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Portrait of Effy Li, postdoc in the Database Architectures group
Effy Li’s route into research has been anything but straightforward. From studying Electronic Engineering in China to working on data management at CWI, her journey has taken her across countries and disciplines. …
Tidying up while you search: CWI paper Database Cracking wins CIDR Test of Time Award
A 2007 publication titled Database Cracking has received a Test of Time Award from CIDR, the Conference on Innovative Data Systems Research. Authors Stefan Manegold, the late Martin Kersten, and Stratos Idreos …
FastLanes: redesigning data files for faster analytics
Computer scientist Azim Afroozeh redesigned data compression and storage so large datasets can be analyzed faster while taking less space. His work led to FastLanes, a new file format tuned for modern …
CWI helps the UN filter sensitive data from its crisis platform
CWI researcher Madelon Hulsebos and masterstudent Liang Telkamp have developed a method to accurately detect sensitive information from the vast amounts of data stored on the United Nations’ Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) …
2025 VLDB Test of Time Award for CWI researcher Peter Boncz
Peter Boncz, researcher and leader of the Database Architectures (DA) research group at CWI, and his co-authors have received the VLDB Test of Time Award 2025. They received the prize at the …
Data systems take centre stage at CIDR 2025
The Conference on Innovative Data Systems Research (CIDR) brought 170 international visitors to Amsterdam this year. Organized locally by our Database Architectures (DA) group, CIDR is renowned for showcasing bold ideas, novel …
Hannes Mühleisen wins the Dutch Prize for ICT Research 2025
The Dutch Prize for ICT Research 2025 has been awarded to Hannes Mühleisen, Senior Researcher at the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam and Professor of Data Engineering at Radboud University …
CWI's research partner Databricks raises $10 billion in landmark funding round
US-based software company and CWI research partner Databricks has raised $10 billion in one of the largest private funding rounds to date, bringing the company’s valuation to $62 billion. Databricks develops software …
