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Better image quality for virtual reality with computer science

Less image delays, less 'image echoes' and more fluid movements in virtual reality (VR): this is all possible with the research of Ferdi Smit of the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), the …

New book published from Pablo Cesar: The Evolution of TV Systems, Content, and Users Toward Interactivity

TV viewing has undergone a tremendous change during the past twenty years. Originally, TV viewing was a social activity, fostering social interaction with communities of viewers. A host of technical developments has …

Rapport rekenonderwijs aangeboden aan staatssecretaris Dijksma

Foto: Jan Karel Lenstra (directeur Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica), voorzitter van de Commissie Rekenonderwijs Basisschool.

CWI plays leading role in research programme NCSB

The Netherlands Consortium for Systems Biology (NCSB) officially started its research program on 15 October.

New simulations explain huge lightning flashes

With new simulations Alejandro Luque and Ute Ebert (CWI) explained huge lightning flashes above clouds: sprites. They published their results in Nature Geoscience, which appeared online on 25 October 2009.

Mathematics for Dry Feet

On September 1st Joris Bierkens joined the Center of Mathematics & Computer Science (CWI) as an assistant in the Deltares funded project 'Mathematics for Dike Height Control'.

Jan H. van Schuppen Appointed as Full Professor TU Delft

Starting from 1 September 2009 Jan H. van Schuppen (CWI) has been appointed as professor Mathematical System Theory at the Department of Mathematics of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer …