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.
Software engineering makes games more exciting
Creating good games with interesting game experiences is difficult. Software engineer Riemer van Rozen developed a domain-specific programming language (DSL) for games that allows game designers to design better games, in a …
Introducing Women In Quantum Development
Bringing women in quantum research together to form a professional and informal network. With that goal in mind, CWI researcher Stacey Jeffery and colleagues started the WIQD network. WIQD now aims to …
CWI Starts two projects on digital humanities: TRACTION and MediaScape
The Distributed and Interactive Systems (DIS) group at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) has obtained two projects in the area of digital humanities, at the crossroads between human-computer interaction and humanities: MediaScape …
Quantum computers solve convex optimization problems faster
The advantages and limitations of quantum computing over classic computing have become clearer once again. PhD candidate Joran van Apeldoorn shows that a specific type of optimization problem can be solved much …
New mathematical models for wind turbine load calculations
New mathematical models developed by PhD student Laurent van den Bos can help to determine the best possible way to establish new wind farms. His thesis received the predicate Cum Laude.
Theoretical games explore the limits of quantum entanglement
The elusive phenomenon of quantum entanglement could enable unparalleled possibilities, but exactly how powerful are they? CWI researcher Tom Bannink explored cooperative games to assess when entanglement provides an advantage over our …
Software Engineering Symposium 2020 (SEN) at CWI
Coming Friday VERSEN organizes the sixth Dutch national software engineering symposium at CWI. It will feature six invited talks from academia and industry.
CWI starts development of statistical framework for prediction of fires
Recently, a project submitted to NWO-TTW's open technology programme by a consortium consisting of researchers from CWI, UT, Thales and the Twente Fire Brigade has been granted.
