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New mathematical models for wind turbine load calculations

New mathematical models developed by PhD student Laurent van den Bos can help to determine the best possible way to establish new wind farms. His thesis ...

Quantum computers solve convex optimization problems faster

The advantages and limitations of quantum computing over classic computing have become clearer once again. PhD candidate Joran van Apeldoorn shows that a ...

CWI researchers analyze suicide prevention help calls during pandemic

Salim Salmi, PhD-student in CWI's Stochastics group, analyzed conversations between Stichting 113 Suicide Prevention caregivers and clients before and during ...

Better parallel programming with help of ABS language

Current programming languages cannot use the full potential power of manycore chips. Keyvan Azadbakht studied the formal programming language ABS and extended ...

Readers can increase retrievability of documents in the National Library collection

Crowdsourcing can help decrease the bias of the search engine of the ‘Koninklijke Bibliotheek’, the National Library of the Netherlands. CWI researchers will ...

Pablo Cesar named ACM Distinguished Member

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), has named Pablo Cesar as one of the 64 Distinguished Members 2020. ACM distinguished members are recognized for ...

CWI researcher Monique Laurent elected as KNAW member

Researcher and MT member Monique Laurent from Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) was elected as a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and ...

Vote for Tim Baarslag as ‘New Scientist Wetenschapstalent 2018’

CWI's Tim Baarslag has been nominated for the ‘New Scientist Wetenschapstalent 2018’ prize. This prize is awarded annually to a young researcher with a high ...

Guidelines for accessible websites, online documents and apps now available in Dutch

The official translation into Dutch of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1), required for all public sector body websites as of 23 ...

Amsterdam knowledge institutes to invest 1 billion euros in AI

CWI and other Amsterdam-based knowledge institutes have joined forces to invest 1 billion euros in the development of responsible AI technologies. The partners ...