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Best paper award for a novel approach to training neural networks
A paper on multi-objective (MO) training of neural networks, written by researchers from CWI and Leiden University Medical Center, has received the best paper award during the international EMO 2023 conference.

Artificial intelligence helps deciding on best radiation therapy for prostate tumours
An algorithm developed by CWI and Amsterdam UMC helps doctors determine the best plan for internal radiotherapy. This makes prostate cancer more treatable. Thanks to the research of Anton Bouter and his …

Prognosing onset of ALS disease with AI methods
Accurately predicting whether a person will develop ALS: bioinformatics researchers at Bielefeld University, Germany, published a study in Nature Machine Intelligence. Part of this research was done at CWI.

How higher mathematics generates innovation in healthcare
Scientists at CWI pursuing life sciences and health research are committed to designing models with direct applications to challenges in healthcare. Their work varies from optimizing treatment plans for cancer patients and …

Life Sciences and Health makes way for new group: Evolutionary Intelligence
Since 1 October CWI has a new group: Evolutionary Intelligence (EI). At the same time, the Life Sciences and Health (LSH) group has ceased to exist. The group leader of EI is …

2 Best Paper Awards for CWI at GECCO
Researchers from CWI and Leiden University were awarded two best paper awards at the ACM Genetic and Evolutionary Computation COnference (GECCO) 2022.

Best Italian PhD thesis prize for CWI's Giulia Bernardini
On 14 September 2021 the Italian chapter of EATCS awarded a prize for the Best Italian PhD Thesis in Theoretical Computer Science ex aequo to Giulia Bernardini (CWI) and Francesco Dagnino (University …

JoLEA: new lecture series on cutting-edge research on Evolutionary Algorithms
CWI, Leiden University, Utrecht University and VU Amsterdam proudly present the new Joint Lectures on Evolutionary Algorithms (JoLEA) series: top-quality lectures on EAs.
