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Bert Zwart appointed full professor at VU University Amsterdam

As of 1 January CWI researcher Bert Zwart is appointed full professor Applied Stochastic Processes at the VU University Amsterdam. He will carry out research, give lectures and supervise graduate students.

Innovative CWI research wins Free Competition

Two CWI research proposals have received money in the Free Competition 2008 of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) division for Exact Sciences. From 58 entries the research of Bert Gerards …

CWI mathematician Bert Zwart receives Erlang Prize

Mathematician Bert Zwart from the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica received the Erlang Prize last week from the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).

Higher quality of web services appreciated

The research project Service Optimization and Quality (SEQUAL) that starts in October, came first in the IOP Generic Communication funding programme of Senternovem.

Use of bandwidth more effective with queueing models

Bandwidth for internet traffic can be utilized more effectively with queueing models. Pascal Lieshout researched this at the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica in Amsterdam. He took his PhD on Friday 5 September …

Kick-off expertise centre E-Quality on September 30

CWI, TNO Information and Communication Technology and the University of Twente have recently agreed to found the E-Quality Expertise Centre, aiming at performance and Quality of Service of ICT services and networks. …

Van Dantzig Prize for Borst and Van der Laan

Sem Borst was awarded the Van Dantzig Prize on April 11, for his pioneering work in statistics and operational research. Borst, working at CWI, the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven and Bell Labs in …