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 pfd for a complete overview.

Semidefinite Optimization

Focus
The course aims at students with an interest in optimization, combinatorics, geometry and algebra.
University
Mastermath
CWI Professors
Monique Laurent
CWI group
Networks & Optimization
Period
1 Mar 2023 / 4 May 2023
Level
PhD

Software Language Engineering

Software Language Engineering (SLE) is concerned with the principled techniques and concepts for the construction of software languages. Software languages come in many shapes and sizes, including programming languages, modeling languages, data format languages, specification languages etc.

Focus
In this course you will get acquainted with the basic techniques and concepts of language engineering, and acquire the basic skills to define the syntax and semantics of software languages, as well as know the relevant tools and techniques for implementin
University
University of Groningen
CWI Professors
Tijs van der Storm
CWI group
SWAT
Period
1 Sep 2023 / 1 Dec 2023

Stochastic decision theory

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.
University
TUE
CWI Professors
Bert Zwart
CWI group
Stochastics
Period
1 Nov 2023 / 1 Mar 2024
Level
MSc

Statistics for Forensic Science

An important goal of the course is to provide students with the required knowledge of statistical and probabilistic reasoning to distinguish correct from erroneous argumentation when applied to Forensic Science.

Focus
An important goal of the course is to provide students with the required knowledge of statistical and probabilistic reasoning to distinguish correct from erroneous argumentation when applied to Forensic Science.
University
UvA
CWI Professors
Rudesindo Núñez Queija
CWI group
Stochastics
Period
1 Sep 2023 / 1 Jan 2024
Level
BSc

The Social Web

In this course, students will earn theory and methods concerning communication and interaction in a Web context and understand how user data is represented and distributed across devices in the context of the Social Web.

Focus
Theory, methods and techniques for: personalization for Web applications; Web user & context modeling; user-generated content and metadata; multi-device interaction; usage of social-web data.
University
VU Amsterdam
CWI Professors
Davide Ceolin
CWI group
Human Centered Data Analytics
Period
1 Nov 2023 / 15 Dec 2023
Level
BSc

Uncertainty Quantification

Focus
The central topic of Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) is how to deal with uncertainties in mathematical models for simulation and prediction of complex phenomena.
University
UvA
CWI Professors
Daan Crommelin, Wouter Edeling
CWI group
Scientific Computing
Period
1 Sep 2023 / 9 Oct 2023
Level
MSc