Description
Leader of the group Stochastics: Bert Zwart.
Many natural and man-made systems and processes are driven by random phenomena. Examples can be found in areas such as communication, energy, information, logistics, and transportation systems. In order to model, describe, and improve such systems, our group develops and studies probabilistic, operational and statistical models. Our group’s analysis of these models relies on techniques from fundamental probability theory, queueing theory, stochastic scheduling, spatial stochastics and stochastic geometry. Our work with various companies in these areas, as well as with top researchers and universities across the globe, ensures our position at the forefront of every aspect of this research field.
Vacancies
PhD student on the subject of Planning and Optimization of Production Systems
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) has a vacancy in the Stochastics and Intelligent and Autonomous Systems research groups for a talented PhD student on the subject of Planning and Optimization of Production Systems.
News
CWI develops models for prevention and reduction of traffic jams
Daphne van Leeuwen of CWI’s Stochastics group focused on the following research question during her PhD: How to design effective control mechanisms to reduce or prevent congestion road networks in the omnipresence of uncertainty?
CWI, EIT Digital, Spirit, and UPM launch Innovation Activity ''G-Moji' - an impressive smartphone application to improve lives of youth at risk
Dutch youth care organization Spirit, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), join forces in the new innovation activity of EIT Digital.
CWI and Stichting 113 use data analytics for suicide prevention
Foundation 113 aims at a society in which nobody dies lonely or desperate because of suicide. To achieve this goal, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) and Foundation 113 suicide prevention have recently started a research collaboration.
Health Innovation Seed Fund III B.V. invests in Stokhos emergency mathematics
CWI spin-off company Stokhos Emergency Mathematics receives an investment of Health Innovation Seed Fund III. With this financial injection Stokhos aims to further optimize its software called Seconds, to achieve a scale-up and further international expansion.
Members
- Mihail Bazhba
- Rob van den Berg
- Guus Berkelmans
- Ayan Bhattacharya
- Etienne van de Bijl
- Bohan Chen
- Daan Crebolder
- Sara Ghazanfari
- Varun Janardhan
- Jan Klein
- Thomas Koch
- Marie-Colette van Lieshout
- Maria Mahfoud
- Rob van der Mei
- Tommaso Nesti
- Rudesindo Núñez Queija
- Brendan Patch
- Joris Pries
- Dmitrii Usanov
- Peter van de Ven
- Bert Zwart
- Bernard Zweers
Associated Members
Publications
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van Lieshout, M.N.M. (2019). Theory of Spatial Statistics: A Concise Introduction.
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van Lieshout, M.N.M. (2018). Nearest-neighbour Markov point processes on graphs with Euclidean edges. Advances in Applied Probability, 50(4), 1275–1293. doi:10.1017/apr.2018.60
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Mahfoud, M, Bhulai, S, van der Mei, R.D, Erkin, D, & Dugundji, E.R. (2018). Forecasting Burglary Risk in Small Areas via Network Analysis of City Streets. In Proceedings IARIA Data Analytics (Athens, Greece, 2018).
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Kleinrouweler, J.W.M, Meixner, B, Bosman, J.W, van den Berg, J.L, van der Mei, R.D, & Cesar Garcia, P.S. (2018). Improving mobile video quality through predictive channel quality based buffering. In Proceedings of the 30th International Teletraffic Congress, ITC 2018 (pp. 236–244). doi:10.1109/ITC30.2018.00042
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Hristov, A. V. (2018, September 18). Performance models for analysis and control of IT systems.
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Sloothaak, F, Wachtel, V, & Zwart, A.P. (2018). First-passage time asymptotics over moving boundaries for random walk bridges.
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Iftimi, A, van Lieshout, M.N.M, & Montes, F. (2018). A multi-scale area-interaction model for spatio-temporal point patterns. Spatial Statistics, 26, 38–55. doi:10.1016/j.spasta.2018.06.001
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van den Berg, J, Kiss, D, & Nolin, P. (2018). Two-dimensional volume-frozen percolation: deconcentration and prevalence of mesoscopic clusters. Annales Scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure, 51, 1017–1084.
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Hristov, A, Bosman, J.W, van der Mei, R.D, & Bhulai, S. (2018). Throughput and bottleneck analysis of tandem queues with nested sessions. Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences, 32(3), 396–408.
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Nesti, T, Zocca, A, & Zwart, A.P. (2018). Emergent Failures and Cascades in Power Grids: A Statistical Physics Perspective. Physical Review Letters, 120(25). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.258301
Current projects with external funding
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Rare events: Asymptotics, Algorithms, Applications ()
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Impactstudie Noord/Zuidlijn Gemeente Amsterdam
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Ontwikkeling van Data Analytics, Data Science en Crypto Analyse technieken
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PPS met Cofely
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Samenwerkingsovereenkomst Stichting 113 / CWI - Zelfmoordpreventie
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Verbeteren van de efficiency en prestatie van logistieke processen in de binnenvaart
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Dynamic urban traffic flow management using floating-car, planning, and infrastructure data (Dynafloat)
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Emergency Service Logistics: Network Design and Dynamic Dispatching (DYNAMERGE)
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PPS Engie
Related partners
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CTVrede
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De Verkeersonderneming
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Gemeente Amsterdam
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Stichting 113
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Stichting Sensor City
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Cofely West Nederland
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Engie Services West Nederland B.V.