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NWO and CWI condemn Russian attack on Ukraine, measures announced

The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (CWI is part of the NWO institute organization, NWO-I) is shocked by the invasion of Russian troops in Ukraine and has announced measures regarding partnerships with …

Algorithms can also learn without examples

Allard Hendriksen (CWI) developed an algorithm that improves X-ray images without having to learn from data from previous measurements. He defends his PhD thesis on 3 March at Leiden University.

Podcast: How will AI affect democracy and media?

In this podcast Laura Hollink of CWI talks to Thijs Doorenbosch of AG Connect about interesting projects in which she participates together with partners from culture and media, but also with scientists …

Laura Hollink co-authored the position paper ‘The Art of AI for All’

Culture and media can play a pioneering role in the field of AI, a new report of the Dutch AI Coalition states.

2 million euros for human-centered AI research

CWI will focus on developing new AI tools that strengthen the democratic function of media.

Maths helps understand information processing on quantum systems

On 26 January Farrokh Labib (CWI, QuSoft) defended his thesis on quantum information theory. His research helps to map out how information can be processed on quantum systems.

Monique Laurent appointed CWI Fellow

Monique Laurent, researcher and former MT member at CWI and a professor at Tilburg University, has been appointed as CWI Fellow for her contributions to science and management.

IEEE Fellowship for security research Marten van Dijk

Marten van Dijk (CWI) has received the IEEE Fellowship for his contributions to security, especially secure processor design and encrypted computation. His security work is used worldwide: both in applications like Intel …