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.
Shorter waiting times with new mathematics
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Fighting Lymph Cancer with Mathematics
An article on fighting lymph cancer with mathematics - research of Gunnar Klau at CWI - features in the latest issue of ERCIM News.
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Maths for pattern formation
PhD student Peter van Heijster (CWI) was granted a Rubicon subsidy in March.
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Grant for advanced database research
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Safe electronic communication without keys
On 11 March Robbert de Haan (CWI) received his PhD in mathematics at Leiden University with his thesis Algebraic Techniques for Low Communication Secure Protocols.
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Faster biomedical image processing with CWI research
Alexander Broersen defended his PhD thesis on biomedical visualization on 3 March.
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Astefanoaei wins Best Paper Award
PhD student Lacramioara Astefanoaei (CWI) won the Best Paper Award 2008 during the 11th Pacific Rim International Conference on Multi-Agents (PRIMA 2008).
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A step towards understanding X-rays from lightning
Chao Li made has set a new step in lightning models.
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