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.
Ute Ebert in televisieprogramma Galileo
Dinsdag 27 mei 2008 zendt het televisieprogramma Galileo een documentaire uit over het effect van donder en bliksem op klimaatverandering. CWI-onderzoeker Ute Ebert en haar collega's van de afdeling Electrical Engineering aan …
Jeroen Wackers wins Best PhD Thesis of 2007
CWI and BRICKS (Basic Research in Informatics for Creating the Knowledge Society) are proud to announce that Jeroen Wackers is a winner of the ECCOMAS Award for the Best PhD Thesis in …
CWI and Leiden University sign cooperation agreement
The Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica and Leiden University (UL) expand their cooperation.
CWI coordinates project about control for coordination
What is the similarity between electronic signs on highways and pilotless planes? The answer is: coordination. The signs should communicate with each other and the planes should too. Five problems of this …
At CWI developed timetable awarded
The train timetable of Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) has won the prestigious Franz Edelman Award. Last monday this prize for operational research was awarded to a team of researchers from NS, Erasmus University …
CWI and Leiden University sign cooperation agreement
The Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica and Leiden University (UL) expand their cooperation. The Mathematical Institute (MI), Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) and CWI signed an agreement that makes it possible …
Approximating the Stability Number and the Chromatic Number of a Graph via Semidefinite Programming
Nebojša Gvozdenović will receive his PhD degree for the research he carried out at CWI. He will defend his thesis entitled Approximating the Stability Number and the Chromatic Number of a Graph …
Opgelost nominated for best popular science book 2008
The book Opgelost (Solved!) is nominated for the Eurekaprijs for the best popular science book 2008. Opgelost is written by scientific journalist Bennie Mols.
