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.
CWI co-organizes international trimester program at Bonn University
CWI is co-organizing an international trimester program on Discrete Optimization at the Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics in Bonn. Goal of this community service is to collaborate and make progress on long-standing …
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CWI management team visits universities
On 31 August, CWI’s management team visited the EEMCS Faculty of the University of Twente, as part of a CWI visit series to science faculties. Partly based on these visits, CWI’s MT …
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CT scan by CWI reveals hidden double-panel painting from Rubens studio
CT scans of a Rijksmuseum panel painting in CWI’s FleX-ray laboratory have revealed a surprising insight: it turns out it was not painted on oak, as was always assumed, but on tropical …
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How can AI help to collect waste?
In the new edition of CWI/AG Connect podcast series Superscience, Thijs Doorenbosch discusses Responsible AI and Urban Analytics with CWI/HvA's Nanda Piersma.
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Start of ACCSS - new association of cybersecurity academics
Last month, members of the ACCSS association celebrated that ACCSS (ACademic Cyber Security Society) is now a formal association. Marten van Dijk, head of CWI’s Computer Security research group, is one of …
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Three GECCO Awards for AI in healthcare
CWI researchers and partners won three awards for AI in healthcare at the ACM Genetic and Evolutionary Computation COnference (GECCO) 2021: the Best Paper Award in the Genetic Algorithms track, the SIGEVO …
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AI, Media & Democracy Lab receives NL AIC Label
The AI, Media & Democracy Lab is one of the first six labs to receive the NL AIC Label. At the Lab researchers will investigate various aspects of the use of artificial …
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Maths students contribute to coronavirus vaccination planning
Five Master's students of VU Amsterdam developed a mathematical model that has greatly improved the planning of coronavirus vaccinations in the Netherlands, so people could be vaccinated more quickly. The students were …
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