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.
DIS group showcases XR results in ERCIM News magazine
CWI's Distributed and Interactive Systems group showcases several of its research results in eXtended Reality (XR) in the May 2024 issue of the European ERCIM News magazine.
DIS organizes the 2nd Edition of the Spring School on Social XR
As part of the research semester program of CWI, the Distributed and Interactive Systems group (DIS) organized for the second time the Spring School on Social XR. The event took place in …
The ‘do-it-yourself’ CT scanner
Researchers developed a method to use existing X-ray imaging facilities for CT scanning.
Inaugural lecture Stacey Jeffery: 'Quantum algorithms are a (random) walk in the park'
On 17 May, Stacey Jeffery (CWI, QuSoft, UvA) holds her inaugural lecture as a professor by special appointment of Quantum Information at the University of Amsterdam on ‘Quantum algorithms are a (random) …
DIS Researchers organize succesful Immersive Mixed and Virtual Environment Systems workshop
The workshop IMmersive Mixed and Virtual Environment Systems (MMVE) - co-located with ACM MMSys 2024, a premier conference on multimedia systems - was successfully organized by two CWI researchers of the Distributed …
CWI's DIS group AT CHI 2024
Research carried out by the Distributed and Interactive Systems (DIS) group from Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) has resulted in contributions to this year's ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing …
Meet new Face of Science Tamara Florijn
KNAW recently appointed twelve new Faces of Science to expand the network of PhD students who promote science through blogs, vlogs and presentations. One of them is Tamara Florijn,a PhD student in …
ERCIM researchers and EC discuss GenAI: tools or threat?
ERCIM organized a visionary event on Generative AI. The outcome will be used as input for a vision document for research institutes and the European Commission. CWI and Inria were co-sponsor of …
