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Mathematics helps improving biological models

Many phenomena in life sciences, economics, physics and engineering can be described with mathematical models called rational systems. PhD student Jana Nĕmcová of the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam contributed …

Mathematics helps improving biological models

More insight in complex phenomena with new methods from CWI researcher Lorenzo Sella

Many natural processes and even modern human-designed systems exhibit very complicated behaviour. Lorenzo Sella of the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) has developed new methods to obtain a better understanding of these.

Best Paper Award for Peter Bosman

24 November 2009 At the BNAIC 2009, the annual Benelux Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Peter Bosman

In Memoriam Ben Sommeijer

Researcher Ben Sommeijer of the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), the national research centre for mathematics and computer science in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, passed away on November 19, 2009.

In Memoriam Ben Sommeijer

Better image quality for virtual reality with computer science

Less image delays, less 'image echoes' and more fluid movements in virtual reality (VR): this is all possible with the research of Ferdi Smit of the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), the …

Better image quality for virtual reality with computer science

New book published from Pablo Cesar: The Evolution of TV Systems, Content, and Users Toward Interactivity

TV viewing has undergone a tremendous change during the past twenty years. Originally, TV viewing was a social activity, fostering social interaction with communities of viewers. A host of technical developments has …

New book published from Pablo Cesar: The Evolution of TV Systems, Content, and Users Toward Interactivity

Rapport rekenonderwijs aangeboden aan staatssecretaris Dijksma

Foto: Jan Karel Lenstra (directeur Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica), voorzitter van de Commissie Rekenonderwijs Basisschool.

Rapport rekenonderwijs aangeboden aan staatssecretaris Dijksma

CWI plays leading role in research programme NCSB

The Netherlands Consortium for Systems Biology (NCSB) officially started its research program on 15 October.

CWI plays leading role in research programme NCSB