Seifert, a Danish computer programmer who developed the popular multiplayer text-based role-playing game DikuMud, was a BSc then MSc student at the department from 1990 to 1996. Miscellaneous The domain diku.dk was registered on October 29, 1987, and was one of the first .dk domain names to be registered. The popular DikuMUD codebase was developed at DIKU in March 1990, and derives its name from the institute. In the 1994 Danish thriller Nattevagten (Nightwatch) directed by Ole Bornedal, the main entrance and stairwell of the institute was used as a main location. References External links DIKU homepage DIKU's history University of Copenhagen Computer science departments Educational institutions established in 1970 Educational institutions in Denmark