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.

Van Wijngaarden Awards for Marta Kwiatkowska and Susan Murphy

Thursday 3 November, computer scientist Marta Kwiatkowska and mathematician Susan A. Murphy have been presented with the CWI Van Wijngaarden Award.

Van Wijngaarden Awards for Marta Kwiatkowska and Susan Murphy

Life Sciences and Health makes way for new group: Evolutionary Intelligence

Since 1 October CWI has a new group: Evolutionary Intelligence (EI). At the same time, the Life Sciences and Health (LSH) group has ceased to exist. The group leader of EI is …

Life Sciences and Health makes way for new group: Evolutionary Intelligence. Image: Shutterstock

DIS group supports community opera that premiered in Barcelona

The Distributed and Interactive Systems (DIS) group played a special role in the creation of an opera.

DIS group supports community opera that premiered in Barcelona

IntACT: visualising the interior of art objects

The IntACT research team (CWI/Rijksmuseum) developed a tool to investigate art objects on the inside. In a new video the team explains the scope and outcome of the project.

Computational Imaging group and Rijksmuseum project awarded with NICAS funding. Image: Shutterstock.

National Coalition calls on government for integrated approach to sustainable Digitalization

The National Coalition for Sustainable Digitalization (NCDD) presents a manifesto to Minister Adriaansens (EZK) today that encourages the creation of an integral approach to sustainable digitalization. CWI is one of 70 organizations …

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DIS wins best demo award at ACM Multimedia 2022

The DIS group from CWI has received the demo award at ACM International Conference on Multimedia, with the paper “Mediascape XR: A cultural heritage experience in Social VR”.

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CWI and IDEAS-NCBR sign Memorandum of Understanding

CWI and IDEAS NCBR, the Polish centre of innovation in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Economy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding.

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NWO hangs out rainbow flag during Coming Out day

On 11 October, Coming Out day is celebrated. NWO/NWO-I celebrates this day by hanging out the rainbow flag. Léon Ouwerkerk, P&O advisor at CWI and LGBTI+ coordinator for the entire of NWO …

NWO hangs out rainbow flag during Coming Out day