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Apart from a scientific semester programme CWI organizes mini-symposia, masterclasses, lectures with renowned speakers, hackathons and data challenges. Additionally, we organize and host other regular scientific meetings like reading groups, seminars, collaboration sessions and open-problem sessions. The format is flexible to meet the preferences of the participants.

PhD defence Tianyuan Wang (Computational Imaging)

4 nov 2026 from 2:30 p.m. to 4 nov 2026 3:30 p.m. | Academy Building of Leiden University, Rapenburg 73, 2311 GJ Leiden

Sequential Optimal Experimental Design for X-ray CT using Reinforcement Learning

PhD Defence Britt van Leeuwen (Stochastics)

12 nov 2026 from 11:45 a.m. to 12 nov 2026 1:15 p.m. | Vrije Universiteit,Main building (1st floor), De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam

The PhD defence of Britt van Leeuwen will be on Thursday 12 November 2026 at VU on "Relational Inference in Real-World Settings: Learning across Text, Vision, and Behavioral Data"

Variational Multiscale Method Seminar

16 nov 2026 from 9 a.m. to 17 nov 2026 5 p.m. | CWI, Euler room / L120

This seminar brings together researchers working on recent advances in the variational multiscale (VMS) method. The event aims to foster interaction between experts in theoretical analysis, numerical methods, and applications of multiscale modeling.

PhD defence Aron van Baarsen (Cryptology)

19 nov 2026 from 11:30 a.m. to 19 nov 2026 12:30 p.m. | Academiegebouw Universiteit Leiden, Rapenburg 73, 2311 GJ Leiden

Scalable Cryptographic Protocols with Financial Applications

Symposium in honour of Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb: Inverse Problems and Calculus of Variations

19 nov 2026 from 1 p.m. to 19 nov 2026 5 p.m. | CWI, room L016

Special edition of queueing colloquium in honor of Mor Harchol Balter

19 nov 2026 from 2 p.m. to 19 nov 2026 5 p.m. | Room L017, CWI, Science Park 123, Amsterdam

On Thursday afternoon, 19 November, we are organizing a special edition of the queueing colloquium on the occasion of Mor Harchol Balter receiving the Van Wijngaarden Award

Van Wijngaarden awards 2026: Unlocking Europe’s AI potential

20 nov 2026 from 4 p.m. to 20 nov 2026 10:30 p.m. | TOBACCO Theater, Nes 75-87, 1012 KD Amsterdam

On Friday 20 November, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) will host the fifth edition of the Van Wijngaarden Awards.

Scientific Computing Seminar Kevin Schuurman (TU Delft)

26 nov 2026 from 11 a.m. to 26 nov 2026 noon | CWI, room L120

Reduced state space approach for precursor identification of extremes in turbulent flows