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Lex Schrijver speaker at Nemo Wakker Worden Kinderlezing

On 13 Januari 2013 CWI researcher Lex Schrijver spoke at the Nemo Wakker Worden Kinderlezing 'What is the shortest way home?' (Wat is de kortste weg naar huis?) on optimal combinations in …

Funding for research on cosmic lightning

Researchers from CWI and KVI received funding in the FOM projectruimte for their proposal ‘Cosmic lightning’.

CWI Fellow Jaco de Bakker passed away

Rubicon for Jop Briët from CWI

The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) awarded a Rubicon grant to Jop Briët, researcher at the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam.

Immo Grabe defends thesis on formal methods for parallel programs

Future mobile payments safer with quantum cryptographic identification

Payment by mobile phone will be common in the near future. Security of the payment system will partly be based on secure identification, and it will be crucial that no secret-key material, …

CWI researcher Floor Sietsma (20) youngest PhD in the Netherlands

Researcher Floor Sietsma of Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam is the youngest PhD in the recent academic history of the Netherlands.

ICT Personality Award 2012 to Peter Apers and Arnold Smeulders

Nederland ICT (former ICT~Office) has awarded its annual ICT Personality Award 2012 to Peter Apers (UT) and Arnold Smeulders (CWI/UvA/COMMIT). They receive this award for their prominent role in ICT research in …