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'Kwantumcomputing heeft juridisch kader nodig'
De ontwikkelingen in kwantumcomputers gaan hard. Hoe kunnen we ons voorbereiden op de gevolgen van deze nieuwe technologie? Joran van Apeldoorn en Ot van Daalen pleiten in AG Connect voor een Europees juridisch kader rondom kwantumcomputing.
CWI Starts Two Projects on Digital Humanities: TRACTION and MediaScape
The Distributed and Interactive Systems (DIS) group at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) has obtained two projects in the area of digital humanities, at the crossroads between human-computer interaction and humanities: MediaScape and TRACTION.
Quantum computers solve convex optimization problems faster
The advantages and limitations of quantum computing over classic computing have become clearer once again. PhD candidate Joran van Apeldoorn shows that a specific type of optimization problem can be solved much faster by quantum computers.
New mathematical models for wind turbine load calculations
New mathematical models developed by PhD student Laurent van den Bos can help to determine the best possible way to establish new wind farms. His thesis received the predicate Cum Laude.
Theoretical games explore the limits of quantum entanglement
The elusive phenomenon of quantum entanglement could enable unparalleled possibilities, but exactly how powerful are they? CWI researcher Tom Bannink explored cooperative games to assess when entanglement provides an advantage over our classical world. Bannink will defend his PhD thesis today, at the University of Amsterdam.
Software Engineering Symposium 2020 (SEN) at CWI
Coming Friday VERSEN organizes the sixth Dutch national software engineering symposium at CWI. It will feature six invited talks from academia and industry.
Pablo Cesar awarded Dutch prize for ICT research 2020
The 2020 Dutch Prize for ICT Research is to be awarded to Pablo Cesar, group leader of CWI's Distributive and Interactive Systems group (DIS).
CWI starts development of statistical framework for prediction of fires
Recently, a project submitted to NWO-TTW's open technology programme by a consortium consisting of researchers from CWI, UT, Thales and the Twente Fire Brigade has been granted.
Weather forecast techniques help find the perfect oil drill
A new way of processing data from rock measurements could lead to a much more efficient oil extraction. During her PhD research, Sangeetika Ruchi developed a method to infer the most probable rock properties, based on only a few indirect measurements.
Reality check for financial risk assessment tool concludes CWI-led project
One of the most promising tools for assessing financial risks proves to hold up after a thorough mathematical gauging. CWI researcher Ki Wai Chau developed a numerical analysis of complex algorithms that are developed to support financial risk management. His method provides a reality check for those algorithms, paving the way for future applications.
Levchin prize for Marc Stevens’ groundbreaking work on hash functions
For their groundbreaking work on the security of collision resistant hash functions researchers Marc Stevens (CWI) and Xiaoyun Wang (Tsinghua University) were awarded one of the two 2020 Levchin Prizes for real-world cryptography.
New protocols can speed up early quantum computers
How can quantum computers perform as many computations as possible within the short lifespan of quantum memory? CWI researcher Koen Groenland developed methods to do so. His results can help improve early quantum computers.
Meet Turing Award winner Michael Stonebraker at ADS Meetup
In the wake of the Conference on Innovative Data Systems Research (CIDR), several of its high-profile participants will speak at a special public meetup “ADS Meets CIDR”.
CWI starts research project within NWO programme Smart Solutions for Horti- and Agriculture
A consortium led by Joost Batenburg of CWI’s Computational Imaging group has been awarded a grant of EUR 800.000 by the board of the NWO domain science.
Amsterdam knowledge institutes to invest 1 billion euros in AI
CWI and other Amsterdam-based knowledge institutes have joined forces to invest 1 billion euros in the development of responsible AI technologies. The partners will set up research programmes, attract top scientists and educate students with state-of-the-art knowledge of AI.
CWI wishes you a merry Christmas and a happy 2020!
CWI is closed from Wednesday 25 December through Wednesday 1 January 2020. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!
Better parallel programming with help of ABS language
Current programming languages cannot use the full potential power of manycore chips. Keyvan Azadbakht studied the formal programming language ABS and extended the programming model and analysis techniques. He defended his PhD thesis on 11 December.
Tim Baarslag joins The Young Academy
CWI researcher Tim Baarslag has been appointed as a new member of The Young Academy. Starting in 2020, he will join this platform for young scientists who are recognised internationally for their talent. The Young Academy is an independently operating platform within the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).
Alina Striner (DIS) awarded Best Paper Award at ICIDS 2019
On 22 November, Alina Striner of CWI’s Distributed and Interactive Systems (DIS) group was awarded the Best Paper Award at ICIDS 2019, the International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling.
CWI develops new mathematical tools for analysis of rare events
PhD student Bohan Chen of CWI’s Stochastics group, developed new mathematical tools for rare event analysis. Chen’s PhD research has mainly focused on large deviations theory and rare-event simulation in heavy-tailed settings.
Privacy-friendly and data-driven HIV treatments
Thomas Attema (TNO en CWI) will present a lecture on privacy-friendly and data-driven HIV treatments, at the dcypher Symposium 2019. during the Secure Multi-Party Computation and Data Sharing session.
Peter Bosman awarded NWO KLEIN grant
Peter Bosman of CWI's Life Sciences & Health group has been awarded a NWO KLEIN grant together with Amsterdam UMC.
Smart mobility start-up Skialabs launched by CWI researchers
Traffic flows in cities could be managed much more efficiently thanks to cutting-edge technology pioneered by the new start-up Skialabs. By using huge dataflows collected in cities, the Skialabs platform provides a real-time view on the mobility flows in the city. This allows creating cost-effective and sustainable mobility services that react instantly to the demands of the end-users.
Ivan Herman contributes to Contract for the Web
Sir Tim Berners-Lee and the Web Foundation have published the 'Contract for the Web', which was prepared by a large group of international experts, including Ivan Herman (CWI and W3C). CWI also signed it.
Interview David Chaum: “Blockchain will decentralize power”
David Chaum (1955) is one of the most important pioneers in encryption. His research laid the technological basis for blockchain and bitcoin. On 21 November 2019, CWI will award him the Dijkstra Fellowship.
Interview Guido van Rossum: “I'd rather write code than papers.”
Guido van Rossum (1956) is the founding father of the Python programming language, one of the most popular development tools in the world. In 2019 CWI will award him the Dijkstra Fellowship.
David Chaum and Guido van Rossum awarded Dijkstra Fellowship
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) will grant the honorary title ‘Dijkstra Fellow’ for the first time in its history. This edition the Dijkstra Fellowship will be awarded to David Chaum and Guido van Rossum.
CWI and INRIA use AI to better predict harmful solar storms
Extreme solar storms can have destructive effects on communications and electrical power grids. To improve space weather forecasting systems Mandar Chandorkar combined AI and data from space missions. He defends his thesis on 14 November.
Extreme events better investigated with new math method
Fortunately, incidents like extreme weather, earthquakes or massive power grid blackouts are a rare occurrence. Analysing properly how likely such rare incidents are to happen can be very valuable, but also very challenging. In his PhD thesis, Krzysztof Bisewski developed mathematical methods that greatly speed up simulations for estimating the probability of rare events.
CWI research collaboration leads to 100 million euro investment in Amsterdam
CWI’s research partner Databricks announced it will invest 100 million euros to expand its Amsterdam office. The company aims to grow to hundreds of R&D engineers. Databricks settled in Amsterdam nearly three years ago because of its research collaboration with CWI.
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