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CWI and Leiden University sign cooperation agreement
The Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica and Leiden University (UL) expand their cooperation.
CWI coordinates project about control for coordination
What is the similarity between electronic signs on highways and pilotless planes? The answer is: coordination. The signs should communicate with each other and the planes should too. Five problems of this …
At CWI developed timetable awarded
The train timetable of Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) has won the prestigious Franz Edelman Award. Last monday this prize for operational research was awarded to a team of researchers from NS, Erasmus University …
CWI and Leiden University sign cooperation agreement
The Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica and Leiden University (UL) expand their cooperation. The Mathematical Institute (MI), Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) and CWI signed an agreement that makes it possible …
Approximating the Stability Number and the Chromatic Number of a Graph via Semidefinite Programming
Nebojša Gvozdenović will receive his PhD degree for the research he carried out at CWI. He will defend his thesis entitled Approximating the Stability Number and the Chromatic Number of a Graph …
Opgelost nominated for best popular science book 2008
The book Opgelost (Solved!) is nominated for the Eurekaprijs for the best popular science book 2008. Opgelost is written by scientific journalist Bennie Mols.
Krzysztof R. Apt appointed CWI Fellow
We are happy to announce that Krzysztof R. Apt is appointed CWI Fellow on 1 April 2008. This title is given to outstanding members of CWI's research staff and offers them full …
Crosscutting Concerns in Embedded Software Systems
Magiel Bruntink (CWI) received his PhD degree with honours on 17 March 2008 at Delft University of Technology (TUD). He investigated the phenomenon of idiomatic crosscutting concerns in embedded software. His research …
