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.
New optimisation model enables rapid response to disruptions
PhD studen Dylan Huizing (CWI/VU) has developed a solution for planning preventive tasks maintenance tasks of ProRail such that incident fighters are evenly located over the network at all times, thus ensuring …
New statistical method brings studies together at an early stage
To be able to combine global research, PhD student Judith ter Schure of CWI's Machine Learning group developed a new kind of statistics: ALL-IN meta-analysis.
Abel Laureates Lectures at CWI with László Lovász and Avi Wigderson
On 8 April 2022 the two 2021 Abel Prize Laureates - László Lovász and Avi Wigderson - gave lectures at CWI during a festive afternoon programme for the Dutch science community. Below …
ACM SIGCHI Lifetime Practice Award 2022 for Steven Pemberton
CWI researcher Steven Pemberton has been awarded the ACM SIGCHI Lifetime Practice Award 2022. Congratulations!
Quantum Application Lab now open to explore business opportunities
On 23 March, the agreement for the Quantum Application Lab (QAL) was signed. QAL is now open to explore the advantages and business opportunities for quantum computing. CWI is one of the …
DIS group pilots the Co-creation Space (CCS) for Digital Humanities together with the LICEU Opera in Barcelona
As part of the TRACTION project the DIS group at CWI is developing The Co-creation Space, a platform that supports professionals and community members from diverse backgrounds to engage in creative discussion …
NWO and CWI condemn Russian attack on Ukraine, measures announced
The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (CWI is part of the NWO institute organization, NWO-I) is shocked by the invasion of Russian troops in Ukraine and has announced measures regarding partnerships with …
Algorithms can also learn without examples
Allard Hendriksen (CWI) developed an algorithm that improves X-ray images without having to learn from data from previous measurements. He defends his PhD thesis on 3 March at Leiden University.
