly-organic shape- changing interfaces) ghost-fet.com, WALLVIZ (Improving decision making from massive data collections using wall-sized highly interactive visualizations) wallviz.dk and seethroughphone.de – using your mobile phone as a projector.

This interdisciplinary research field strives to understand the nature and require-ments of cooperative work in order to design computational artifacts that can enhance coordination, mediate commu-nication, and facilitate collaboration in complex work environments.

Selected projects:‘Global Software Development’ NexGSD.org, ‘Technologies in Conflicted Cities’ ConflictIT.org, and ‘Computational Arti-facts: Towards a design-oriented theory of computational artifacts in cooperative work practices’ compart.ku.dk.

The approx. 20 researchers working in the Human-Centred Computing (HCC) section are concerned with the theory and practice of how people engage with computing. Currently our focus is on

computer supported cooperative work (CSCW), health informatics (HI), human computer interaction (HCI), and systems development (SD). More info: diku.dk/HCC.

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)

Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE (DIKU)

The Department of Computer Science at University of Copenhagen (DIKU) was established in 1970 and was the first of its kind in Denmark. The department is internationally recognized for its outstanding research comprised in the three sections: • Algorithms and Programming Languages (APL) • Human Centred Computing (HCC) • Medical Imaging and Machine Learning (Image).

Visiting addresses: DIKU is situated at three locations on North Campus and one on South CampusNorth Campus: Universitetsparken 1 and 5 and Sigurdsgade 41, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø South Campus: Njalsgade 128-132, Building 24, 5th Floor, DK-2300 Copenhagen S.

No. of staff: 100No. of students: 800 Computer Science students, 275 Communication and IT students, and 200 IT and Health studentsAnnual turnover: 80m DKK equaling 12m USDWebpage: diku.dk/english Facebook: facebook.com/DIKU.UCPH

Research highlight Human Centred Computing (HCC)

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