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.

SIG wins ICTRegie Award

On Wednesday the Software Improvement Group (SIG) won the ICTRegie Award. The CWI spin-off SIG analyses any software source code in an automated manner. The company maps out the quality of the …

Ute Ebert in TV programme Galileo

On Tuesday 27 May 2008 TV programme Galileo airs a documentary on the effect of lightning on climate changes. Featuring CWI researcher Ute Ebert and her colleagues from the Department of Electrical …

Ute Ebert in televisieprogramma Galileo

Dinsdag 27 mei 2008 zendt het televisieprogramma Galileo een documentaire uit over het effect van donder en bliksem op klimaatverandering. CWI-onderzoeker Ute Ebert en haar collega's van de afdeling Electrical Engineering aan …

Jeroen Wackers wins Best PhD Thesis of 2007

CWI and BRICKS (Basic Research in Informatics for Creating the Knowledge Society) are proud to announce that Jeroen Wackers is a winner of the ECCOMAS Award for the Best PhD Thesis in …

CWI and Leiden University sign cooperation agreement

The Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica and Leiden University (UL) expand their cooperation.

CWI and Leiden University sign cooperation agreement

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 …