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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.
Rapport rekenonderwijs aangeboden aan staatssecretaris Dijksma
Foto: Jan Karel Lenstra (directeur Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica), voorzitter van de Commissie Rekenonderwijs Basisschool.
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CWI plays leading role in research programme NCSB
The Netherlands Consortium for Systems Biology (NCSB) officially started its research program on 15 October.
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New simulations explain huge lightning flashes
With new simulations Alejandro Luque and Ute Ebert (CWI) explained huge lightning flashes above clouds: sprites. They published their results in Nature Geoscience, which appeared online on 25 October 2009.
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Mathematics for Dry Feet
On September 1st Joris Bierkens joined the Center of Mathematics & Computer Science (CWI) as an assistant in the Deltares funded project 'Mathematics for Dike Height Control'.
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Jan H. van Schuppen Appointed as Full Professor TU Delft
Starting from 1 September 2009 Jan H. van Schuppen (CWI) has been appointed as professor Mathematical System Theory at the Department of Mathematics of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer …
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New array database technology for scientists
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Faster database technology with MonetDB/X100
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VLDB 10-year Best Paper Award for hardware-aware database technology
Researchers Peter Boncz, Stefan Manegold, and Martin Kersten of the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam won the prestigious VLDB 10-year Best Paper Award on August 27.
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