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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 Google research team wins Pwnie Award for Best Cryptographic Attack
Researchers at CWI and Google have won the Pwnie Award for Best Cryptographic Attack at the BlackHat USA security conference. They were awarded the prize for being the first to break the …
Marc Stevens’ project awarded funding in ‘Big Data: real time ICT for logistics’ programme
NWO has granted five applications within the ‘Big Data: real time ICT for logistics’ research programme. CWI’s Marc Stevens is the main applicant of one of the five granted research projects: 'Secure …
DIS contributes to MPEG’s work on Point Cloud Compression
The Distributed and Interactive Systems group has been a core contributor to the effort of Moving Picture Experts Group on 3D point cloud compression technologies. This effort aims at providing efficient representation …
Instable blood supply may help healthy cells compete with tumor cells
Researchers of CWI’s Scientific Computing group have found that instabilities in the blood supply in cancerous tissue can, surprisingly, lead to a less favorable environment for tumor cells. Their findings shed light …
Paper by Tim Baarslag and Michael Kaisers selected as visionary paper AAMAS 2017 Workshops
A paper by CWI researchers Tim Baarslag and Michael Kaisers has been selected as one of the most visionary papers of the AAMAS 2017 workshops, the largest and most influential conference in …
‘Startimpuls’ funding for eight research projects Dutch National Research Agenda
NWO has granted ‘Startimpuls’ (Initial Boost) to eight routes of the Dutch National Research Agenda. CWI and QuSoft are involved in two of the awarded programmes.
Comparing medical images better
Together with the radiation oncology department of AMC, Peter Bosman of CWI’s Life Sciences and Health group has been awarded 1.4 million euros for a project in NWO’s Open Technology Programme for …
CWI spin off Stokhos nominated for Computable Award: vote now!
CWI spin off Stokhos has been nominated for a Computable Award in the category 'Best ICT project in healthcare 2017'. You can vote for Stokhos as of now. The winning project is …
