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Innovation based
on IT research
IT research and innovation
that add value to your
business
The Alexandra Institute is engaged in applied research, development and
innovation in the field of information technology. We are a nonprofit company
with a mission to create value, growth and welfare in society.
We help public and private organisations to develop innovative, IT-based
products and services based on cutting-edge IT research.
Your strongest IT card
We have a team of specialists who design innovative IT-based products and
services. We help companies boost their business by applying our expertise in
software, user involvement and innovation methods to deliver commercially
relevant technological solutions.
By collaborating with us, you will gain access to cutting-edge research and
technology and stay ahead of the competition.
We provide knowledge and
advice based on the latest
research in information technology, userdriven innovation
and business development
Mobile solutions
User involvement
IT business development
and evaluation
Interactive design
Advanced
computer graphics
IT-based infrastructures
Wireless sensor
technologies
Security and privacy
Software solutions
and efficient computations
CONTACT
Frank Allan Hansen
Principal Mobile Systems Architect, PhD
Interactive Spaces Lab
[email protected]
Mobile solutions are not
just for entertainment
and information search. The technology in smart phones and tablets has
much more potential. If you need professional, customised mobile solutions
and advice on how to choose the right platform, we can design a solution
that will enable your users to interact with their surroundings in completely
new ways. We have developed advanced mobile solutions in collaboration
with e.g. Arla, Systematic and B&O.
Mobile solutions
Build your business with
innovative mobile solutions
‘The Alexandra Institute came
up with some smart, innovative
solutions to our challenges.
They applied state-of-theart technology – not for the
sake of technology itself but
because it makes sense’.
– Søren Schmidt Josefsen,
special consultant, healthcare
and prevention, Municipality
of Aabenraa.
App gets the city moving/case
PROJECT:
The Municipality of Aabenraa wanted to develop and implement a digital platform
for their healthcare promotion project ‘Aabenraa on the Move’. Their motivation
for launching the project was to create a common identity among citizens in the
municipality.
SOLUTION:
We have designed and developed a dynamic platform that engages its users.
The development work took place in a collaborative process, and the Municipality of Aabenraa received both financial and technology advice.
Mobile solutions
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CONTACT
Anne Bøgh Fangel
Senior User Innovation Specialist
New Ways of Working Lab
[email protected]
Users often experience
unexpected challenges
when implementing a new IT system. Incorrect use, reduction in efficiency,
frustration and time-consuming corrections are common consequences
of not systematically involving end users. If you want to be able to see
the short-term effects of your new IT system in your bottom line figures,
we can help you get started. If you are to develop a new IT system from
scratch or modify an existing one, we also provide technology advice in
the scoping and design phases.
User involvement
Get it right with
userdriven innovation
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‘The STRUKTUR app has given
us a completely new basis for
helping our course participants
manage their everyday lives.
It is an engaging, cognitive
tool that helps us help them
think and act differently
- also in their spare time.’
– Kristin Arnoey Larsen,
Consultant, CSU-Slagelse
PROJECT:
During the past 15 years , the number of citizens diagnosed with ADHD has increased
drastically. Investigations suggest that people with ADHD do less well than the average population. If we provide adequate support to these people, we can all benefit
socially and economically. The Centre for Special Education in Slagelse wanted to
develop a new training course for social security recipients with ADHD.
SOLUTION:
We have evaluated the training course and developed the STRUKTUR app in collaboration with mentors and course participants. STRUKTUR is a strong pedagogical
support tool that helps the participants organise their everyday lives.
User involvement
App for adults with ADHD/case
CONTACT
Camilla Kølsen
Area Manager
Business and Processes Lab
[email protected]
Even if your organisation
does not work with IT,
you can develop new business by integrating IT into your products or
processes. And if digital solutions are already part of your business model,
we can advise you on how to boost your business further with IT. Uncertainty
about the possibilities of digital business development is a challenge that
many organisations are facing. We provide consultancy on innovation
management, business modelling and effectiveness evaluations to ensure
the best possible framework for a successful innovation process.
IT business development and evaluation
IT business development
and evaluation
‘The workshops ‘Business development and
growth via mobile platforms’ made us see our
digital potential from a different perspective,
and we received feedback on our ideas. We
use the knowledge and methods acquired at
the workshops to look for opportunities to
digitise touch points with our consumers
and to concretise and challenge new ideas’.
– Line Bering, B2C E-Commerce Coordinator,
hummel
Digital business strategy/case
PROJECT:
Mobile technologies are revolutionising the consumer market. New technologies change the demand for products and services. But how can digital solutions add value to your business?
SOLUTION:
We have developed the tool ‘Mobile Business Model Framework’ that facilitates
business development by means of digital solutions. With this tool, you can
develop digital solutions that add value to your or your customers’ business.
