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.
Safe cracked during open door day
On Saturday 18 October 2008 Science Park Amsterdam was open to the public. CWI also participated and challenged the visitors to crack the code of a safe.
PhD defence Jarek Byrka
How could two banks be merged efficiently? Which offices should close and which not? Where should people build new energy plants? To answer these kinds of questions Jarek Byrka (CWI) studied mathematical …
Best Paper Award for SMIL State research
At the ACM DocEngineering Symposium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Jack Jansen and Dick Bulterman received the Best Paper Award.
Higher quality of web services appreciated
The research project Service Optimization and Quality (SEQUAL) that starts in October, came first in the IOP Generic Communication funding programme of Senternovem.
Van Oortmerssen compliments CWI in weblog
"Marvellous to see how practical fundamental research can be", Gerard van Oortmerssen, director ICTRegie, compliments the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica in his weblog.
New spin-off MonetDB B.V.
To stimulate commercial applications and to disseminate scientific research, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam founded MonetDB B.V. in 2008. In 2024 the MonetDB Foundation was launched.
Arjen de Vries appointed professor
CWI research helps predicting limit Moore's Law
