Pioneer Centre for Artificial Intelligence

The Pioneer Centre for Artificial Intelligence aims to stand at the international forefront and develop platforms, methods, and practices for human-centric AI. Hosted at the Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen, researchers from Denmark’s Technical University, IT University, Aalborg University, Aarhus University co-lead the center, and Director, Professor Serge Belongie.

The center will study artificial intelligence, also known as AI, and its application to different societal challenges such as the prediction and prevention of diseases, the surveillance of climate change and biodiversity as well as energy and infrastructure, among others. In addition to studying the classical “heavy” AI disciplines such as machine learning and virtual reality, the new center will also explore the ethical aspects of artificial intelligence.

The establishment of the Pioneer Centers is an ambitious national undertaking initiated by the Ministry of Higher Education and Science and developed in close cooperation (and co-financing) between the Minister, the Danish National Research Foundation, the Carlsberg Foundation, the Lundbeck Foundation, the Novo Nordisk Foundation, VILLUM FONDEN, as well as the universities. The Pioneer Centers will be given considerable freedom in terms of their research, financial continuity, and a long-term grant period. Using these resources, the Pioneer Centers, during the grant period, are expected to continuously carry out well-defined, high-risk sub-projects that have a particularly high potential to pioneer the research area at the highest international level.