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1 billion euros for Quantum Flagship

The European Commission has proposed to invest one billion euros in a Quantum Flagship, a large-scale European research program for quantum technology. Within the Quantum Flagship, researchers from various fields will further …

Dealing with uncertainties in simulations

Understanding uncertainties is crucial when designing computer simulations. Incorporating such uncertainties in simulations and mapping the bandwith of possbile values is the central topic of the inaugural lecture of Daan Crommelin at …

ERCIM News 105 on Planning and Logistics co-coordinated by Rob van der Mei

In April 2016, ERCIM News No. 105 was published: http://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en105. This issue features a special theme on Planning and Logistics, coordinated by guest editors Rob van der Mei (CWI and VU) and …

All quantum communication involves nonlocality

Researchers of CWI, Gdansk University, Gdansk University of Technology, Adam Mickiewicz University and the University of Cambridge have proven that quantum communication is based on nonlocality. They show that whenever quantum communication …

Best Paper Award for SWAT researchers at ICPE2016

Michael Steindorfer and Jurgen Vinju of CWI's Software Analysis and Transformation (SWAT) group were awarded a Best Paper Award at the 7th ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE 2016).

Programme director NWO Transition to become vice president KNAW with effect from 1 September 2016

Wim van Saarloos will be appointed as vice president of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) with effect from 1 September 2016 and will succeed José van Dijck as …

Former CWI PhD student wins Presidential Award for Scientists

Ton Dieker, former PhD Student (2002-2006) in CWI's Stochastics group, has received a 2016

Cum laude for new method making parallel programming easier

Due to the increase of multicore processors used in smart phones, game consoles and other computers, parallel programming has become increasingly important. To prevent software errors, concurrent calculations must always exactly be …