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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.
NWO Gravitation: 21.5 million euros for 'Challenges in Cyber Security'
'Challenges in Cyber Security' is one of seven research projects that received an NWO Gravitation grant this year. The project has the impressive sum of 21.5 million euros attached. Among the scientists …
NGF AiNed Fellowship for democratizing insights from structured data
Institutions lacking resources are struggling to make use of huge amounts of structured data, creating a data literacy gap and making them fall behind large corporations. Madelon Hulsebos, an incoming tenure-track researcher, …
PhD student Tamara Florijn is one of the Faces of Science
What is life like for a young scientist? Tamara Florijn (CWI/Utrecht University) has been chosen as one of the Faces of Science to share her life as a PhD student through blogs …
Sophie Huiberts wins Gijs de Leve Prize
Sophie Huiberts won the Gijs de Leve Prize 2020-2023 for the best PhD thesis in Mathematics of Operations Research in that period. She is the first woman to get this prize.
Controversial terms about people and cultures in widely used datasets
Outdated, stereotypical, and potentially offensive words often appear in openly available datasets, CWI researchers have found. These datasets power many applications (such as online dictionaries) and machine learning algorithms, creating risks of …
NGF Quantum Technology grant for CWI researcher
In January, NWO announced that 19 projects would receive funding within the National Growth Fund (NGF) ‘Quantum Technology’ programme. One of the awarded projects is led by Jonas Helsen from CWI.
Trading in smart energy communities: the more the merrier?
Communities taking control of their own energy supply - by producing and trading energy locally - is a rapidly emerging trend. How many households need to participate to make energy trading economically …
Making our electric power grids sustainable
In 2024, CWI and TU/e start the 'Green Sparks' project to investigate eco-friendly alternatives for the greenhouse gas SF6 in high voltage switches, together with Hitachi Energy Ltd.
