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DIS Group at IEEE VR 2025

Research carried out by the Distributed and Interactive Systems (DIS) group from Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) has resulted in several contributions to IEEE VR 2025. The 32nd IEEE Conference on Virtual …

Silvia Rossi appointed SIGMM Director of Conference

DIS Researcher Silvia Rossi takes on a key role within the ACM SIGMM community as Director of Conference until June. She is also running in the next election for the same role.

Call semester programme development 2027-2028

The new Call for Proposals is now open! CWI invites colleagues from Dutch universities to jointly develop proposals for CWI Research Semester Programmes.

Smart reading suggestions? Testers wanted!

‘Just read an article about AI composing music? Check out this story on how algorithms create art.’ These smart suggestions come from a recommendation system that analyzes articles and identifies content-based connections. …

Paper on memory security wins HPCA 2025 Test of Time Award

Over two decades after its publication, the paper "Caches and Hash Trees for Efficient Memory Integrity Verification" has been awarded the Test of Time Award at the 2025 IEEE International Symposium on …

Marten van Dijk at a whiteboard at CWI, January 2024 (with focus area).

Earthquakes caused by gas extraction in Groningen now more predictable

Earthquakes caused by gas extraction in Groningen are now more predictable, thanks to new research that combines advanced statistical models with geological insights. This study provides a clearer picture of the risks …

International Women's Day

8 March is International Women's Day, a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. We asked women at CWI what this day means for them.

Vanessa Evers appointed new director of CWI

The Board of NWO-I, the institute organization of NWO, appointed Prof. Vanessa Evers as Director of CWI, the national research institute for mathematics and computer science in the Netherlands. In mid-2025, she …