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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.
CWI in Bedrijf 2012: Working on innovation
On Friday 5 October, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) organized ‘CWI in Bedrijf 2012’, an inspiring networking event for the topsectors Energy, Creative Industry, Logistics and Life Sciences, where over 200 visitors …
CWI contributes to XForms 2.0 Working Draft
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has recently released a new draft of the international XForms standard, the XForms 2.0 Working Draft. Chair of the Xforms Working Group is Steven Pemberton from …
Seven greatest math puzzles on Radio 1
CWI's Barry Koren wrote, together with three co-authors, a book on the seven greatest puzzles in mathematics - called “De zeven grootste raadsels van de wiskunde” - 'solve them and you will …
Movie Lowlands Lecture Lex Schrijver Online
During the Lowlands Pop Festival, on 17 August 2012, five guest professors gave a lecture. One of them was CWI's Lex Schrijver. You can see a movie of his lecture (in Dutch) …
CWI director Jos Baeten interviewed by BNR radio
On Monday 13 August 2012 CWI director Jos Baeten was interviewed by Business News Radio. It was broadcasted live between 9.30-10.30h, see http://www.bnr.nl/programma/bnrpaulvanliempt/897023-1208/balanceren-tussen-fundamenteel-en-toegepast-onderzoek.
CWI builds online application for protein comparison
Researchers of Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam have developed a new method to compare proteins. This enables biologists to discover the function of new proteins more efficiently.
Veni grant for Big Data research
The Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded Stratos Idreos of Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam a Veni grant for his project “DataExplore: Querying the Universe in a few …
Gunnar Klau Extraordinary Professor at VU University Amsterdam
As of 1 July 2012, Gunnar Klau is instated as Extraordinary Professor of Bioinformatics and Operations Research at VU University Amsterdam.
