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.
QuSoft celebrates five years of cutting-edge quantum algorithm and software research
After five years of close collaboration within QuSoft, CWI and the University of Amsterdam sign an agreement that consolidates their cooperation.
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Pablo Cesar awarded Dutch Prize for ICT research
Last week Pablo Cesar was awarded the Dutch Prize for ICT research during a festive ceremony. NWO released a video about Cesars work, in which he explains the focus and importance of …
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CWI PhD graduate founded record IPO company Snowflake
Data-warehouse company Snowflake went public this week, reaching an extraordinary market value of $70.4 billion, the largest initial public offering (IPO) for a software company ever. Snowflake offers cloud-based data warehousing, whose …
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Call for nominations: Van Wijngaarden Awards 2021
With the Van Wijngaarden Awards, CWI honours mathematicians and computer scientists who have made important contributions to their research field. A call for nominations is now open for the 2021 awarding.
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Cells ‘walk’ to firm ground
A new mathematical model may explain how body cells get their shapes and what makes them move within a tissue. The model provides fundamental knowledge for applications in tissue engineering, amongst other …
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CWI works on Next Generation Internet
The Next Generation Internet POINTER fund has awarded CWI a grant to work on architectural renovation for the next generation Internet to replace BSD-style socket technology. The results will make a new …
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Léo Ducas wins ERC Starting Grant for quantum-safe cryptography
Léo Ducas from CWI's Cryptology Group is awarded an ERC Starting Grant of 1.5 million euro for research on quantum-safe cryptography. Most of today’s cryptographic methods will not be secure against attacks …
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Best Poster Prize for Allard Hendriksen
Allard Hendriksen, researcher at CWI’s Computational Imaging group was awarded the Best Poster Prize at the “Mathematics of Machine Learning” symposium.
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