IT business development and evaluation
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CONTACT
Kaj Grønbæk
Area Manager, Professor, PhD
Interactive Spaces Lab
[email protected]
Success with IT requires
good interaction design
IT enriches our world and adds that extra dimension to it that enables us
to interact with our surroundings in new ways. New forms of interaction
can motivate children and adults to learn, play and exercise. And modern
citizens put great demands on technology. We have the experience and
the expertise to develop exciting, innovative products in collaboration with
you – from concept development and user involvement to hardware and
software development.
Interactive design
Interaction design,
experiences and IT
‘We wanted more people in the
urban space - and this was
achieved with these fantastic
interactive swings that
attract people of all ages.
Now we have a vibrant city
centre with more trade and
more satisfied citizens
who enjoy being here’.
- Peter Sørensen,
Mayor, Horsens
SEE VIDEO (in Danish)
New life to Horsens/case
PROJECT:
The Municipality of Horsens has made a targeted effort to create a modern,
dynamic city of experiences. They wanted to change a deserted square in the
city into a vibrant and dynamic shopping area with interactive light and sound.
SOLUTION:
Our interaction designers created the interactive city installation ‘Northern
Lights’ for one of Horsens’ city squares. Northern Lights is a sound and light
installation designed to create a quiet at relaxing atmosphere. The installation
is made up of five swings that activate sound and light when people use them.
Interactive design
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CONTACT
Jesper Mosegaard
Lab Manager
Computer Graphics Lab
[email protected]
Computer visualisation
can be used for many purposes
– for example teaching, construction, healthcare, culture, communication,
entertainment and computer games.
Our knowledge about computer visualisation software is based on the latest
IT research, and our solutions are ahead of the market. We are not limited by
existing framwork tools but use our own to develop innovative products and
generate value to our customers.
Advanced computer graphics
New opportunities with
advanced computer graphics
‘With this tool we can speed up the
process of creating visual effects.
We can focus on the creative
work instead of having to start
up a long process like we did
before. Ultimately, we will be
able to take on more and
larger projects’.
- Christian Esbo Agergaard,
Sunday Studio
Easy design of clouds in
real time/case
PROJECT:
Small producers of animations and 3D films need a template for e.g. clouds to
allow the designer to focus on the creative process and not on technical details.
SOLUTION:
We have developed the plug-in Elementacular, which makes it fast and easy to
design and render clouds in real time in the 3D program Autodesk Maya. As a
result, some of the more time-consuming processes can be skipped.
Advanced computer graphics
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CONTACT
Morten Kyng
Area Manager, Professor
Pervasive Healthcare Lab
[email protected]
A well-functioning
software architecture
is paramount for the performance, robustness, scaleability and security of
your IT systems. We develop tools and technologies that make it easier for
companies to create new products.
Do you need impartial advice before you decide on a particular technology?
We provide advice on software architecture and open source technologies.
IT-based infrastructures
Infrastructure for robust,
stable and secure IT
‘Health authorities must weigh costs,
while at the same time take into
account what citizens need. That’s
why we opted for Open Source,
which enables others to build on the
technology’.
- Olav Bjørn Petersen, chief physician,
gynecological-obstetrical department at
Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby
Telemedical ecosystem/case
PROJECT:
Telemedicine is undergoing rapid developments. However, we still lack common
standards for telemedical systems. Coherent IT systems across the health care
system will strengthen the development of this emerging market.
SOLUTION:
We have developed an open source platform in collaboration with Aarhus
University that makes it attractive to develop applications for the
telemedicine market. The platform is based on open source technologies,
and common technical interfaces are based on international standards.
IT-based infrastructures
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CONTACT
Tejs Scharling
Lab Manager
Pervasive Positioning Lab
[email protected]
New business opportunities
with wireless sensor
technologies
iBeacons, Bluetooth 4.1, appsessories, RFID tags. You know they exist, you
know they have potential, but how do you make money on them?
We help all types of businesses discover and reap the potential of collecting
and using data from wireless technologies.
Wireless sensor technologies
Wireless sensor technologies
can leverage your business
I knew there was a basic technology.
But the technology was not up-todate, and certain things needed
to be done that had not been
done before. Once the Alexandra
Institute had encouraged me to
go on with the idea, it became
totally innovative. When you
believe in your own project,
they do everything in their
power to help’.
- Jack Fridthjof, Entrepreneur
Mesh network saves lives/case
PROJECT:
Each year, the Philippines is hit by more than 30 natural disasters that destroy
mobile phone base stations and make them inoperable. Two engineering
students and the Red Cross wanted knowledge about technologies that can be
used in emergency situations and act as a ‘missing link’ between the Philippine
Red Cross and the approx. 2 million relief workers in the country.
SOLUTION:
We have taken part in developing the communications device ‘Reachi’ that
uses mesh technology to enable users to communicate from device to device
without needing access to a mobile network or Wi-Fi.
