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New workshop prepares companies for quantum age
QuSoft, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and Dutch banks launch a new monthly workshop, hosted by Marten Teitsma and Koen Groenland. The workshop addresses the need for companies to explore and develop …
QuSoft celebrates five years of cutting-edge quantum algorithm and software research
After five years of close collaboration within QuSoft, CWI and the University of Amsterdam sign an agreement that consolidates their cooperation.
Quantum.Amsterdam: The new quantum innovation hub
CWI, the University of Amsterdam, and QuSoft have jointly established a new innovation hub for developing quantum software and applications. The Quantum.Amsterdam hub aims to connect the ambitions of leading knowledge institutes …
Harry Buhrman joins Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Quantum researcher Harry Buhrman joins the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). The KNAW is the most relevant Dutch society of top scientists. Together with seventeen other researchers, Buhrman will …
Ming Li and Paul Vitanyi's textbook on Kolmogorov complexity receives a 2020 McGuffey Longevity Award
Paul Vitányi (CWI) and Ming Li (University of Waterloo) have received one of seven 2020 McGuffey Longevity Awards from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association for 'An Introduction to Kolmogorov Complexity and …
Introducing Women In Quantum Development
Bringing women in quantum research together to form a professional and informal network. With that goal in mind, CWI researcher Stacey Jeffery and colleagues started the WIQD network. WIQD now aims to …
Quantum computers solve convex optimization problems faster
The advantages and limitations of quantum computing over classic computing have become clearer once again. PhD candidate Joran van Apeldoorn shows that a specific type of optimization problem can be solved much …
Theoretical games explore the limits of quantum entanglement
The elusive phenomenon of quantum entanglement could enable unparalleled possibilities, but exactly how powerful are they? CWI researcher Tom Bannink explored cooperative games to assess when entanglement provides an advantage over our …
