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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.

Weather forecast techniques help find the perfect oil drill

A new way of processing data from rock measurements could lead to a much more efficient oil extraction. During her PhD research, Sangeetika Ruchi developed a method to infer the most probable …

Weather forecast techniques help find the perfect oil drill

Pablo Cesar awarded Dutch prize for ICT research 2020

The 2020 Dutch Prize for ICT Research is to be awarded to Pablo Cesar, group leader of CWI's Distributive and Interactive Systems group (DIS).

Pablo Cesar awarded Dutch prize for ICT research 2020

Reality check for financial risk assessment tool concludes CWI-led project

One of the most promising tools for assessing financial risks proves to hold up after a thorough mathematical gauging. CWI researcher Ki Wai Chau developed a numerical analysis of complex algorithms that …

Reality check for financial risk assessment tool concludes CWI-led project. Image: Shutterstock.

Levchin prize for Marc Stevens’ groundbreaking work on hash functions

For their groundbreaking work on the security of collision resistant hash functions researchers Marc Stevens (CWI) and Xiaoyun Wang (Tsinghua University) were awarded one of the two 2020 Levchin Prizes for real-world …

Levchin prize for Marc Stevens’ groundbreaking work on hash functions

New protocols can speed up early quantum computers

How can quantum computers perform as many computations as possible within the short lifespan of quantum memory? CWI researcher Koen Groenland developed methods to do so. His results can help improve early …

New protocols can speed up early quantum computers

Meet Turing Award winner Michael Stonebraker at ADS Meetup

In the wake of the Conference on Innovative Data Systems Research (CIDR), several of its high-profile participants will speak at a special public meetup “ADS Meets CIDR”.

Meet Turing Award winner Michael Stonebraker at ADS Meetup

CWI starts research project within NWO programme Smart Solutions for Horti- and Agriculture

A consortium led by Joost Batenburg of CWI’s Computational Imaging group has been awarded a grant of EUR 800.000 by the board of the NWO domain science.

CWI starts research project within NWO programme Smart Solutions for Horti- and Agriculture

Amsterdam knowledge institutes to invest 1 billion euros in AI

CWI and other Amsterdam-based knowledge institutes have joined forces to invest 1 billion euros in the development of responsible AI technologies. The partners will set up research programmes, attract top scientists and …

Amsterdam knowledge institutes to invest 1 billion euros in AI