Past CWI Lectures

CWI Lectures on Digital Cultural Heritage (2023)

The CWI Lectures of 2023, on 16 November, were dedicated to digital cultural heritage, as a forum for discussion between practitioners and academics.

The importance of arts and cultural heritage is unquestionable, helping citizens to develop emotional and cognitive processes. The cultural sector faces a number of challenges, from digitalisation of their collections to create digital surrogates, to curation and interpretation, to showcasing and exhibition. The lectures provided insights about the current challenges and opportunities, including speakers from the Thyssen-Bornemisza museum in Spain, The British Museum in the UK, the Philipps University Marburg in Germany and the eScience Center in the Netherlands.

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CWI Lectures on Algebraic and Geometric Methods in Optimization (2022)

16-11-2022

These CWI Lectures are devoted to novel solution methods that combine dedicated algebraic and geometric approaches and sophisticated computational tools from mathematics and computer science. During the event, we will celebrate Monique Laurent’s appointment as a CWI Fellow for her contributions to research in the area of Semidefinite and Polynomial Optimization. The theme of this year’s lectures was chosen in honour of Monique’s work. More information on the speakers.

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CWI Lectures on Decision Making under Uncertainty (2021)

04-11-2021

Should we offer this client a mortgage? How much money do I need in my pension fund? What is the best vaccination strategy? In many diverse situations, we need to make tactical, operational or strategic decisions with a lack of full information. The CWI lectures will present a diverse set of topics on the theme of making decisions under uncertainty, ranging all the way from the micro to the macro-level. Four world-leading speakers will talk about their perspective on the theme, from their background in machine learning, operations research, public health and climate research. More information on the speakers.

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CWI Lectures on Database Research (2020)

19-11-2020

This year’s edition of the CWI Lectures revolves around database research and the work of CWI research fellow Martin Kersten. He joined CWI in 1985 and established a world-renowned database research group before retiring in February 2020. The Lectures are aimed towards a general academic public and the program committee consists of Stefan Manegold and Peter Boncz. Due to restrictions to curb the spread of the corona virus, this event is held via a live video stream. More information on the speakers.

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CWI Lectures on Programming & Cryptology (2019)

21-11-2019

Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica organizes the annual CWI Lectures on 21 and 22 November 2019. The event will be held at the Amsterdam Science Park Congress Center and participation is free after registration (now closed). The Lectures are aimed towards a general academic public and the program committee consists of prof. Ronald Cramer (CWI, Leiden University) and prof. Dick Bulterman (CWI, VU Amsterdam). The event takes places against the backdrop of the Dijkstra Fellowships, which will be awarded to David Chaum and Guido van Rossum. More information on the speakers.

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