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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.
CONcISE Project aims for a revolution in biomedical optical imaging
The Computational Imaging (CI) group at CWI takes part in a new project funded by the European Union's Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) of the Horizon Europe programme: CONcISE.
AIVD, TNO and CWI publish handbook on migration to quantum-secure communications
Organizations should start migrating to a quantum-safe environment soon. On 4 April 2023, AIVD, TNO and CWI published a handbook for the migration to quantum-secure communications. Alexandra van Huffelen, State Secretary for …
Why does everybody hate databases?
Interview with CWI researcher Hannes Mühleisen about the birth of DuckDB, a database management system he co-developed for people who avoid working with traditional databases.
Simon Telen elected EMYA member
In March 2023, Simon Telen was elected a member of the new Young Academy of the European Mathematical Society (EMYA).
Best paper award for a novel approach to training neural networks
A paper on multi-objective (MO) training of neural networks, written by researchers from CWI and Leiden University Medical Center, has received the best paper award during the international EMO 2023 conference.
DIS group releases open source software for digital humanities
Together with European partners the DIS group investigated the potential which opera could have to foster social transformation in disparate communities through the use of technology.
Artificial intelligence helps deciding on best radiation therapy for prostate tumours
An algorithm developed by CWI and Amsterdam UMC helps doctors determine the best plan for internal radiotherapy. This makes prostate cancer more treatable. Thanks to the research of Anton Bouter and his …
Jurgen Vinju on NOS TV News
On Wednesday 1 March 2023, our colleague Jurgen Vinju was being interviewed for the Dutch national TV news (NOS Journaal) on the planned replacement of the Cool:Gen software of the Dutch Tax …
