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CWI simulates brain activity on video cards
Neuroinformaticists of Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam managed to simulate complex brain activity on simple video cards. The simulated brain contains 50,000 neurons communicating with 35 million signals per second. …
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Vadim Zaytsev Program Chair van Wikimedia Conferentie Nederland
Op 9 november vindt in Utrecht de Wikimedia Conferentie Nederland plaats. CWI-onderzoeker Vadim Zaytsev is de programmacoördinator (Program Chair) van de conferentie, die dit jaar zal gaan over Wikipedia en het onderwijs.
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SURFnet grant honoured to AMOLF, Nikhef and CWI
On 24 October 2012 SURFnet honoured the joint grant proposal of the FOM institute AMOLF, the National Institute for Subatomic Physics Nikhef and Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (the national research institute for …
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Stieltjes Prize for Jop Briët
Today, Jop Briët, researcher at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam, was awarded the Stieltjesprijs 2011, the prize for the best thesis in mathematics.
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Presentaties CWI In Bedrijf 2012
Ruim tweehonderd bezoekers en honderd CWI-ers ontmoetten elkaar tijdens het evenement 'CWI in Bedrijf 2012 - Werk maken van Innovatie' op vrijdag 5 oktober 2012, op het Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica in …
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Floor Sietsma awarded 'Nerd van het Jaar 2012'
Researcher at the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam Floor Sietsma is awarded by Quest readers as Nerd of the Year 2012. In the race she left her main competitors Diederik …
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Nature does not allow secure computation between rivals
It is impossible to devise a cryptographic system that guarantees secure computation between two rivals.
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Security guru Schneier: SHA-1 should be replaced due to CWI’s cryptanalysis
Security guru Bruce Schneier says that SHA-1 should be replaced. On his blog he writes that Intel researcher Jesse Walker estimated that it only costs 2.7 million dollar to break the cryptographic …
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