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CWI researchers Pemberton, Stevens and De Haan lecture at OHM 2013

CWI researchers Steven Pemberton, Marc Stevens and Robbert de Haan will give four lectures at the OHM conference, which takes place from 31 July to 4 August 2013 in Geestmerambacht, the Netherlands.

CWI develops prototype for '3D-based Skype'

Researchers from Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam and Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL) have devised a prototype system that can efficiently stream live-constructed 3D representations. This Tele-Immersion system enables …

CWI contributes to XForms 2.0 Working Draft

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has recently released a new draft of the international XForms standard, the XForms 2.0 Working Draft. Chair of the Xforms Working Group is Steven Pemberton from …

CWI research improves shared multimedia experiences

New book published from Pablo Cesar: The Evolution of TV Systems, Content, and Users Toward Interactivity

TV viewing has undergone a tremendous change during the past twenty years. Originally, TV viewing was a social activity, fostering social interaction with communities of viewers. A host of technical developments has …

New Google service 'Rich Snippets' based CWI-technology

Google introduced a new enhancement called Rich Snippets in May 2009, giving searchers new ways to filter results and adding new types of data to the search results themselves. The feature is …

ACM CHI Lifetime Service Award for Steven Pemberton

Steven Pemberton (CWI and W3C) has been awarded the prestigious international ACM CHI Lifetime Service Award.

CWI Researchers Improve Multimedia Language SMIL

On 1 December 2008 the multimedia language SMIL3.0 was announced as W3C Recommendation by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).