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Battery sharing could cut energy costs for communities, study finds

What if neighbourhoods could lower their electricity bills without investing in expensive battery systems? An international study led by researchers at CWI suggests exactly that: by leasing capacity from large, commercially operated …

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Joakim Blikstad wins 2025 EATCS Distinguished Dissertation Award

Can algorithms be both fast and simple? Joakim Blikstad has shown that they can. His PhD thesis from 2024 presented new combinatorial algorithms for solving some of the most fundamental problems in …

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Best Demo Award at CHIWORK 2025

The People’s Choice Best Demo Award at the 4th Annual Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction for Work (CHIWORK 2025) went to the demonstration titled “Dark Haptics Scenarios for Future XR Advertising.”

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CWI develops AI models inspired by the brain

How can we develop smarter AI that more closely resembles the human brain? Sanne van den Berg explored this question together with her supervisors Pieter Roelfsema and Sander Bohté in her thesis.

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CWI joins AI-driven solar energy research in HELIOS project

A collaboration between CWI and research institutes AMOLF and DIFFER has received funding from NWO-I to establish methods, techniques, and facilities that can be used to automatically design a highly efficient next-generation …

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Dashboard to expose bias in library AI systems

Researchers from the Human-Centered Data Analytics (HCDA) group are collaborating with software companies to develop a dashboard that reveals bias in library recommender systems. The project has received €123,900 in funding from …

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Farewell to CWI director Ton de Kok honoured with royal distinction

During his farewell address at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) on June 12, CWI director Ton de Kok was appointed Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion. He received the royal …

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CWI partners with startup Raynetics on advanced 3D image reconstruction

Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) has partnered with Raynetics, an Amsterdam-based deep-tech startup specializing in AI-driven 3D image reconstruction. As part of this collaboration, CWI group leader Tristan van Leeuwen has joined …

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