News
CWI publishes news item about its research, education and the social impact of this research on a regular basis. In addition to news items, we also publish more extensive stories about high-profile research or about CWI contributing to tackling social issues.
NWO KLEIN grant for Stacey Jeffery and Marie Colette van Lieshout
CWI researchers Stacey Jeffery and Marie Colette van Lieshout have been awarded a grant from the NWO KLEIN programme.
Farewell Symposium ‘Declarative Amsterdam’ for Steven Pemberton
CWI celebrates the career of Web pioneer and CWI researcher Steven Pemberton on 4 October with the symposium ‘Declarative Amsterdam’. He is well-known for his pioneering work on (X)HTML, CSS and XForms …
CWI signs partnership for Meaningful Control of Autonomous Systems
Together with TNO and the University of Amsterdam, CWI initiates a new research collaboration to study the impact of autonomous systems in society and the adoption of AI-based systems. Today, the three …
MonetDB Solutions secures investment from ServiceNow
MonetDB Solutions, a company formed by researchers at CWI, announces an investment from digital workflow company ServiceNow to help large enterprises drive digital transformation.
CWI research connects quantum computing and optimization
Sander Gribling studied if and how quantum computers can help solve optimization problems, like finding the shortest route. He developed new quantum algorithms that can help to solve them more efficiently. He …
Most Influential Paper award for SWAT researchers at SCAM ‘19
CWI’s SWAT group has been awarded the prize for most influential paper for the article that introduced programming language Rascal ten years ago at the SCAM conference.
ERCIM Cor Baayen Young Researcher Award 2019 for András Gilyén and Ninon Burgos
András Gilyén has been selected as winner of the 2019 ERCIM Cor Baayen Young Researcher Award, together with CNRS researcher Ninon Burgos. The award committee lauds their outstanding scientific research quality and …
Mathematical tools reconstruct ancient genetic code
The genetic code of the last universal common ancestor of all present life on earth, appears to be surprisingly advanced. In his PhD thesis, Peter van der Gulik provides mathematical tools to …
