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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.
Mathematics to reveal atomic structure wins first Philips Mathematics Prize
Can physicists obtain a 3D image of the positions of all individual atoms inside tiny crystals?
CWI rated 'excellent' in evaluation
The Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica (CWI) is rated 'excellent' by an international evaluation committee. The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research NWO announced this in a press release on March 15, 2006. …
Jan Karel Lenstra: 'We need a Minister for Science and Technology'
Jan Karel Lenstra, general director of CWI, pleaded for a Minister of Science and Technology in his speech during the festivities of the 60th anniversary of the Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica, …
First Van Wijngaarden Awards for Lynch and Diaconis
Computer scientist Nancy Lynch and mathematician-magician Persi Diaconis were awarded the first two Van Wijngaarden Awards during the celebration of CWI's 60th anniversary on February 9, 2006. Some 250 guests - scientists, …
Amsterdam scientists in Nature: Global warming could destabilize plankton
Global warming of the surface layers of the oceans reduces the upward transport of nutrients. This generates chaos among the plankton, according to researchers of the University of Amsterdam (UvA), the Centrum …
CWI contributes to SMIL 2.1 W3C Recommendation
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) released SMIL 2.1, the Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language, as a W3C Recommendation on December 13, 2005. With SMIL, authors can create interactive multimedia presentations and animations …
Veni-grant for quantum security researcher Serge Fehr
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded a Veni grant to dr. Serge Fehr for his research on Information security using quantum mechanics. This was announced by NWO on 20 …
Computer scientist investigates sparks with 'virtual microscope'
How exactly are electric sparks formed? Carolynne Montijn - researcher of the Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam - developed a 'virtual microscope', a computational technique allowing her to zoom …
