News — CWI Amsterdam

Inspiring Web Pioneer Steven Pemberton - an interview

CWI celebrates the career of Web pioneer and CWI researcher Steven Pemberton on 4 October with the symposium ‘Declarative Amsterdam’. Steven is well-known for his work on (X)HTML, CSS and XForms, a Web language that can possibly speed up programming 10 times. A good reason for an interview.

CWI signs partnership for Meaningful Control of Autonomous Systems

Together with TNO and the University of Amsterdam, CWI initiates a new research collaboration to study the impact of autonomous systems in society and the adoption of AI-based systems. Today, the three members are signing a letter of intent, called Meaningful Control of Autonomous Systems (MCAS).

MonetDB Solutions secures investment from ServiceNow

MonetDB Solutions, a company formed by researchers at CWI, announces an investment from digital workflow company ServiceNow to help large enterprises drive digital transformation.

Most Influential Paper award for SWAT researchers at SCAM ‘19

CWI’s SWAT group has been awarded the prize for most influential paper for the article that introduced programming language Rascal ten years ago at the SCAM conference.

CWI research connects quantum computing and optimization

Sander Gribling studied if and how quantum computers can help solve optimization problems, like finding the shortest route. He developed new quantum algorithms that can help to solve them more efficiently. He defends his PhD thesis on 30 September.

ERCIM Cor Baayen Young Researcher Award 2019 for András Gilyén and Ninon Burgos

András Gilyén has been selected as winner of the 2019 ERCIM Cor Baayen Young Researcher Award, together with CNRS researcher Ninon Burgos. The award committee lauds their outstanding scientific research quality and its impact on science. Gilyén performed his award winning PhD research at CWI.

CWI develops unique method for genome-reconstruction of mutated viruses

Jasmijn Baaijens, PhD student in CWI’s Life Sciences and Health group, has developed a new computational tool that can reconstruct genomes of mutated versions of viruses like HIV, Zika and Ebola

Mathematical tools reconstruct ancient genetic code

The genetic code of the last universal common ancestor of all present life on earth, appears to be surprisingly advanced. In his PhD thesis, Peter van der Gulik provides mathematical tools to reconstruct this genetic code. He also proposes a new parameter to characterize the genetic code that provides information about the production of amino acids.

National Agenda on Quantum Technology released

The Dutch National Agenda on Quantum Technology is presented to State Secretary Mona Keijzer this afternoon by physicist Robbert Dijkgraaf. The Agenda provides propositions to further develop the Netherlands as an international centre for quantum technology.

Scientists develop detailed representation of clouds in weather and climate models

A team of climate researchers and computational experts has developed an innovative method to study cloud dynamics in unprecedented detail in weather and climate models.

Amsterdam based Knowledge and health care institutes join forces to improve urgent care for the elderly

Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam health & technology institute (ahti), and health care institution SIGRA have joined forces in a new research project called “DOLCE VITA”.

Jos Baeten: Behoud AI-talent met variatie in onderzoek

Geen eenheidsworst in AI-onderzoek: een uitdagend AI-klimaat kan de braindrain stoppen.

ABN AMRO and QuSoft join hands to explore the power of quantum software

ABN AMRO and QuSoft are joining forces to explore the opportunities offered by quantum software and quantum computers. Operating under the name DisQover, the partnership will reveal what issues in the financial sector could be better solved using quantum computers. The partnership was announced at the Quantum Tech conference in Boston.

Cum laude for CWI research quantifying effect of safety margins in route planning

When drivers avoid certain highways to escape the risk of usual traffic jams, they can significantly increase the average travel time for everyone in the road network. CWI researcher Pieter Kleer developed models to analyze this.

Personal Quality of Experience for Multi-Party Desktop Video-Conferencing

Video-conferencing via Skype or Google Hangouts has become one of the standard tools for communication in our daily lives. If we want the video-communication systems to react to network fluctuations and provide the best possible quality, it is necessary to understand what factors impact the users experience.

