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Ans Hekkenberg gives TEDx talk on diversity in science

CWI Communication Manager Ans Hekkenberg gave a TEDx talk titled ‘Diversity - A Requisite for Excellent Science’. In her talk, Hekkenberg advocates for a greater diversity in science and she details why …

Ans Hekkenberg gives TEDx talk on diversity in science

CWI merges with NWO Institutes Organisation

With effect from 1 January 2018, CWI will merge with the NWO Institutes Organisation, NWO-I. The other institutes that join the merger are ASTRON, NIOZ, NSCR and SRON. The institutes AMOLF, ARCNL, …

CWI merges with NWO Institutes Organisation

CWI participates in new NWO Perspectief programme

In the coming years almost a hundred researchers are going to develop innovative technologies together with industry and social organisations. That will happen in six new Perspectief programmes, which have been given …

CWI participates in new NWO Perspectief programme

Tim Baarslag in ‘Universiteit van Nederland’

How can we let computers negotiate for us? Tim Baarslag, who is part of CWI’s Intelligent and Autonomous Systems research group, has given a lecture about this topic for the 'Universiteit van …

Tim Baarslag in ‘Universiteit van Nederland’

CWI and ProRail predict railway incidents

Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica and ProRail recently started a research collaboration in the area of the handling of incidents at the Dutch railways. It concerns a public private partnership between CWI and …

CWI and ProRail predict railway incidents

In Memoriam Willem Hundsdorfer

With sadness, we let you know that our colleague Prof. Willem Hundsdorfer passed away on Friday 10 November, at the age of 63. Since 1984 Willem had been affiliated with CWI; first …

In Memoriam Willem Hundsdorfer

Knipselkrant October 2017

The October 2017 'Knipselkrant' is now online available. An overview of recent issues can be found at the Media Clippings section: https://www.cwi.nl/intranet/organization/communication/media-clippings . Please note: the 'Knipselkrant' was relaunched in July 2017. …

NEWSGAC project kicked off

The NEWSGAC project, acquired by Laura Hollink and Jacco van Ossenbruggen, has kicked off last week week. Researchers of this project aim to open the 'black box' of machine learning in this …

NEWSGAC project kicked off