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Connection between graph theory and algebra deepened

PhD student Guus Regts from Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) investigated mathematical connections between graph theory and algebra.

Nikhil Bansal receives ERC Consolidator Grant for research on algorithms

Mathematician Nikhil Bansal received an ERC consolidator grant in November. The researcher is affiliated with Eindhoven University of Technology and part-time seconded at CWI, in the Networks & Optimization research group.

MINO project on business decisions starts at CWI in October 2013

The Networks & Optimization research group at CWI in Amsterdam participates in the recently funded EU Initial Training Network MINO for Mixed Integer Nonlinear Optimization. It has eleven academic partners(such as CWI …

ERC Advanced Grant for CWI Fellow Lex Schrijver

CWI Lectures organized in honour of Lex Schrijver

To honour mathematician and Spinoza Award winner Lex Schrijver, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) organized the CWI Lectures 2013 – the 'CWI Lexures' – on Thursday 25 April in Amsterdam.

Lex Schrijver elected AMS Fellow

The American Mathematical Society (AMS) chose its first AMS Fellows, and among them is Lex Schrijver from the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) and the University of Amsterdam. Other Dutch members of …

Lex Schrijver speaker at Nemo Wakker Worden Kinderlezing

On 13 Januari 2013 CWI researcher Lex Schrijver spoke at the Nemo Wakker Worden Kinderlezing 'What is the shortest way home?' (Wat is de kortste weg naar huis?) on optimal combinations in …

CWI researcher Floor Sietsma (20) youngest PhD in the Netherlands

Researcher Floor Sietsma of Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam is the youngest PhD in the recent academic history of the Netherlands.