2013 News
CWI cryptanalyst Marc Stevens wins Van Marum Prize 2013
CWI cryptanalyst Marc Stevens won the Martinus van Marum Prize 2013.
Peter Boncz receives Humboldt Research Award
Peter Boncz, researcher in the Database Architectures research group of Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica in Amsterdam (CWI) has received the Humboldt Research Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. The Award ceremony took place on 6 June 2013 in Berlin.
CWI cryptographer Ronald Cramer elected KNAW Member
Cryptographer Ronald Cramer is elected as a Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).
Vidi grant for Alexander Schönhuth and Matthias Christandl
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded Vidi grants to Alexander Schönhuth and Matthias Christandl.
CWI Annual Report 2012 available
CWI's Annual Report 2012 is now available. You can read it online here.
CWI Lectures organized in honour of Lex Schrijver
To honour mathematician and Spinoza Award winner Lex Schrijver, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) organized the CWI Lectures 2013 – the 'CWI Lexures' – on Thursday 25 April in Amsterdam.
Software Development Automation Conference 2013
On 29th of May the first Dutch Conference on Software Development Automation (SDA'13) will be held at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica.
Humboldt Research Award for Peter Boncz
Peter Boncz, computer scientist and researcher from the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica in Amsterdam (CWI) has been awarded the Humboldt Research Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
Paul Klint speaking at 'NEMO Kinderlezing'
CWI researcher Paul Kint will be speaking on April 21 at the NEMO ‘Wakker Worden Kinderlezing’ about the creation of the first computers.
Cryptographer Ronald Cramer appointed Fellow of IACR
Ronald Cramer from Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam and Leiden University has been appointed Fellow of IACR.
ERCIM News on Mobile Computing published
In April ERCIM News No. 93 on Mobile Computing was published (pdf).
Michiel Helvensteijn in winning team Moving Story
Moving Story is the winning project of Startup Weekend Enschede (15-17 March 2013), a competition for startup ideas through mobile and web applications. Moving Story is a social platform for sharing stories linked to specific GPS locations.
New database architecture exploits power of modern network hardware
Researchers from Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) challenged the common belief that network is your bottleneck in Big Data. They have developed a novel database architecture where the most relevant data flows continuously through a ring network composed out of many machines.
Coriolis effect can stabilise plasma in fusion reactors
Researchers at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) and at FOM Institute for fundamental energy research DIFFER discovered that the Coriolis effect can help stabilise the plasma in nuclear fusion experiments.
Cum laude for thesis from Benjamin Sanderse
Recent figures by CBS (Statistics Netherlands) show that 4% of the energy produced in the Netherlands comes from renewable sources.
CWI develops prototype for '3D-based Skype'
Researchers from Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam and Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL) have devised a prototype system that can efficiently stream live-constructed 3D representations. This Tele-Immersion system enables three-dimensional 'Skype-like' communication between remote users.
Best Paper Award at ICORES 2013
Researchers Nir Perel from Tel Aviv University, Jan-Pieter Dorsman (CWI and TU/e) and Maria Vlasiou (CWI and TU/e) won the Best Paper Award for their paper ‘Cyclic-type polling models with preparation times’ in the area Methodologies and Technologies at the 2nd International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems (ICORES 2013).
Lex Schrijver elected AMS Fellow
The American Mathematical Society (AMS) chose its first AMS Fellows, and among them is Lex Schrijver from the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) and the University of Amsterdam. Other Dutch members of the 2013 inaugural class are Frank den Hollander (Leiden University and CWI Governing Board), Robbert Dijkgraaf (Institute of Advanced Study and UvA), Jacob Korevaar (em.
CWI starts research on police service optimization
Researchers of the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) and the VU University Amsterdam join forces with the Amsterdam-Amstelland police force to optimize the planning of police services. New techniques allow a more efficient capacity planning and quicker response times by matching available resources with the probable occurrence of incidents.
Higher revenue with dynamic pricing
With dynamic pricing, vendors can adapt retail prices on the fly in order to raise their revenue. This strategy is used in a variety of business domains, including tourism, entertainment and the airline industry. Arnoud den Boer, researcher at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam studied how to identify optimal pricing strategies to realize maximum revenue. On 7 February 2013 he will defend his thesis ‘Dynamic Pricing and Learning’ at VU University Amsterdam.
CWI granted two PhD positions in Shell-NWO programme
CWI in Human Brain Project
The European Commission has today officially announced the Human Brain Project (HBP) as one of the two winners of the prestigious FET flagships. The prestigious research project aims to connect all European forces to understand one of the greatest challenges in modern science: the human brain.
Willem Haverkort in De Wereld Leert Door
On 17 January, CWI / DIFFER researcher Willem Haverkort told about his research on nuclear fusion in science show 'De Wereld Leert Door'.
Lex Schrijver speaker at Nemo Wakker Worden Kinderlezing
On 13 Januari 2013 CWI researcher Lex Schrijver spoke at the Nemo Wakker Worden Kinderlezing 'What is the shortest way home?' (Wat is de kortste weg naar huis?) on optimal combinations in daily life. Read Nemo's report here (in Dutch).
Funding for research on cosmic lightning
