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CWI involved in new consortium on energy-efficient AI

A total of 9 projects will receive 9 million euros by NWO.

Marten van Dijk and co-authors win ACM CCS 2023 Test of Time Award

Marten van Dijk and his co-authors won the ACM CCS 2023 Test of Time Award for their research on Path ORAM – an algorithm to prevent adversaries from using access patterns to …

Photosynthetic finalist in prestigious Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge

Out of more than 4,000 international participants, CWI spin-off Photosynthetic has been selected as a finalist in the Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge. The pioneer in micro-3D printing technology is one of the …

Post-quantum cryptography must keep our bank account, DigiD and state secrets safe

CWI PhD candidate Jelle Don defends his PhD thesis at Leiden University on 23 January 2024.

Test of Time Award for paper on vectorized execution

A CWI paper on a new way of implementing database systems has won the Test of Time Award, established by the Conference on Innovative Data Systems Research (CIDR). The paper was published …

DIS Co-organizes a Dagstuhl Seminar in Social XR

Pablo Cesar, from the Distributed and Interactive Systems group (DIS) of CWI, has co-organized the Dagstuhl Seminar #23482, titled “Social XR: The Future of Communication and Collaboration.

Solving the bank: lightweight specification and verification techniques for enterprise software

CWI PhD student Jouke stoel simplified complex banking software with innovative techniques.

World-renowned quantum researcher Harry Buhrman takes on new position in London's business community

As of 15 December 2023, quantum researcher Harry Buhrman (CWI, QuSoft and UvA) will start a new position as Chief Scientist Quantum Algorithms & Innovation at Quantinuum. "CWI is a wonderful place,” …