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Harry Buhrman treedt toe tot KNAW
Quantumonderzoeker Harry Buhrman treedt toe tot de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. De KNAW is het belangrijkste Nederlandse genootschap van topwetenschappers. Samen met zeventien andere onderzoekers wordt hij op 14 september 2020 …
Vacancy: director of CWI
With our current director Jos Baeten resigning later this year, CWI is looking for a new director. CWI’s leadership requires an international reputation as a scientist, a proven track record of leading …
Ming Li and Paul Vitanyi's textbook on Kolmogorov complexity receives a 2020 McGuffey Longevity Award
Paul Vitányi (CWI) and Ming Li (University of Waterloo) have received one of seven 2020 McGuffey Longevity Awards from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association for 'An Introduction to Kolmogorov Complexity and …
€1.5 million European grant for mathematics consortium NETWORKS
The NETWORKS consortium can now continue growing thanks to a €1.5 million grant from the European Union’s Horizon2020 programme.
DIS AT CHI 2020
Research carried out by the Distributed and Interactive Systems from Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) has resulted in several contributions to this year's ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
Smart water use technology receives innovation grant
CWI spin-off Seita has been awarded an innovation grant to further develop its real-time water use analysis tools. The 200,000-euro grant allows Seita and its partners to enhance analysis of water use, …
NEW PROBABILISTIC TECHNIQUES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF ENERGY NETWORKS UNDER UNCERTAINTY
Tommaso Nesti, PhD student at CWI’s Stochastics group, has developed new mathematical techniques to help model, control and operate modern-day power grids in the presence of uncertainty.
CWI building temporarily closed for external visitors
Following national measures against the spread of the coronavirus, CWI closes its building for external visitors. These restrictions will remain in place at least until 28 April.
