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Prestigious Gödel Prize for Ronald de Wolf
Ronald de Wolf and his co-authors receive the 2023 Gödel Prize for outstanding papers in theoretical computer science. The other winner of the 2023 Gödel Prize is Thomas Rothvoss.
PhD defence: How useful are quantum computers?
In the quest for a working quantum computer, it is important to find out how classical and quantum computers perform similar tasks. On 16 February 2023 Subhasree Patro (CWI and QuSoft) defended …
Stieltjes Prize 2021-2022 for Sophie Huiberts and Freek Witteveen
Sophie Huiberts, former PhD student of CWI, has been awarded the Stieltjes Prize 2021-2022 for the best PhD thesis in mathematics in the Netherlands. CWI also hosted the other winner, Freek Witteveen.
CWI Interview with Gilles Brassard
In November 2022 Gilles Brassard was interviewed for personnel magazine We@CWI. Here a copy of this interview.
Launch of EQSI-European Quantum Software Institute in Paris
On 8 November 2022, the EQSI–European Quantum Software Institute was launched with a stakeholder event in Paris. One of the founding members is QuSoft director Harry Buhrman (QuSOft, CWI & UvA).
Four quantum information pioneers speaking at QuSoft event at CWI
On 11 November, celebrated quantum information scientists Charlie Bennett and Gilles Brassard gave a lecture at QuSoft at CWI, being awarded the 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. As a surprise, other …
Viewing computer science through the lens of cryptography
On Friday 30 September 2022 Christian Schaffner gives his inaugural lecture as professor in theoretical computer science at UvA. Besides his work as a group leader at UvA, he will remain working …
Gilles Brassard wins 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Gilles Brassard, Charles H. Bennett, David Deutsch and Peter Shor were awarded the world’s largest science prize for their foundational work in quantum information. Brassard is currently hosted at QuSoft at NWO …
