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Health Innovation Seed Fund III B.V investeert in Stokhos emergency mathematics
CWI spin-off Stokhos Emergency Mathematics krijgt een investering van Health Innovation Seed Fund III. Met deze financiële injectie wil Stokhos haar Seconds software verder optimaliseren en schaalvergroting en verdere internationale expansie realiseren.
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 …
Bart Kamphorst finds best possible scheduling policy for servers in information-scarce settings
Nobody fancies a long wait between requesting some kind of online service and actually receiving that service. Therefore, in many situations, ICT-specialists aim to design their servers in such a way that …
CWI researchers make power grid more reliable with mathematics
Researchers from Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) discovered how large fluctuations in solar and wind energy, combined with the physical network dynamics of electricity, can cause failures in power grids.
More efficient ambulance planning with new mathematical models
In serious life-threatening situations a fast ambulance response is required. Late arrivals can have a serious impact on the well-being of the patients and can also have consequences regarding policy making. In …
Caroline Jagtenberg awarded Rubicon grant
Caroline Jagtenberg, who recently obtained her PhD at CWI, has been awarded an NWO Rubicon grant. With the grant, Jagtenberg will do research at the University of Auckland (New Zealand) for a …
Stochastics group leader Bert Zwart in 'Economentop 40' of 2017
Stochastics researcher and group leader Bert Zwart is selected to be part of the 'Economentop 40' of 2017, which lists the forty Dutch economists with the highest publication rate in peer reviewed …
Caroline Jagtenberg awarded with prestigious Jo van Nunen award
Caroline Jagtenberg, former PhD student of CWI, received the prestigious Jo van Nunen award for her CWI PhD thesis “Efficiency and Fairness in Ambulance Planning” on 30 November. The prize has been …
