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NAW publication on Mathematics and Planet Earth

Daan Crommelin (CWI) and Henk Schuttelaars (TU Delft) were guest editors of a special issue of Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde (NAW) on Mathematics and Planet Earth that was recently published. Daan Crommelin …

Human Brain Project started

The Human Brain Project, the world’s most ambitious neuroscience project, is underway. Scientists from the 135 partner institutions, co-funded by the EU with an estimated budget of €1.2 billion, are meeting in …

Peter Boncz Special Professor at VU University Amsterdam

Peter Boncz of Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam has been appointed Special Professor of Large-Scale Analytical Data Management at the Faculty of Sciences of VU University Amsterdam as of 1 …

Arnold Smeulders will join the Academia Europaea

In 2013, Arnold Smeulders (COMMIT/, UvA and CWI) received an invitation to join the prestigious Academia Europaea.

Ronald Cramer inaugurated as KNAW Member

On 30 September 2013 Ronald Cramer, head of the Cryptology group of Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) and a professor of cryptology at the Mathematical Institute of Leiden Universi

MINO project on business decisions starts at CWI in October 2013

The Networks & Optimization research group at CWI in Amsterdam participates in the recently funded EU Initial Training Network MINO for Mixed Integer Nonlinear Optimization. It has eleven academic partners(such as CWI …

SIGMM Award for Dick Bulterman

Movies Colours of Math and Steve Jobs the lost interview shown at CWI during SPAFF film festival

From 12-15 September 2013 the SPAFF film festival takes place at Science Park Amsterdam. Movies shown at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) are: