News
CWI publishes news item about its research, education and the social impact of this research on a regular basis. In addition to news items, we also publish more extensive stories about high-profile research or about CWI contributing to tackling social issues.
CWI answers the most intriguing ‘Quest reader’s question’
"How many people were ever born on earth?", a reader asked the magazine Quest. On request CWI researcher Peter Grunwald made an estimate of 107.5 billion.
ArchiMate team wins NAF Architecture prize
The Telematica Instituut announced that the Dutch Architecture Forum for the digital world awarded a prize to the ArchiMate team on 26 November. CWI researchers Frank de Boer and Farhad Arbab are …
Peter Grünwald appointed Professor in Leiden
As of 1 November, CWI researcher Peter Grünwald has been appointed Professor Statistical Learning at the Mathematical Institute of Leiden University.
Twenty years of internet in Europe
Twenty years ago that Europe was connected to the internet.
Industry benefits from modelling
On Thursday 13 November Joost Jacob received his PhD for his research on models to describe software systems.
Best Paper Award for Intelligent Interfaces
On 30 October Michiel Hildebrand (CWI) received the Best Student Paper Award for research proposals at the International Semantic Web Conference 2008 in Karlsruhe.
CWI research in popular NWO book
On 28 October the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) published a book about science in the Netherlands.
CWI mathematician Bert Zwart receives Erlang Prize
The Erlang Prize is to honour the best researcher under the age of 36 who has contributed significantly to applied probability. Zwart is the first person outside the United States to win …
