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.
Programming problem patched: PhD candidate discovers breakthrough in software security
By chance, computer scientist Hans-Dieter Hiep (Leiden University and CWI) discovered a ‘gaping hole’ in a widely used method for evaluating software security. Hiep patched the hole, causing quite a stir in …
More than spins
Researchers from UvA, QuSoft and CWI published a scientific article in Physical Review Letters, in spring 2024, on a new computational method to accurately describe what happens inside quantum devices.
DIS group showcases XR results in ERCIM News magazine
CWI's Distributed and Interactive Systems group showcases several of its research results in eXtended Reality (XR) in the May 2024 issue of the European ERCIM News magazine.
DIS organizes the 2nd Edition of the Spring School on Social XR
As part of the research semester program of CWI, the Distributed and Interactive Systems group (DIS) organized for the second time the Spring School on Social XR. The event took place in …
The ‘do-it-yourself’ CT scanner
Researchers developed a method to use existing X-ray imaging facilities for CT scanning.
Inaugural lecture Stacey Jeffery: 'Quantum algorithms are a (random) walk in the park'
On 17 May, Stacey Jeffery (CWI, QuSoft, UvA) holds her inaugural lecture as a professor by special appointment of Quantum Information at the University of Amsterdam on ‘Quantum algorithms are a (random) …
DIS Researchers organize succesful Immersive Mixed and Virtual Environment Systems workshop
The workshop IMmersive Mixed and Virtual Environment Systems (MMVE) - co-located with ACM MMSys 2024, a premier conference on multimedia systems - was successfully organized by two CWI researchers of the Distributed …
CWI's DIS group AT CHI 2024
Research carried out by the Distributed and Interactive Systems (DIS) group from Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) has resulted in contributions to this year's ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing …
