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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.

NWO VIDI grant for Hannes Mühleisen

He will work on designing a new, de-centralized data storage architecture where user’s data stays under their control.

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Remote, but still together

After two years of COVID-19 we all know that communicating through a flat screen is exhausting. Since long before that, Pablo Cesar, group leader of CWI's DIS group and professor at TU …

Human-Centered Multimedia: making remote togetherness possible

Prestigious ACM STOC 10-year Test of Time Award for Ronald de Wolf

CWI researcher Ronald de Wolf and his co-authors received the ACM STOC 10-year Test of Time Award for the exceptional long-term impact of their article, during STOC - one of the most …

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New Shell-CWI project to improve CO2 transport simulations

To help reduce global warming, transport of CO2 for underground storing should be optimized. CWI will develop new mathematical modelling techniques to improve this, in a new research project in collaboration with …

New Shell-CWI project to improve CO2 transport simulations. Image: Shutterstock.

Dutch Post-CHI 2022 at CWI

As part of the yearly Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) activities of CHI Nederland (CHI NL), this year CWI will host the Dutch Post-CHI 2022 as an in-person event on Wednesday, 22 June.

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Nanda Piersma (HvA/CWI) appointed as first HBO crown member of the Social and Economic Council

Hogeschool van Amsterdam lecturer and researcher at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) Nanda Piersma has been appointed crown member of the Social and Economic Council (SER). The Council of Ministers approved her …

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Steven Pemberton on NOS News TV

On 14 June, CWI’s Steven Pemberton was interviewed on national radio and television in the Netherlands, talking about the end of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser.

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Davide Ceolin selected as first IAS and DSC joint fellow

Davide Ceolin, researcher in CWI's HCDA group, will start his fellowship at UvA's Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) on June 17.

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