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CWI publishes news item about its research, education and the social impact of this research on a regular basis. In addition to news items, we also publish more extensive stories about high-profile research or about CWI contributing to tackling social issues.
Veni grant for Big Data research
The Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded Stratos Idreos of Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam a Veni grant for his project “DataExplore: Querying the Universe in a few …
Gunnar Klau Extraordinary Professor at VU University Amsterdam
As of 1 July 2012, Gunnar Klau is instated as Extraordinary Professor of Bioinformatics and Operations Research at VU University Amsterdam.
Evaluation committee: "CWI is world-leading"
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam has been evaluated ‘excellent’ by an international evaluation committee. The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) announced this on 17 July 2012.
Vidi grant for modelling ocean currents in climate models
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded a Vidi grant to Daan Crommelin of Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI). The grant allows researchers to develop their own lines of research …
Join the National Numeracy Survey in the Netherlands
How numerate are you? Do you prefer to do calculations on paper, or with a calculator? You can join the Dutch National Numeracy Survey – 'het Groot Nationaal Rekenonderzoek' (in Dutch) – …
CWI cryptanalyst Stevens develops method for detection of Flame virus
Theme CWI Lectures 2012 ‘Understanding Software’
The theme of the annual CWI Lectures that takes place 14 June 2012 is 'Understanding Software. The size of software systems ranges from dozens to hundreds of millions lines of code. Programming …
CWI cryptanalyst discovers new cryptographic attack variant in Flame spy malware
Cryptanalyst Marc Stevens from the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam, known for breaking the https security in 2008 using a cryptanalytic attack on MD5, analyzed the recent Flame virus this …
