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CWI publishes news item about its research, education and the social impact of this research on a regular basis. In addition to news items, we also publish more extensive stories about high-profile research or about CWI contributing to tackling social issues.
Dissertation on data science receives Cum Laude
Joris Pries (Stochastics group) received a Cum Laude for his dissertation on the fundamentals of data science at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. In his research he strived to tackle general problems that are …
Hannes Mühleisen gives keynote on DuckDB during global data event
During the Data + AI summit in San Francisco, senior researcher Hannes Mühleisen gave a keynote on the creation of DuckDB. For 50,000 listeners he spoke about the observations and insights that …
NWO VIDI grant for Felix Lucka
X-ray Computed Tomography and AI team up to reveal fast dynamic processes.
New ICAI Lab 'Explainable AI for health'
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) and the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have joined forces in the ICAI* Lab 'Explainable AI for Health'. Together they will develop new forms of artificial intelligence …
First Quantum Delta NL Award for Stacey Jeffery and Julia Cramer
The first ever Quantum Delta NL Award was won by Stacey Jeffery (CWI and QuSoft) and Julia Cramer (Leiden University) for founding and developing WIQD - Women In Quantum Development.
Event on Singapore & the Netherlands: Trust Technologies
The Netherlands Innovation Network (NIN) at the Dutch embassy in Singapore is exploring the possibility of a mission to Singapore in the field of Trust Technologies, 17 – 21 October. On 8 …
Consortium to improve cyber-physical systems starts
Recently, the NWO KIC project ‘REGENERATE’ started. Within this public-private partnership (PPP), knowledge institutions and industrial partners are working on reliable high-tech motion systems, like lithography machines to make computer chips.
How to make cryptographic techniques more efficient
Transferring money or sending other sensitive information online: with cryptography, your data does not fall into the wrong hands. Thomas Attema developed a new technique to make data encryption even more efficient.
