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Research into a more resilient Netherlands during large-scale crises

How can the Netherlands continue to function during a large-scale crisis? In the VORTEX project, researchers are investigating how a network of emergency support points and coordination points could help. CWI is …

Emergency assembly point sign on a tree

Best Student Paper Award for Breakthrough in Quantum Complexity

Junqiao Lin has won the best student paper award at STOC, a premier conference in theoretical computer science held in Salt Lake City (USA). His paper demonstrates how changing the mathematical rules …

Best paper award for Junqiao

CWI contributes to EU guidelines for marking and labelling AI-generated content

The European Commission has recently published the final Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content. This code is a key instrument in supporting the transparency obligations for providers and deployers (i.e., …

National ACCESS consortium launched to improve acute care for patients across the Netherlands

The national ACCESS consortium, led by University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) and the University of Groningen, has received nearly €1 million to develop an integrated digital triage platform for acute care. The …

Better coordination can ease pressure on care for older adults

Mathematical models can help identify vulnerable older people earlier and reduce bottlenecks between hospitals, home care and nursing homes. In his PhD research, CWI researcher Tim de Boer shows that better coordination …

Ouderen zitten bij elkaar in een zorginstelling

CWI contributes to new international ITU standard on XR

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has officially published a new international standard for eXtended Reality (XR) communications. This new standard provides practical methodologies to evaluate the Quality of Experience (QoE) for users …

Sharing data to speed up the heat transition

CWI is one of the co-applicants in Sharing the Warmth, a new NWO-KIC project led by Wageningen University & Research. The project will develop fair and trustworthy ways to share data for …

Woonwijk in Assen met warmtepompen en zonnepanelen op het dak

4th Edition of Spring School on Social XR, ACM Seasonal School

More than thirty students from various disciplines, including technology, the social sciences, and the humanities participated the fourth edition of the Spring School on Social XR. The event took place from 20 …

Group photo Spring school 2026