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NWO grant for sustainable scientific computing with ECO-COMPASS

The (Energy-Conscious Computational Algorithms & Sustainable Science) has been awarded a grant from NWO’s Sustainable Science Fund call. ECO-COMPASS is a collaboration between CWI and the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science …

Tristan van Leeuwen sitting in front of a computer, studying the x ray image of the inside of an apple

CWI contributes AI expertise to national healthcare consortium

CWI's Evolutionary Intelligence (EI) group is joining a large national research consortium that will develop artificial intelligence to support diagnosis in general practice. The ten-year programme Trinitas HORIZON is led by UMC …

Dutch internet pioneer Jaap Akkerhuis knighted

Former CWI colleague Jaap Akkerhuis became a Knight in the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands: the highest civilian order of chivalry in the Netherlands.

Royal Decoration for former CWI colleague Jaap Akkerhuis, presented by the Mayor of Diemen, Erik Boog (left).

Forty years of .nl: how CWI helped shape the Dutch domain

Forty years ago, the Netherlands got its own country-code domain: .nl. Behind that seemingly technical suffix lies a piece of CWI history. The man behind the application, Piet Beertema, worked at CWI …

Piet Beertema behind is computer. Picture: Pieter Boersma for Intermagazine, 1985

Ten years of software engineering in the Netherlands

Just over a decade ago, VERSEN was founded: the Association for Software Engineering in the Netherlands. On 1 May, the annual SEN symposium for Dutch researchers in software engineering will mark this …

Chair of SEN symposium announcing award

Lynda Hardman receives IPN Distinguished Service Award at ICT.OPEN

During the plenary opening of ICT.OPEN on 15 April, Lynda Hardman received the IPN Distinguished Service Award 2026 from ICT-Research Platform Netherlands. The award recognizes a person who has provided outstanding service …

Lynda Hardman poses with her award together with another award winner.

CWI’s DIS group showcases human-computer interaction research at CHI 2026

The Distributed and Interactive Systems (DIS) group at CWI has multiple contributions at the ACM CHI 2026 conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2026) in Barcelona. The conference, recognized as …

Laura Hollink appointed as Professor Responsible AI in Culture and Media

Utrecht University has appointed Laura Hollink as professor of Responsible AI in Culture and Media, effective 1 March 2026. Her chair focuses on uncovering bias in AI systems, such as recommendation algorithms, …

Laura Hollink