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.

Lattices and Their Algorithms

This course will propose to study euclidean lattices (discrete subgroups of the Euclidean vector space Rn) and related questions arising in various areas of mathematics and computer science (Geometry of Numbers, Algebraic Number Theory, Coding Theory, Cryptography).

Type
Course
Organisation
CWI educators
CWI group
Period
1 Sep 2025 – 1 Feb 2026
Location
Universiteit Leiden
Level
MSc
ECTS
6.00

Quantum Computing

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Focus

Quantum Computing

Type
Course
Organisation
CWI educators
CWI group
Other educators
  • D. Schoneveld (Instructor)
Period
1 Sep 2025 – 19 Dec 2025
Location
UvA
Level
MSc
ECTS
8.00

Scientific perspectives on GMT

Type
Course
Organisation
CWI educators
CWI group
Other educators
  • prof. dr. M.J. van Kreveld (Lecturer)
Period
1 Sep 2025 – 7 Nov 2025
Location
Urecht
Other urls
Level
MSc
ECTS
7.50

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
1 Sep 2025 – 19 Dec 2025
Level
MSc
ECTS
8.00

Neural Dynamics and Deep Learning

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Focus

In this course, we will cover advanced methods for analysis and simulation of neural systems looking at both biophysical and cognitive perspectives.

Type
Course
Organisation
CWI educators
CWI group
Other educators
  • dr. J.F. Mejias (Coordinator)
Period
27 Oct 2025 – 19 Dec 2025
Location
UvA
Level
MSc
ECTS
6.00

Network Models, Representation and Consciousness

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Focus

This course gives a broad overview of neural network models of the brain up to and including mechanistic theories of conciousness.

Type
Course
Organisation
CWI educators
CWI group
Other educators
  • prof. dr. C.M.A. Pennartz (Coordinator)
Period
27 Oct 2025 – 19 Dec 2025
Location
UvA
Level
MSc
ECTS
6.00

Stochastic decision theory

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Focus

The goal of the course is to familiarize students with the basic mathematical concepts and computational techniques for stochastic decision and optimization problems, and illustrate the application of these methods in various scenarios.

Type
Course
Organisation
CWI educators
CWI group
Other educators
  • dr. J. Sanders, MSc (Instructor)
Period
3 Nov 2025 – 2 Mar 2026
Level
MSc
ECTS
5.00

Selected Areas in Cryptology

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Focus

The goal of this course is to provide insight into cryptography secure against quantum computers (post-quantum cryptography) as well as various methods for the mathematical cryptanalysis of cryptographic systems.

Type
Course
Organisation
CWI educators
CWI group
Period
2 Feb 2026 – 29 May 2026
Location
Universiteit Utrecht, De Uithof
Level
MSc
ECTS
8.00