News

News about CWI research, education and the social impact of this research.

Visiting professor at CWI's Computational Imaging group

Jeroen Kalkman (TU Delft) will visit CWI's Computational Imaging group for the coming period.

5 proposals for new CWI Research Semester Programmes granted

The new programmes will be developed together researchers from Dutch universities and are planned for 2025-2027.

NIST standardizes quantum-safe cryptography methods

Three quantum-safe cryptography methods are now standardized for global use. Léo Ducas from CWI’s Cryptology group co-designed the two primary PQC methods selected for this standardization.

Léo Ducas of CWI, 2024. Picture: CWI.

Reducing waiting times for tourists

A day out in Amsterdam can be quite frustrating. Museums and other attractions are often fully booked or have long waiting lines. CWI researchers developed an algorithm that helps tourists coordinate their …

Canal with boats in Amsterdam

SIAM Student Paper Prize for Lucas Slot

Lucas Slot, former PhD student of CWI, received the SIAM Student Paper Prize 2024 for a paper that he wrote during his time at CWI.

Portrait of Lucas Slot during his time at CWI (2018).

CWI participates in research into the impact of green hydrogen

A consortium to study the socio-economic impact of hydrogen in a sustainable energy system, has been granted 12 million euros from NWO in collaboration with the National Growth Fund programme GroenvermogenNL. CWI …

Conceptual image of a hydrogen molecule with green nature background.

Vulnerability demonstrated in RADIUS/UDP network protocol

There is a vulnerability found in the RADIUS/UDP protocol, which is widely used for access control to networks and network equipment. An international team of researchers, including CWI cryptanalyst Marc Stevens, announced …

Image of a hacker without a face in a hoodie, filling in a password.

AiNed XS Europa funding for generative AI for realistic physics simulations

In this project, proposed by Benjamin Sanderse and Nikolaj Mücke of CWI’s Scientific Computing group, a physics-aware generative AI model capable of generating physics simulations will be developed.

clouds combined wit blue sky with graphical images of a network