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ACM Multimedia Conference 2025: significant contributions of CWI’s DIS group
The Distributed and Interactive Systems (DIS) group from CWI delivered significant contributions to the ACM Multimedia Conference (ACM MM 2025). This worldwide premier event for scientific achievements in the multimedia field took …
New way to measure group dynamics in eXtended Reality (XR): DIS Wins the Best Paper Award
Postdoctoral researcher Sam Van Damme has won the Best Paper Award at the 17th International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX’25). QoMEX is an annual international conference that focuses on research …
SURF Tech Trends: how CWI contributes to the use of XR for education and research
The new SURF Tech Trends report was published today. This bi-annual trend report helps CIO’s, policymakers, teachers, researchers and IT architects by providing them with insight into the most important digital trends …
The TRACTION story: EU-funded research that makes a difference
In the EU-funded TRACTION project, opera became a platform for inclusion. With digital tools built by CWI, a whole neighbourhood in Barcelona co-created and performed their own stories. The project has been …
Exploring the hidden influence of dark haptics
Haptic technology, like a vibrating controller, can guide you through digital environments. But it can also influence your behaviour without you noticing. Researchers from CWI, Utrecht University and TU Delft created a …
Spring School on Social XR designated for the first time as an ACM Seasonal School
The Spring School on Social XR achieved a significant milestone: for the very first time, it has been officially recognized as an ACM Europe Seasonal School.
Best Demo Award at CHIWORK 2025
The People’s Choice Best Demo Award at the 4th Annual Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction for Work (CHIWORK 2025) went to the demonstration titled “Dark Haptics Scenarios for Future XR Advertising.”
DIS AT CHI 2025
Research carried out by the Distributed and Interactive Systems (DIS) group from Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) has resulted in contributions to this year's ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing …
