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DIS Group contributes to international standard on subjective assessment for 360º videos

Work from the Distributed and Interactive Systems (DIS) group from CWI has resulted in a new standardization item from the International Telecommunication Union.

New fifty pound British banknote honours computer pioneer Alan Turing

On 23 June the Bank of England releases a new banknote featuring Alan Turing. CWI researchers Lynda Hardman and Jurgen Vinju comment on the meaning of Turing’s work for present day computer …

Strong Contribution of Networks and Optimization at IPCO 2021

Research carried out by CWI's Networks and Optimization (N&O) group has resulted in several contributions to the 22nd Conference on Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization, IPCO 2021: three presentations of research papers …

Funding for Explainable Artificial Intelligence for medical professionals

LUMC, Amsterdam UMC, and CWI have received funding from the Gieskes-Strijbis Fund to enhance the understanding of AI by doctors.

Nature: AI for understanding extreme physics

Researchers of the University of Oxford, CWI and other organizations published a paper in Nature reviewing the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning for understanding 'extreme physics' – the physics of …

TNO, CWI and TU Delft receive 1.8 million for research in quantum security of public key infrastructures

A consortium including TNO, CWI and TU Delft received a 1.8 million grant from NWO to conduct research in the quantum security of public key infrastructures (PKI), which form the basis for …

NETWORKS consortium awarded €1M from EU COFUND for postdoc programme

After receiving the COFUND grant from the Horizon 2020 programme for 14 PhD positions, NETWORKS has been granted a COFUND grant of €1.0 million to appoint 14 postdoctoral researchers for 2 years.

Human-Computer Interaction in the Netherlands

DIS group at ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2021 and revitalising CHI Nederland.