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Prestigious ACM STOC 10-year Test of Time Award for Ronald de Wolf
CWI researcher Ronald de Wolf and his co-authors received the ACM STOC 10-year Test of Time Award for the exceptional long-term impact of their article, during STOC - one of the most important conferences in theoretical computer science.
New Shell-CWI project to improve CO2 transport simulations
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.
Nanda Piersma (HvA/CWI) appointed as first HBO crown member of the Social and Economic Council
Hogeschool van Amsterdam lecturer and researcher at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) Nanda Piersma has been appointed crown member of the Social and Economic Council (SER). The Council of Ministers approved her appointment on Friday.
Dutch Post-CHI 2022 at CWI
As part of the yearly Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) activities of CHI Nederland (CHI NL), this year CWI will host the Dutch Post-CHI 2022 as an in-person event on Wednesday, 22 June.
Steven Pemberton on NOS News TV
On 14 June, CWI’s Steven Pemberton was interviewed on national radio and television in the Netherlands, talking about the end of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser.
Davide Ceolin selected as first IAS and DSC joint fellow
Davide Ceolin, researcher in CWI's HCDA group, will start his fellowship at UvA's Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) on June 17.
New mathematical insights on popular optimization methods
The widely used simplex algorithm (1947) is one of the algorithms that work well in practice, while according to the theory, this should not always be possible. Sophie Huiberts (CWI) and her colleagues provided new theoretical solutions for long-standing problems in this area.
Female science students wanted for CWI’s Constance van Eeden PhD Fellowship
CWI establishes the Constance van Eeden PhD Fellowship to boost the number of women in science. Constance van Eeden was the first woman to receive a PhD in statistics in the Netherlands in 1958. As such, she is a great role model for women that want to pursue a career in science.
Lucas Slot wins 2022 KWG PhD Prize
Lucas Slot, PhD student at CWI, won the annual KWG prize for PhD students for his research and presentation at the Dutch Mathematical Conference (NMC) in 2022.
An inspiring masterclass on machine learning for inverse problems
CWI organised a 2-day masterclass, as part of the CWI Semester Program on Data-driven methods for Inverse Problems. Participants from Groningen to Paris attented the event.
Symposium on Human-Centered Multimedia to celebrate Pablo Cesar’s Professorship Appointment
On 20 May 2022, Pablo Cesar gives his inaugural lecture at TU Delft, Aula, to celebrate his appointment to Professorship. The lecture, titled “Human-Centered Multimedia: making remote togetherness possible”, will provide an overview of his research.
DIS AT CHI 2022
Research carried out by the Distributed and Interactive Systems (DIS) group from Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) has resulted in contributions to this year's ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2022).
Léo Ducas appointed professor of Mathematical Cryptology
Léo Ducas is appointed as a part-time professor Mathematical Cryptology at Leiden University. At CWI, he designed several cryptosystems, some of which might soon be adopted as new international standards.
Veni grant for Alexander Ly
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) awarded a Veni grant to Alexander Ly, who will start working at CWI in the run of 2022. Ly received the grant for his proposal “Increasing Scientific Efficiency with Sequential Methods”.
Learning better from data: Rianne de Heide wins prestigious award for her dissertation
How can humans and computers learn from data? In her dissertation Rianne de Heide describes some of these problems and introduces a new way of hypothesis testing. For this she received the Willem R. van Zwet Award.
New optimisation model enables rapid response to disruptions
PhD studen Dylan Huizing (CWI/VU) has developed a solution for planning preventive tasks maintenance tasks of ProRail such that incident fighters are evenly located over the network at all times, thus ensuring a rapid incident response time.
New statistical method brings studies together at an early stage
To be able to combine global research, PhD student Judith ter Schure of CWI's Machine Learning group developed a new kind of statistics: ALL-IN meta-analysis.
Steven Pemberton awarded ACM SIGCHI Lifetime Practice Award 2022
CWI researcher Steven Pemberton has been awarded the ACM SIGCHI Lifetime Practice Award 2022. Congratulations!
Abel Laureates Lectures at CWI with László Lovász and Avi Wigderson
On 8 April 2022 the two 2021 Abel Prize Laureates - László Lovász and Avi Wigderson - will give lectures at CWI during a festive afternoon programme for the Dutch science community. We are also offering a live video stream for remote participants.
Quantum Application Lab now open to explore business opportunities
On 23 March, the agreement for the Quantum Application Lab (QAL) was signed. QAL is now open to explore the advantages and business opportunities for quantum computing. CWI is one of the founding partners.
DIS group pilots the Co-creation Space (CCS) for Digital Humanities together with the LICEU Opera in Barcelona
As part of the TRACTION project the DIS group at CWI is developing The Co-creation Space, a platform that supports professionals and community members from diverse backgrounds to engage in creative discussion about media in a “safe space".
NWO and CWI condemn Russian attack on Ukraine, measures announced
The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (CWI is part of the NWO institute organization, NWO-I) is shocked by the invasion of Russian troops in Ukraine and has announced measures regarding partnerships with Russia and Belarus.
Algorithms can also learn without examples
Allard Hendriksen (CWI) developed an algorithm that improves X-ray images without having to learn from data from previous measurements. He defends his PhD thesis on 3 March at Leiden University.
Podcast: How will AI affect democracy and media?
In this podcast Laura Hollink of CWI talks to Thijs Doorenbosch of AG Connect about interesting projects in which she participates together with partners from culture and media, but also with scientists who study the legal and communication aspects.
Laura Hollink co-authored the position paper ‘The Art of AI for All’
Culture and media can play a pioneering role in the field of AI, a new report of the Dutch AI Coalition states.
2 million euros for human-centered AI research
CWI will focus on developing new AI tools that strengthen the democratic function of media.
Maths helps understand information processing on quantum systems
On 26 January Farrokh Labib (CWI, QuSoft) defended his thesis on quantum information theory. His research helps to map out how information can be processed on quantum systems.
Monique Laurent appointed CWI Fellow
Monique Laurent, researcher and former MT member at CWI and a professor at Tilburg University, has been appointed as CWI Fellow for her contributions to science and management.
IEEE Fellowship for security research Marten van Dijk
Marten van Dijk (CWI) has received the IEEE Fellowship for his contributions to security, especially secure processor design and encrypted computation. His security work is used worldwide: both in applications like Intel chips and in education.
Stacey Jeffery wins ERC starting grant for quantum algorithms on quantum computers with limited memories
Stacey Jeffery, senior researcher at CWI’s Algorithms and Complexity Group and QuSoft in Amsterdam, is awarded an ERC Starting Grant of 1.5 million euro for research on Algorithms, Security and Complexity for Quantum Computers (ASC-Q).
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