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In memoriam Dirk Dekker (1927-2021)
Mathematician and former CWI employee Dirk Dekker has died at the age of 94.
CWI database research at the root of Silicon Valley success
CWI researcher Peter Boncz was interviewed by Het Financieele Dagblad about the CWI roots of two successful Silicon Valley companies: Snowflake and Databricks. Both make software to store and process data.
First annual meeting of the Dutch Inverse Problems community
A mathematician, a statistician and a physicist gather in a room…” sounds like the beginning of a joke. It was, however, the main ingredient of a very successful first annual meeting of the Dutch Inverse Problems community.
CWI PhD student and QuSoft researcher Jordi Weggemans wins Lorentz Graduation Prize
CWI PhD student Jordi Weggemans has won the Lorentz Graduation Prize for Theoretical Physics 2021 for his master thesis on a new quantum algorithm.
NWO Team Science Award for CWI together with research partners UvA and Rijksmuseum
‘Hugo de Groot’s bookchest Team’ consisting of researchers from CWI, Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA), Rijksmuseum and Universiteit Leiden (UL).
CWI-researchers performed at 'Gala van de Wetenschap'
CWI researchers Harry Buhrman, Stacey Jeffery and Maris Ozols performed at 'Gala van de Wetenschap'.
Second release ASTRA toolbox
The new version of ASTRA, co-developed at CWI, offers improvements in compatibility and interoperability with other toolboxes.
CWI podcast: How the FleX-ray scanner reveals art secrets
The science podcast "How CWI's FleX-ray scanner reveals art secrets" is now online. CWI PhD candidate Francien Bossema (CI) and Rijksmuseum professor Erma Hermens talk to science journalist Bennie Mols about our special scanner.
CWI and Sound and Vision open virtual museum during VR Days Amsterdam
3D video will change the way we experience cultural heritage in the future. The virtual museum of CWI and Sound and Vision is a demonstration of how virtual reality will change the public’s experience of a museum visit.
Quantum Application Lab will build a bridge between science and applications
Last week the Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the six partners of the Quantum Application Lab (QAL). QAL will connect scientific developments of quantum hardware and software with demand-driven solutions for e.g. optimization, simulation, and machine learning.
Energy-efficient AI detects heart defects
Mathematical breakthrough by Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) allows neuromorphic chip to recognise heart defects, speech and hand gestures up to a thousand times more energy efficient. Such low-energy AI chips are ideal for wearable and mobile applications.
Rob van der Mei and Sandjai Bhulai interviewed by Radio 1
Rob van der Mei (CWI and VU) and Sandjai Bhulai (VU) were being interviewed in the radio show 'Spraakmakers' on national Dutch radio, NPO Radio 1, as joint winners of the 2021 Huibregtsen Award.
2021 Huibregtsen Award to CWI's Rob van der Mei and Sandjai Bhulai (VU)
Rob van der Mei (CWI/VU) and Sandjai Bhulai (VU) have been named the joint winners of the 2021 Huibregtsen Award for their research project on ‘Mathematics for a safer and healthier Netherlands’.
Future Computer Systems and Networking Research in the Netherlands: A Manifesto
Future-proof digitalization requires ICT research and dvelopment, now. That’s why CWI supports CompSYs’ manifesto for Future Computer Systems and Networking Research in the Netherlands.
DIS group releases CWIPC-SXR dataset and software suite: advancing research on Social VR and dynamic point clouds
The Distributed and Interactive Systems group from CWI has released a dynamic point clouds dataset capturing humans in social interactions. Together with the dataset the group also released the Open Source CWIPC software suite that allows acquisition, processing, encoding, and visualization of dynamic point clouds.
In Memoriam Constance van Eeden (1927 - 2021)
Sadly, on 21 September Constance van Eeden passed away. She was one of the first female scientists at the Mathematisch Centrum (MC) in Amsterdam, currently called CWI, and a world-renowned researcher in statistics. In honour of her, CWI will set up a PhD Fellowship programme for talented female PhD students.