IBM to deploy quantum-proof cryptography co-developed with CWI and RU

Together with CWI, RU and other international partners, IBM Research has developed quantum-safe algorithms for securing data. IBM has now implemented these algorithms in the world’s first quantum computing safe tape drive.

EU grant for CWI and UCL to improve X-Ray scanning at lower doses with AI

CWI and UCL received an EU ATTRACT grant to deploy and develop AI techniques to improve X-ray CT scanning in such a way that much lower doses of radiation can be used to obtain high-resolution images. The project started in July 2019.

CWI researcher designs award-winning cryptographic lottery algorithm

Benjamin Wesolowski (CWI) developed a new key ingredient for cryptographic lottery machines and received the Best Young Researcher Paper Award at Eurocrypt 2019. His results can be used for more sustainable blockchain technology.

Grant for CWI to improve Next Generation Internet

NLnet Foundation awarded CWI with a grant to develop a replacement for a decades-old application programming technique for communication on the internet. This might result in an alternative to deep packet inspection for network operators that better protects privacy for users.

Responsible use of Data key theme in successful SIGMOD/PODS 2019 Amsterdam

Drawing over 1000 visitors and record industry sponsorship, this year’s edition of the ACM SIGMOD/PODS conference turned Amsterdam into the world’s hotspot for data management research. The week-long conference on one evening also featured the biggest ever Amsterdam Data Science (ADS) meetup for local data scientists.

Humies Silver award for Peter Bosman and colleagues

CWI researchers Peter Bosman and Hoang Luong, along with colleagues from Amsterdam UMC, have been awarded the Humies Silver award at the GECCO 2019 conference, for their efforts in the automated generation of treatment plans for prostate cancer using brachytherapy.

Researchers hail demise of online security algorithm

An international team of mathematicians has hailed the end of a variant of a code that is widely used to protect online transactions. The five researchers are from EPFL, CWI and the universities of Surrey and Passau.

Three Veni grants for CWI researchers

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a Veni grant to Georgios Amanatidis, Marleen Balvert and Christian Majenz. The grant provides them with the opportunity to further elaborate their research ideas during a period of three years.

Two CWI scientists receive JCF Young Researcher Award

CWI scientists Dr. Anastasia Borovykh and Dr. Beatriz Salvador have received the JCF Young Researcher Award, granted by the Journal of Computational Finance. Both researchers were awarded for their outstanding work, which they presented during the International Conference on Computational Finance.

KWF grant for Peter Bosman together with Amsterdam UMC

Peter Bosman of CWI's Life Sciences & Health group has been awarded a project by the Dutch Cancer Society (KWF) together with the Oncology department of Amsterdam UMC.

ELA Best Presentation award for Bernard Zweers

Bernard Zweers of CWI’s Stochastics group has been awarded the best presentation award at the 24th doctorate workshop of the European Logistics Association.

CWI part of NWA CORTEX consortium

The National Science Agenda has awarded a 5 million euro grant to CORTEX – the Center for Optimal, Real-Time Machine Studies of the Explosive Universe. Self-learning machines will hunt for explosions in the universe and speed up innovations in industry and society.

CWI RESEARCHERS DEVELOP NEW TECHNIQUES FOR GENERAL TOP-DOWN PARSING OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

Afroozeh and Izmaylova, PhD students at CWI's Software Analysis and Transformation group, present new techniques for declarative parsing of programming languages in their thesis "Practical Genereal Top-down Parsers."

In Memoriam Piet Hemker

With sadness we announce that CWI Fellow and former CWI researcher Piet Hemker passed away on 27 May. Hemker had been working at CWI from 1970–2006 and since 1989 also as a professor at the UvA. He has been a CWI Fellow since 2001 and was named Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion in 2006.

CWI researcher develops a unifying framework for quantum algorithms

A large group of quantum algorithms can now be easier understood and optimized, using a new framework developed by QuSoft researcher András Gilyén. In his PhD thesis Gilyén provides a framework that unifies quantum algorithms, while optimizing their hardware requirements. His thesis was awarded cum laude