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CWI Lectures organized in honour of Lex Schrijver

To honour mathematician and Spinoza Award winner Lex Schrijver, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) organized the CWI Lectures 2013 – the 'CWI Lexures' – on ...

The Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded Neil Olver a Veni grant for his project 'Designing better, faster networks'. Olver, who is ...

Mathematician Bert Gerards of Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam and his colleagues Jim Geelen (University of Waterloo, Canada) and Geoff ...

Connection between graph theory and algebra deepened

PhD student Guus Regts from Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) investigated mathematical connections between graph theory and algebra.

Conditions for optimal solutions to semidefinite problems found

Most optimization problems in real-life are hard to solve optimally. However, for practical purposes it is usually sufficient to settle for near-optimal ...

CWI researchers in research consortium Gravity programme

Six research consortia in which prominent scientists from various Dutch universities work together are receiving a combined sum of 153 million euros for ...

CWI-mathematician proves: altruism does not necessarily lead to better outcomes in game theory

New mathematical research shows that consideration for others does not always lead to the best outcome - that is, when it’s applied in game theory.

CWI-wiskundige bewijst: altruïsme leidt niet altijd tot betere uitkomsten in speltheorie

Nieuw wiskundig onderzoek toont aan, dat rekening houden met anderen niet altijd tot de beste uitkomst leidt – tenminste, in de speltheorie.

Cooperative behaviour is not instinctive, but learnt

Cooperative behaviour is not an instinctive impulse or deliberate choice, but a learning process. Researchers of CWI and LUISS Guido Carli in Rome showed in an ...

Lex Schrijver receives EURO Gold Medal 2015

Researcher Lex Schrijver of CWI has been awarded the EURO Gold Medal 2015. This prize is considered the highest European distinction in Operational Research ...