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2018 Women@McKinsey Dissertation Award for Yllka Velaj

CWI researcher and ERCIM Fellow Yllka Velaj has won the 2018 Women@McKinsey Dissertation Award for her PhD thesis, which analyzes the problem of how to maximize the dissemination of information and opinions …

2018 Women@McKinsey Dissertation Award for Yllka Velaj

2018 Women@McKinsey Dissertation Award for Yllka Velaj

CWI researcher and ERCIM Fellow Yllka Velaj has won the 2018 Women@McKinsey Dissertation Award for her PhD thesis, which analyzes the problem of how to maximize the dissemination of information and opinions …

2018 Women@McKinsey Dissertation Award for Yllka Velaj

Health Innovation Seed Fund III B.V investeert in Stokhos emergency mathematics

CWI spin-off Stokhos Emergency Mathematics krijgt een investering van Health Innovation Seed Fund III. Met deze financiële injectie wil Stokhos haar Seconds software verder optimaliseren en schaalvergroting en verdere internationale expansie realiseren.

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Health Innovation Seed Fund III B.V. invests in Stokhos emergency mathematics

CWI spin-off company Stokhos Emergency Mathematics receives an investment of Health Innovation Seed Fund III. With this financial injection Stokhos aims to further optimize its software called Seconds, to achieve a scale-up …

Health Innovation Seed Fund III B.V. invests in Stokhos emergency mathematics

ERC Starting grant for CWI researcher Daniel Dadush

In July, Daniel Dadush (CWI) was awarded an ERC Starting Grant of 1.5 million euro for his proposal ‘Towards a Quantitative Theory of Integer Programming’. He aims to revolutionize the understanding of …

ERC Starting grant for CWI researcher Daniel Dadush

Veni grant for Daniël Pelt

The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded a Veni grant to CWI researcher Daniël Pelt.

Veni grant for Daniël Pelt

Machine Learning Techniques for Space Weather book published

Recently, the book 'Machine Learning Techniques for Space Weather', edited by CWI researcher Enrico Camporeale and others, was published by Elsevier. The book provides “a thorough and accessible presentation of machine learning …

Machine Learning Techniques for Space Weather book published

Technology grant awarded to optimize plasma-assisted combustion

Incomplete combustion in engines and central heating systems can generate toxic exhaust gases. An electric discharge or plasma can preprocess the mixture of air and fuel, which could largely improve the combustion …

Technology grant awarded to optimize plasma-assisted combustion