News
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.
Best Paper Award for Peter Bosman
24 November 2009 At the BNAIC 2009, the annual Benelux Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Peter Bosman
In Memoriam Ben Sommeijer
Researcher Ben Sommeijer of the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), the national research centre for mathematics and computer science in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, passed away on November 19, 2009.
Better image quality for virtual reality with computer science
Less image delays, less 'image echoes' and more fluid movements in virtual reality (VR): this is all possible with the research of Ferdi Smit of the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), the …
New book published from Pablo Cesar: The Evolution of TV Systems, Content, and Users Toward Interactivity
TV viewing has undergone a tremendous change during the past twenty years. Originally, TV viewing was a social activity, fostering social interaction with communities of viewers. A host of technical developments has …
Rapport rekenonderwijs aangeboden aan staatssecretaris Dijksma
Foto: Jan Karel Lenstra (directeur Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica), voorzitter van de Commissie Rekenonderwijs Basisschool.
CWI plays leading role in research programme NCSB
The Netherlands Consortium for Systems Biology (NCSB) officially started its research program on 15 October.
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.
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'.