Marta Kwiatkowska and Susan Murphy win Van Wijngaarden Awards 2021 for preventing software faults and for improving decision making in health
The Van Wijngaarden Awards 2021 are awarded to computer scientist Marta Kwiatkowska and mathematician Susan A. Murphy for the numerous and highly significant contributions they made to their respective research areas: preventing software faults and improving decision making in health.
Secure multiparty computation starts to deliver applications
On Monday 13 September, the 23rd edition of CWI in Business took place, this year in cooperation with TNO. Subject this year: Secure Multiparty Computation.
Best Italian PhD thesis prize for CWI's Giulia Bernardini
On 14 September 2021 the Italian chapter of EATCS awarded a prize for the Best Italian PhD Thesis in Theoretical Computer Science ex aequo to Giulia Bernardini (CWI) and Francesco Dagnino (University of Genova).
JoLEA: new lecture series on cutting-edge research on Evolutionary Algorithms
CWI, Leiden University, Utrecht University and VU Amsterdam proudly present the new Joint Lectures on Evolutionary Algorithms (JoLEA) series: top-quality lectures on EAs.
CWI co-organizes international trimester program at Bonn University
Together with TU/e, UU and LSE London, CWI is co-organizing an international trimester program on Discrete Optimization at the Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics (HIM) in Bonn. Goal of this research community service is to collaborate and make progress on long-standing open problems.
CWI management team visits universities
On 31 August, CWI’s management team visited the EEMCS Faculty of the University of Twente, as part of a CWI visit series to science faculties. Partly based on these visits, CWI’s MT will sharpen CWI's strategic course.
CT scan by CWI reveals hidden double-panel painting from Rubens studio
CT scans of a Rijksmuseum panel painting in CWI’s FleX-ray laboratory have revealed a surprising insight: it turns out it was not painted on oak, as was always assumed, but on tropical wood.
How can AI help to collect waste?
In the new edition of CWI/AG Connect podcast series Superscience, Thijs Doorenbosch discusses Responsible AI and Urban Analytics with CWI/HvA's Nanda Piersma.
Three GECCO Awards for AI in healthcare
Researchers from CWI and other organizations won three awards for AI in healthcare at the ACM Genetic and Evolutionary Computation COnference (GECCO) 2021: the Best Paper Award in the Genetic Algorithms track for a team of CWI, TU Delft and LUMC, the SIGEVO Dissertation Award 2021 for CWI’s Marco Virgolin and a Silver HUMIES award for CWI and Amsterdam UMC.
Start of ACCSS - new association of cybersecurity academics
Last month, members of the ACCSS association celebrated that ACCSS (ACademic Cyber Security Society) is now a formal association. Marten van Dijk, head of CWI’s Computer Security research group, is one of its Board Members.
AI, Media & Democracy Lab receives NL AIC Label
The AI, Media & Democracy Lab is one of the first six labs to receive the NL AIC Label. At the Lab researchers will investigate various aspects of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the media.
Maths students contribute to coronavirus vaccination planning
Five Master's students of VU Amsterdam developed a mathematical model that has greatly improved the planning of coronavirus vaccinations in the Netherlands, so people could be vaccinated more quickly. The students were advised by Rob van der Mei (CWI and VU) and Dennis Moeke (HAN).
Quantum.Amsterdam and Quantum Delta NL celebrate close collaboration together
On 14 July the new quantum innovation hub Quantum.Amsterdam, established by CWI, Uva and QuSoft, and Quantum Delta NL raised the flag together to celebrate their close collaboration for the coming seven years. Their aim is to boost quantum research and development in the Amsterdam ecosystem.
Tim Baarslag wins NWO-Vidi grant to study AI for better procurement negotiations
CWI researcher Tim Baarslag received a NWO-Vidi grant to develop new negotiation and coordination algorithms that can procure multiple deals with multiple partners.
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