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.
Hannes Mühleisen appointed as professor at Radboud University
As of January 1, Hannes Mühleisen has been appointed professor by special appointment of Data Engineering at the Faculty of Science's Institute of Radboud University.
Award for thesis on biased book recommendation systems
Julia Sudnik won the Amsterdam Data Science thesis award. She did an internship at CWI on ‘The effect of feedback loops on fairness in rankings from recommendation systems’.
ADS Data & Drinks on Machine Learning and MotherDuck
You are cordially invited to a free “Drinks & Data” meetup (organised by CWI and ADS) with three prominent speakers from the CIDR2023 conference.
Marten van Dijk appointed as endowed professor at VU Amsterdam
The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Executive Board has appointed Marten van Dijk (CWI) as endowed professor in Secure and Intelligent Computing, effective from 8 November 2022.
DIS group contributes to book on Immersive Video Technologies
The book Immersive Video Technologies offers a comprehensive overview of the leading technologies enabling visual immersion, including omnidirectional (360 degrees) video, light fields, and volumetric video.
Launch of EQSI-European Quantum Software Institute in Paris
On 8 November 2022, the EQSI–European Quantum Software Institute was launched with a stakeholder event in Paris. One of the founding members is QuSoft director Harry Buhrman (QuSOft, CWI & UvA).
Four quantum information pioneers speaking at QuSoft event at CWI
On 11 November, celebrated quantum information scientists Charlie Bennett and Gilles Brassard gave a lecture at QuSoft at CWI, being awarded the 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. As a surprise, other …
CWI spin-off DuckDB Labs partners with MotherDuck, who raises $47.5 million
CWI spin-off company DuckDB Labs helped create startup MotherDuck, which aims to connect DuckDB to the cloud. MotherDuck managed to raise $47.5 million, they announced this week.
