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Monique Laurent member of Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities
Researcher and MT member Monique Laurent (CWI and UvT) has been invited to become a member of the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen – KHMW) …
Evaluation committee says institutes system at Academy and NWO has significant added value
An independent committee has evaluated the portfolio of Dutch national research institutes, including CWI. The committee concludes that these institutes increase the effectiveness of Dutch scientific endeavour.
CWI and Dassault Systèmes start PPS project to improve supply chain technology
CWI and Dassault Systèmes recently started a collaboration in the field of optimization technology for businesses.
Plasma for Plants technology project granted
Recently researchers from CWI and TU/e were awarded an OTP technology grant to understand the effect of plasma on plants.
New insights from reconstructing the first ALGOL 60 system
Gauthier van den Hove (CWI) reconstructed and analyzed the first ALGOL 60 system, a computer system designed and implemented at the Mathematical Centre (MC), now CWI. On 15 February he defends his …
Demo prize for Steven Pemberton at XML Prague
Steven Pemberton (CWI) won the Demo Prize at XML Prague for his demonstration ‘A Clock in XForms’. XForms is a web technology and W3C standard, co-designed by Pemberton, originally intended for handling …
Bosch and QuSoft start quantum computing collaboration
Recently, a research collaboration has begun between QuSoft and the Bosch Group. Researchers will investigate potential quantum computing use cases at Bosch, with a focus on applications in engineering and AI/machine learning …
CWI research leads to better understanding of AI classification errors
The future of artificial intelligence (AI) looks bright, but AI is not infallible. In her PhD thesis, CWI researcher Emma Beauxis-Aussalet provides methods to make classification errors more transparent and understandable for …
