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Cultural AI team wins special award at heritage hackathon

A team with two PhD students from CWI won the Polyvocality Award (Meerstemmigheidsprijs) at the annual hackathon organized by Netwerk Digitaal Erfgoed.

How higher mathematics generates innovation in healthcare

Scientists at CWI pursuing life sciences and health research are committed to designing models with direct applications to challenges in healthcare. Their work varies from optimizing treatment plans for cancer patients and …

Van Wijngaarden Awards for Marta Kwiatkowska and Susan Murphy

Thursday 3 November, computer scientist Marta Kwiatkowska and mathematician Susan A. Murphy have been presented with the CWI Van Wijngaarden Award.

Life Sciences and Health makes way for new group: Evolutionary Intelligence

Since 1 October CWI has a new group: Evolutionary Intelligence (EI). At the same time, the Life Sciences and Health (LSH) group has ceased to exist. The group leader of EI is …

DIS group supports community opera that premiered in Barcelona

The Distributed and Interactive Systems (DIS) group played a special role in the creation of an opera.

IntACT: visualising the interior of art objects

The IntACT research team (CWI/Rijksmuseum) developed a tool to investigate art objects on the inside. In a new video the team explains the scope and outcome of the project.

National Coalition calls on government for integrated approach to sustainable Digitalization

The National Coalition for Sustainable Digitalization (NCDD) presents a manifesto to Minister Adriaansens (EZK) today that encourages the creation of an integral approach to sustainable digitalization. CWI is one of 70 organizations …

DIS wins best demo award at ACM Multimedia 2022

The DIS group from CWI has received the demo award at ACM International Conference on Multimedia, with the paper “Mediascape XR: A cultural heritage experience in Social VR”.