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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.
CWI and Stichting 113 use data analytics for suicide prevention
Foundation 113 aims at a society in which nobody dies lonely or desperate because of suicide. To achieve this goal, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) and Foundation 113 Suicide Prevention have recently …
Cum laude for PhD thesis on advancing theory of lower bounds for multiplying matrices faster
Jeroen Zuiddam (CWI) developed new mathematical instruments to study the problem of multiplying large matrices fast. He defends his PhD thesis ‘Algebraic complexity, asymptotic spectra and entanglement polytopes’ at the UvA on …
CWI and its role in the digitizing society
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica has published its Strategic Plan 2019-2024. In it, CWI presents the research themes and topics the institute will focus on in the coming years and its ambition to …
WISE programme: four Tenure Track positions for talented female scientists at NWO institutes
CWI participates in NWO’s WISE programme (Women In Science Excel), which provides - in 2019 - four Tenure Track positions for talented female scientists, with an opportunity to develop or expand their …
Reinforcing the electricity grid with Evolutionary Algorithms
In our modern daily life, many activities require electricity, for example, the use of domestic appliances, manufacturing, communication, and transportation. It is therefore essential to maintain a reliable supply of electricity to …
CWI en Acumex gaan samen online onderhandelingstechnologie ontwikkelen met behulp van AI
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), het nationale onderzoeksinstituut voor wiskunde en informatica, en Acumex starten een onderzoekssamenwerking met als doel de ontwikkeling van autonome online AI onderhandelingstechnologie.
CWI and Acumex join forces on the development of online negotiation technology
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), the Dutch national research institute for mathematics and computer science, has agreed on a long-term research collaboration with Acumex to make autonomous online negotiation of complex goods …
Best paper award for paper co-authored by Francesca de Simone at EUSIPCO 2018
The paper "Rate Distortion Optimized Graph Partitioning for Omnidirectional Image Coding" authored by Mira Rizkallah (INRIA), Francesca De Simone (CWI), Thomas Maugey (INRIA), Christine Guillemot (INRIA), and Pascal Frossard (EPFL), has been …
