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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.
Immo Grabe defends thesis on formal methods for parallel programs
Future mobile payments safer with quantum cryptographic identification
Payment by mobile phone will be common in the near future. Security of the payment system will partly be based on secure identification, and it will be crucial that no secret-key material, …
CWI researcher Floor Sietsma (20) youngest PhD in the Netherlands
Researcher Floor Sietsma of Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam is the youngest PhD in the recent academic history of the Netherlands.
ICT Personality Award 2012 to Peter Apers and Arnold Smeulders
Nederland ICT (former ICT~Office) has awarded its annual ICT Personality Award 2012 to Peter Apers (UT) and Arnold Smeulders (CWI/UvA/COMMIT). They receive this award for their prominent role in ICT research in …
12 December in Labyrint: How good are we at math?
Wednesday December 12 the results of Dutch National Numeracy Survey – 'het Groot Nationaal Rekenonderzoek' will be announced on TV in the program Labyrint. A major outcome of the study is that …
Inken Wohlers defends thesis on protein structure comparison
Janis Bajars defends thesis on simulation of Hamiltonian systems
CWI researcher Janis Bajars has developed new methods for numerical simulations of forced Hamiltonian systems. These can be used to simulate complex problems such as the development of internal ocean waves or …
Paul Klint in Labyrint on 5 December
In 2012 the 100th birthday of Alan Turing has been celebrated worldwide. Turing deciphered the Enigma code during World War II and is considered to be founder of Computer Science and Artificial …
