In 2001, the CAVI research centre was established. Looking back, it has been 25 years of exciting and experimental IT research, carried out in collaboration with numerous research teams at Aarhus University, as well as a wide range of external partners, including cultural institutions, schools, digital artists, and industry.
We are delighted to celebrate this milestone on Tuesday, 2 June 2026 at INCUBA and CAVI.
INCUBA Small Auditorium
Åbogade 15, 8200 Aarhus
CAVI
Building 5345, Aabogade 34D, 8200 Aarhus N
Reception and Demos
To attend the reception, please register by Friday, 22 May 2026 using the CAVI 25 Years Anniversary Reception form
We look forward to celebrating with you!
Clemens Klokmose and Kim Halskov
.... has been the guiding motto for the past 20 years of my research. In this talk, it will be exemplified through a collaboration with CAVI in designing educational collaborative games for and with neurodivergent children, where technological development and relational wellbeing is at the core. Collaboration, communication, and formation of social relationships cannot be taken for granted, why playing for togetherness is not just for fun, it is a complex research challenge, it is essential for training 21st century skills – and for successful academic partnership.
For more than 15 years, CAVI has supported research and development of novel writing environments aimed at experimental uses of digital technologies in creative writing. This work has been anchored at the Digital Aesthetics Research Center in collaboration with external partners, including public libraries and literary authors.
These collaborations have resulted in a series of “poetry machines”, designed to enable non-expert engagement with computationally mediated experimental writing. Currently, CAVI supports the HAIC-III research project, which is developing a bespoke writing environment that proposes an alternative vision of generative artificial intelligence in creative writing—one that emphasises literary experimentation over automation.
This talk presents CoTinker, a web-based and modular platform developed in collaboration with CAVI to support the teaching of informatics across primary, secondary, and higher education. Designed as a flexible toolkit for collaborative learning and hands-on experimentation, CoTinker enables educators and students to engage with computational concepts through interactive teaching activities. The platform was developed through a collaboration between CAVI and the Department of Computer Science at Aarhus University, illustrating how CAVI can translate interdisciplinary research in computer science and computing education into practical technologies with real-world impact.The presentation will showcase concrete teaching units created for upper secondary Informatics, along with experiences from use in educational practice and future directions
Universities produce ideas. Industry produces products. Between them lies a gap where many research prototypes are left unrealised. A small number of institutions have bridged this gap by embedding permanent technical production capacity within academic research—places where “wizards and smiths” work side by side.
CAVI is one of these rare “forges”, and it has endured for 25 years. This talk reflects on why such infrastructures are uncommon, why they matter for real-world research impact, and how CAVI can continue to serve as a forge for transforming ideas into tangible artefacts in the decades to come.
