Thanks to rapid progress in computer technology, computation has emerged as the third pillar of scientific discovery next to theoretical science and experimental investigations. Researchers in computational science and engineering develop detailed computational models and simulations, using sophisticated algorithms and powerful computing hardware. It allows them to tackle hitherto intractable, complex problems in numerous fields ranging from physics and biology to sociology and finance.
Researchers at CWI contribute to these efforts in two ways. On the one hand, they design new algorithms that extend computational capabilities, e.g. to distributed networks or quantum computers. On the other hand, they are applying computational methods to investigate urgent questions in various application domains, including systems biology and computational neuroscience, multi-agent systems, weather and climate forecasting, multiscale modelling of non-linear physical phenomena, and quantification of financial and systemic risks.
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To help reduce global warming, transport of CO2 for underground storing should be optimized. CWI will develop new mathematical modelling techniques to improve this, in a new research project in collaboration with Shell.
CT machines are becoming the standard tool for looking inside objects of all kinds in research and industry. The FleX-ray Lab at CWI is making this type of imaging more accessible to math and computer science researchers. It's also drawing interest from the art, history, and the social sciences community.
Together with the Rijksmuseum, researchers of CIW's Computational Imaging group investigate art objects with the help of our state of the art FleX-ray scanner. PhD student Francien Bossema explains how they proceed.
CT machines are becoming the standard tool for looking inside objects of all kinds in research and industry. The FleX-ray Lab at CWI is making this type of imaging more accessible to math and computer science researchers. It's also drawing interest from the art, history, and the social sciences community.
CT machines are becoming the standard tool for looking inside objects of all kinds in research and industry. The FleX-ray Lab at CWI is making this type of imaging more accessible to math and computer science researchers. It's also drawing interest from the art, history, and the social sciences community.
In het AVROTROS TV programma 'Historisch Bewijs' werd onderzocht in welke kist Hugo de Groot uit zijn gevangenschap ontsnapte. CT technieken van de Computational Imaging groep van Joost Batenburg hielpen bij het vinden van antwoord op deze vraag.