Courses

CWI highly values education. CWI researchers not only supervise and inspire the CWI PhD students, but also aim at contributing to teaching Master's students at universities. See the overview of CWI's current involvement in teaching courses in the Netherlands below.

Contribution to education

CWI is a research institute and does not have education as an institutional task. However, many of the senior researchers of CWI contribute to education via an affiliation or part-time appointment at one of the Dutch universities. CWI conveys the knowledge of the scientists employed at our institute to the new generation of mathematics and computer science students. Our staff contributes by e.g. teaching a university course or supervising MSc thesis projects carried out by university students. They also supervise PhD students at CWI, who defend their thesis at one of the Dutch universities after their employment at CWI. All courses can be found below in alphabetical order. You can also open the pdf for a complete overview.

Scientific perspectives on GMT

Type
Course
Organisation
CWI educators
CWI group
Other educators
  • prof. dr. M.J. van Kreveld (Lecturer)
Period
31 aug 2026 – 13 nov 2026
Location
Utrecht
Other urls
Level
MSc
ECTS
7.50

Statistical Learning

The course is an introduction to modern statistical methods that are important for data science. An introduction course to statistics covering basic statistical concepts is a prerequisite.

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Focus

During the course, several statistical approaches are introduced and discussed. A part of the lecture is devoted to the mathematical analysis of these methods. The course contains biweekly homework sheets that cover theoretical and practical problems.

Type
Course
Organisation
CWI educators
CWI group
Period
31 aug 2026 – 6 nov 2026
Level
MSc
ECTS
5.00

Algorithmic Game Theory UvA

Algorithmic game theory (AGT) is a research area that lies in the intersection of theoretical computer science, discrete mathematics and economic theory.

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Focus

Algorithmic game theory (AGT) is a research area that lies in the intersection of theoretical computer science, discrete mathematics and economic theory.

Type
Course
Organisation
CWI educators
CWI group
Period
1 sep 2026 – 23 oct 2026
Level
MSc

Introduction to Information Theory

In this course, we quickly review the basics of probability theory and introduce concepts such as (conditional) Shannon entropy, mutual information and entropy diagrams. Then, we prove Shannon's theorems about data compression and channel coding. An interesting connection with graph theory is made in the setting of zero-error information theory. We also cover some aspects of information-theoretic security such as perfectly secure encryption, and draw some connections to machine learning.

URL
Type
Course
Organisation
CWI educators
  • J. Zuiddam (Coordinator)
CWI group
Period
1 sep 2026 – 23 oct 2026
Level
BSc
ECTS
6.00

Continuous Optimization

This course aims to provide a concise introduction into the basics of continuous unconstrained, constrained and conic optimization.

Period
7 sep 2026 – 15 jan 2027
Level
MSc
ECTS
6.00

Quantum Computing

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Focus

Quantum Computing

Type
Course
Organisation
CWI educators
CWI group
Period
7 sep 2026 – 15 jan 2027
Location
UvA
Level
MSc
ECTS
8.00

Quantum Information Theory

URL
Focus

This course offers a mathematical introduction to Quantum Information Theory. We will start with the fundamentals (such as quantum states, measurements, and channels) and then discuss some more advanced topics (such as compression of quantum information and entanglement theory).

Type
Course
Organisation
CWI educators
  • J. Helsen (Lecturer)
  • Dr. M. Ozols (Lecturer)
CWI group
Period
7 sep 2026 – 1 dec 2027
Level
MSc
ECTS
8.00

Modern Cryptography

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Focus

This Master's level course provides an introduction to modern cryptography, the science of securing communication and computation against different forms of adversarial behaviors.

Type
Course
Organisation
CWI educators
CWI group
Period
7 sep 2026 – 1 dec 2027
Level
MSc
ECTS
8.00