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Grothendieck applied to entanglement and optimization
Jop Briët, researcher at the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam, introduces in his thesis new variations of Grothendieck’s inequality. He applied them to entanglement, an aspect of quantum mechanics, and …
IBM Scientific Award 2010 awarded to Alexandra Silva
The IBM Scientific Prize 2010 was presented on 18 October 2011 to Alexandra Silva, for her PhD research at the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam.
Veni grant for research in phylogenetic networks
The Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded Leo van Iersel of the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam a Veni grant for his project “Bringing phylogenetic networks to life”. …
Cor Baayen Award 2011 for Stratos Idreos and Luca Mottola
This year, ERCIM – the European Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics – has exceptionally selected two winners for the Cor Baayen Award: Stratos Idreos, researcher in the Database Architectures group of the …
Jan Karel Lenstra appointed CWI Fellow
Open Dag Science Park Amsterdam 8 oktober 2011
Op 8 oktober stelt Science Park Amsterdam haar deuren open voor het publiek. De jaarlijkse open dag van Science Park Amsterdam is dé gelegenheid om een kijkje te nemen achter de schermen …
CWI core partner EIT ICT Labs
The Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam has been granted the status of core partner in EIT ICT Labs, the European consortium of top research institutes and leading industry partners that …
Director COMMIT programme housed at CWI
The Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam has been housing COMMIT director Arnold Smeulders since 1 September 2011. COMMIT is a programme with various research projects from universities, research institutions, social …
