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Quantum Software Consortium receives 18.8 million euro in the Gravitation Programme

The Ministry for Education, Culture and Science has awarded a Gravitation grant for large-scale research on quantum software. This grant of 18.8 million euro unites researchers from QuSoft, CWI, Leiden University, QuTech, …

DIS at CHI 2017

The Distributed and Interactive Systems group from Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) will be present at CHI 2017 showcasing their research on social media and semantics, and smart textiles and environments. CWI …

Monique Laurent elected as Fellow of SIAM

CWI researcher Monique Laurent is elected as a Fellow of the international Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics – SIAM. This prestigious Fellowship honours SIAM members who have made outstanding contributions to …

QuSoft launches new collaboration with French and Latvian partners

On April 28th, QuSoft, the Paris Centre for Quantum Computing (PCQC) and the University of Latvia will sign a memorandum of understanding, to jointly push the frontiers of quantum information theory and …

CWI and Databricks launch new collaboration

On April 25 2017, CWI and big data analytics and data science software company Databricks launched a new collaboration. The launch took place in the presence of Minister Kamp of Economic Affairs, …

Stokhos en LIS GmbH tekenen Letter of Intent in aanwezigheid van staatssecretaris Dekker

Op maandag 24 april hebben CWI spin-off Stokhos en het Duitse softwarebedrijf LIS, Leitstellen Informations System GmbH, een Letter of Intent ondertekend. Dit gebeurde op de Hannover Messe, de grootste technologiebeurs ter …

Stokhos and LIS GmbH sign Letter of Intent in presence of state secretary Sander Dekker

On April 24 2017 CWI spin-off Stokhos and German software company LIS Leitstellen Informations System GmbH have signed a Letter of Intent in presence of State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science …

Rubicon grants for David de Laat and Alessandro Zocca

CWI researchers David de Laat and Alessandro Zocca both received an NWO Rubicon grant. De Laat will study new techniques to compute optimal packings at MIT for one year, and Zocca will …