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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.

New Shell-CWI project to improve CO2 transport simulations

To help reduce global warming, transport of CO2 for underground storing should be optimized. CWI will develop new mathematical modelling techniques to improve this, in a new research project in collaboration with …

New Shell-CWI project to improve CO2 transport simulations. Image: Shutterstock.

Dutch Post-CHI 2022 at CWI

As part of the yearly Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) activities of CHI Nederland (CHI NL), this year CWI will host the Dutch Post-CHI 2022 as an in-person event on Wednesday, 22 June.

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Nanda Piersma (HvA/CWI) appointed as first HBO crown member of the Social and Economic Council

Hogeschool van Amsterdam lecturer and researcher at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) Nanda Piersma has been appointed crown member of the Social and Economic Council (SER). The Council of Ministers approved her …

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Steven Pemberton on NOS News TV

On 14 June, CWI’s Steven Pemberton was interviewed on national radio and television in the Netherlands, talking about the end of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser.

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Davide Ceolin selected as first IAS and DSC joint fellow

Davide Ceolin, researcher in CWI's HCDA group, will start his fellowship at UvA's Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) on June 17.

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Lucas Slot wins 2022 KWG PhD Prize

Lucas Slot, PhD student at CWI, won the annual KWG prize for PhD students for his research and presentation at the Dutch Mathematical Conference (NMC) in 2022.

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New mathematical insights on popular optimization methods

The widely used simplex algorithm (1947) is one of the algorithms that work well in practice, while according to the theory, this should not always be possible. Sophie Huiberts (CWI) and her …

New mathematical insights on popular optimization methods

An inspiring masterclass on machine learning for inverse problems

CWI organised a 2-day masterclass, as part of the CWI Semester Program on Data-driven methods for Inverse Problems. Participants from Groningen to Paris attented the event.

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