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Lynda Hardman to head scientific committee of European research collaboration body
As of May 2025, Lynda Hardman, senior researcher & strategist at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), has been elected Chair of the Scientific Committee of COST – the European Cooperation in Science …
Smart reading suggestions? Testers wanted!
‘Just read an article about AI composing music? Check out this story on how algorithms create art.’ These smart suggestions come from a recommendation system that analyzes articles and identifies content-based connections. …
Controversial terms about people and cultures in widely used datasets
Outdated, stereotypical, and potentially offensive words often appear in openly available datasets, CWI researchers have found. These datasets power many applications (such as online dictionaries) and machine learning algorithms, creating risks of …
CWI’s lectures on Digital Cultural Heritage
Where mathematics, computer science and humanities meet.
One year of AI, Media and Democracy Lab
A report of the first annual Community Meeting
Conference on disinformation via social media
Misinformation and disinformation spread via social media is an issue of growing importance. On 21 and 22 November CWI will host the Multidisciplinary International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media (MISDOOM).
Conference on trust in a digital society
CWI hosts a multi-disciplinary conference on trust and trust management in a digitalized society. Topics will focus on social, economic and behavioral aspects of trust, trust in networks, mobile systems and cloud …
CWI researchers involved in 2 consortia receiving millions in funding
Several CWI researchers are involved in projects that have received substantial funding under the Dutch Research Agenda (NWA). The Human-Centered Data Analytics group is represented in a project, led by Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, …