Wireless sensor technologies
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CONTACT
Jakob Illeborg Pagter
Area Manager
Security Lab
[email protected]
In many organisations,
data security is a major
threat to business. Organisations are also facing challenges and requirements
in relation to identity and login services. If you want to protect your business
and your customers against intruders, we provide cutting-edge knowledge
about security and privacy. By collaborating with us, you can offer the best
solutions to your customers, while meeting both national and international
personal data protection laws.
Security and privacy
Security and privacy for your
business and customers
‘Nobody wants to wait 10
seconds for the file to appear
on the screen. With Sepior’s
solution, we can decrypt data
so fast that the user will
not notice any significant
difference. We are the first
in the world to do so’.
– Nicolaj Højer Nielsen, Sepior
Secure Dropbox/case
PROJECT:
Sepior needed advice on how to develop their first product that protects cloud
data against hacking by means of advanced cryptography.
SOLUTION:
Together with our encryption experts, Sepior has developed the first product
that protects data in file-sharing services, such as Dropbox. The product makes
it easy to manage the cryptographic keys that are necessary for encrypting
data. The solution is based on secure Multi-Party Computation (MPC). The
Alexandra Institute and Aarhus University are world leaders in this technique.
Security and privacy
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CONTACT
Peter Andersen
Lab Manager
Software Infrastructure Lab
[email protected]
Accelerate your online sale
with the right IT solution!
High-performance software solutions are vital to businesses and public
institutions. We help you and your customers optimise data analysis
processes and identify patterns in big data. We also provide impartial advice.
We use the latest software technolgies and open source programming.
We have experience of state-of-the-art software solutions, cloud-based
computation, data mining and efficient processing of big data.
Software solutions and computation
We help you develop
efficient software solutions
‘The Alexandra Institute has a
major share in this success.
They are highly professional
and skilled at designing
solutions from a user
perspective. They are
not only experts in the
technology but also in how
to apply it’.
– Jens Winther Wullf,
Partner in Logiva
Bottom-line success/case
PROJECT:
How do you make the right technology choices and build the right architecture?
This was the challenge that the IT company Logiva was facing when they were to
develop an entirely web-based version of their digital invoicing solution SignFlow.
SOLUTION:
We advised Logiva on the use of advanced technologies and helped define the
architectural design. As a result of our collaboration, Logiva has made a suitable technology choice and got a ‘Proof of Concept’, meaning that it is actually
part of their future SignFlow platform. They have also verified that SignFlow
works both in a browser and on tablets and smart phones.
Software solutions and computation
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CONSULTANCY – strategic advice on cutting-edge technologies and innovation
INNOVATION – user-driven innovation and effectiveness evaluation
We tailor
our collaboration
to maximise your business!
IT AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT – in all our areas of expertise
QUALITY ASSURANCE – test, performance evaluation and software review
SUB-CONSULTANCY – contracts with businesses
PROJECTS – from problem scoping to solution
COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT – courses, talks and innovation networks
You can collaborate with us through
research projects
You can collaborate with us by buying
consultancy
You can collaborate with us by joining one of our
networks
G TS
The Alexandra Institute is a
member of GTS – Advanced
Technology Group – a network of
nine independent Danish research
and technology organisations
with a mission to translate
research into value.*
Our main focus is pervasive computing.
We have an obligation to
translate research into
societal value*
* We have been assigned by the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science to
help companies apply state-of-the-art research and technology in their products
and services with the aim of creating economic and societal value.
We have 15 years’ experience of bringing researchers, businesses and users
together around IT innovation. We are proud of offering research, development
and innovation within IT that creates value in society and sets the direction for
Danish industry.
– Ole Lehrmann Madsen, CEO, the Alexandra Institute
Use knowledge
to break habits
CONTACT
Eva Bjerrum
Head of Research and Innovation
New Ways of Working Lab
[email protected]
WORK PROCESSES
ORGANISATION
STRATEGY
TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
Are you facing major changes? We bring our expertise into play and help you
focus your efforts. We advise public and private organisations on how to achieve
a dynamic interplay among corporate strategy, work processes, organisation and
technology solutions. Contact Eva Bjerrum who, for 20 years, has worked as a
consultant on user behaviour, customer attitudes, work processes, technology
solutions and physical spaces.
Get big BUSINESS
out of BIG data
CONTACT
Jan Neerbek
Senior IT Solutions Architect
Software Infrastructure Lab
[email protected]
Big data affects us all. Those who will benefit the most from big data are
organisations and start-ups that are able to translate massive data into actual
value. But what does that mean for your organisation? What do you need to
do? And how do you get started?
Maybe you do not know what your data means or what value is hidden in it. In
that case you may profit from our expertise.
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The Alexandra Institute is engaged in applied research, development and innovation within
information technology. We are a nonprofit company with a mission to create VALUE,
GROWTH and WELFARE in society.