Distributed and Interactive Systems group news

Monitoring the Engagement of Groups with Sensors

The PhD thesis of CWI PhD student Chen Wang of the Distributed and Interactive (DIS) group reports on research to design a GSR system that can support and enhance actors’ awareness of …

Monitoring the Engagement of Groups with Sensors

MediaSync: Handbook on Multimedia Synchronization published

Recently, "MediaSync: Handbook on Multimedia Synchronization" edited by DIS members Pablo Cesar and Jack Jansen has been published by Springer.

MediaSync: Handbook on Multimedia Synchronization published

DIS at CHI 2018

The Distributed and Interactive Systems group from Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) will be present at CHI 2018 showcasing their research on a case-study of developing a multi-sensory clubbing experience during Amsterdam …

DIS at CHI 2018

Smart Textiles and the Internet of Things

On 26 September CWI researchers will be presenting their smart textiles research at a symposium on Smart Textiles and the Internet of Things at the Royal College of Art in London, one …

Smart Textiles and the Internet of Things

KIEM funding for developing a smart urban jacket

CWI's DIS group led by Pablo Cesar has been awarded KIEM funding by NWO Humanities. The funding will go to "Project Cairo: an intelligent soft-robotic jacket". DIS will work on this project …

KIEM funding for developing a smart urban jacket

DIS contributes to MPEG’s work on Point Cloud Compression

The Distributed and Interactive Systems group has been a core contributor to the effort of Moving Picture Experts Group on 3D point cloud compression technologies. This effort aims at providing efficient representation …

DIS contributes to MPEG’s work on Point Cloud Compression

DIS researchers receive Excellence in DASH Award at MMSys 2017

Jan Willem Kleinrouweler of CWI’s Distributed and Interactive Systems group has received the Excellence in DASH Award at ACM Multimedia Systems 2017 in Taipei, Taiwan.

DIS researchers receive Excellence in DASH Award at MMSys 2017

Steven Pemberton wins 2017 Best Demo Award at XML London

On 10 June 2017 Steven Pemberton won by acclamation the Demo Award at the XML London conference for his demonstration 'XForms Game'. XForms is a web technology and W3C standard, co-designed by …

Steven Pemberton wins 2017 Best Demo Award at XML London