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From “one size fits all” to design for social inclusion

CWI's DIS group takes part in TU Delft led TACIT research project that aims to break down barriers for the 1 in 4 Dutch affected by disabilities

Irene Viola appointed in the NWO ENW Round Table Computer Science

Irene Viola has recently been appointed as a new member of the NWO Domain Science (ENW) Round Table Computer Science. She will start in January 2025.

Marcin Żukowski receives CWI Dijkstra Fellowship for pioneering work in database systems

Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) awards the Dijkstra Fellowship on 21 November to Marcin Żukowski, former CWI database researcher and co-founder of the globally successful tech company Snowflake. Żukowski's pioneering work produced …

foto Marcin Zukowski als beginbeeld filmpje

Matthias Christandl appointed to 2024 Turing Chair

Matthias Christandl, a leading researcher in quantum information theory, has been appointed to the 2024 Turing Chair. He is hosted at QuSoft and CWI.

Quantum researcher Matthias Christandl, who occupies the Turing Chair 2024. Picture taken at CWI, 31 October 2024, in front of the 'Lambda Men' statues.

Honourable mention Christiaan Huygens Prize for Lucas Slot

The Christiaan Huygens Science Prize 2024 was awarded to Jan Willem van Ittersum for his PhD dissertation in mathematics. Lucas Slot and Rosa Schwarz both received an honourable mention. Slot (ETH Zürich) …

Lucas Slot nominated for the Christiaan Huygens Prize 2024. Cropped. Original photo: Paul Voorham.

Anton Bouter wins ACM SIGEVO Dissertation award

This year's Best Dissertation Award from the ACM Special Interest Group on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (SIGEVO) has gone to Anton Bouter of the Evolutionary Intelligence (EI) group at CWI.