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CWI RESEARCHERS DEVELOP NEW TECHNIQUES FOR GENERAL TOP-DOWN PARSING OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
Afroozeh and Izmaylova, PhD students at CWI's Software Analysis and Transformation group, present new techniques for declarative parsing of programming languages in their thesis "Practical Genereal Top-down Parsers."
In Memoriam Piet Hemker
With sadness we announce that CWI Fellow and former CWI researcher Piet Hemker passed away on 27 May. Hemker had been working at CWI from 1970–2006 and since 1989 also as a …
CWI researcher develops a unifying framework for quantum algorithms
A large group of quantum algorithms can now be easier understood and optimized, using a new framework developed by QuSoft researcher András Gilyén. In his PhD thesis Gilyén provides a framework that …
CWI grieved by death of former director Cor Baayen
CWI's former director Cor Baayen passed away last Wednesday. Baayen served as the institute’s director from 1980 to 1994. During this period he played a key role in shaping computer science as …
CWI in Business 2019 – a compass for digital innovation
On Thursday 16 May CWI organized its matchmaking and networking event CWI in Business (CWI in Bedrijf 2019). Speakers from the business community and CWI researchers showed future opportunities in digital innovation. …
Sander Bohté and Kees Oosterlee awarded with NWO Indo-Dutch funding
Sander Bohté (Machine Learning) and Kees Oosterlee (Scientific Computing) have been awarded with funding from NWO’s Indo-Dutch joint research programme for ICT.
ESTRO-Elekta Brachytherapy Award for Anton Bouter
Anton Bouter of CWI's Life Sciences & Health group has been awarded the ESTRO-Elekta Brachytherapy Award at the European SocieTy for Radiation & Oncology (ESTRO 38) conference in Milan, Italy.
Jie Li and Sophie Huiberts selected to participate in the 7th Heidelberg Laureate Forum
Jie Li from the DIS group and Sophie Huiberts from the N&O group have been selected to participate in the 7th Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF). The annual HLF event selects a small …
