Apart from a scientific semester programme CWI organizes mini-symposia, masterclasses, lectures with renowned speakers (like the Abel prize winners from 2022), hackathons and data challenges. Additionally, we organize and host other regular scientific meetings like reading groups, seminars, collaboration sessions and open-problem sessions. The format is flexible to meet the preferences of the participants.
Events 2024
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PhD Defence Shishir Subramanyam (Distributed & Interactive Systems)
12 Dec 2024
from 12:30 p.m.
to 12 Dec 2024 1:30 p.m.
| TU Delft
The PhD Defence of Shishir Subramanyamon will be on Thursday 12 December 2024 at Delft Univeristy on "Adaptive Streaming of Dynamic PointClouds for Virtual Reality Remote Communication"
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PhD Defence Willem Feijen (CWI, N&O)
9 Dec 2024
from 5 p.m.
to 9 Dec 2024 6 p.m.
| UvA, Agnietenkapel, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 229-231, Amsterdam
The PhD Defence of Willem Feijen (CWI) takes place at the University of Amsterdam on Monday 9 December 2024. His PhD thesis is entitled: 'Fast, Right or Best: Algorithms for Practical Optimization Problems'.
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PhD Defence Salim Salmi (ST)
4 Dec 2024
from 1:45 p.m.
to 4 Dec 2024 3:15 p.m.
| Vrije Universiteit, Auditorium, Main building (1st floor), De Boelelaan 1105, Amsterdam
The PhD Defence of Salim Salmi will be on Wednesday 4 December 2024 at Vrije Universiteit on "From Words to Action: AI-Supported Suicide Prevention Helpline"
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PhD Defence Simon Gunkel (Distributed & Interactive Systems)
3 Dec 2024
from 1:45 p.m.
to 3 Dec 2024 2:45 p.m.
| Hoofdgebouw VU, Auditorium, De Boelelaan 1105, Amsterdam
The PhD Defence of Simon Gunkel will be on Tuesday 3 December 2024 at Vrije Universiteit on "From 2D Video Conferencing to Photorealistic Immersive 3D Communication"
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PhD Defence Thomas Schoegje (HCDA)
3 Dec 2024
from 9:55 a.m.
to 3 Dec 2024 10:55 a.m.
| University Utrecht, Academiegebouw, Domplein 29, Utrecht
The PhD Defence of Thomas Schoegje will be on Tuesday 3 December 2024 at Utrecht University on "Task-based search for municipal knowledge workers: Designing and implementing specialised search functionality"
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EKAW 2024
26 Nov 2024
from 9 a.m.
to 28 Nov 2024 6 p.m.
| CWI, Amsterdam Science Park Congress Centre, Science Park 125
24th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management.
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Dutch Belgium Database Day 2024 (DBDBD 2024)
22 Nov 2024
from 9:30 a.m.
to 22 Nov 2024 7 p.m.
| Turing room Science Park 125 Amsterdam
The Dutch Belgian Database Day (DBDBD) is a yearly one-day workshop organized by a Belgian or Dutch university, whose general topic is database research. This year it takes place at CWI, Science Park 125, on Friday 22 November 2024.
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CWI Lectures & Dijkstra Fellowship for Marcin Żukowski
21 Nov 2024
from 10:15 a.m.
to 21 Nov 2024 5:30 p.m.
| CWI, Amsterdam Science Park Congress Centre, Science Park 125
Since 2019 and every five years, CWI celebrates the granting of the Dijkstra Fellowships to honour scientists who have accomplished groundbreaking research in mathematics and computer science. CWI has elected Marcin Żukowski for the 2024 Dijkstra Fellowship. With this honorary title, CWI recognizes his pioneering role in the development of database management systems that had great societal impact, and his successful entrepreneurial career. The Fellowship will be awarded on Thursday 21 November.
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