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.
Yfke Dulek awarded with Ngi-NGN master thesis Information prize
On 28 November Yfke Dulek (University of Amsterdam) will receive the Ngi-NGN master thesis Information prize for Informatics & Computer Science (5000 euro) at the Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen in Haarlem.
ERCIM News 107 on Machine Learning co-coordinated by Sander Bohte - extra Open Access section
In October 2016, ERCIM News No. 107 was published: http://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en107. It features a special theme on current trends and new paradigms in Machine Learning, coordinated by the guest editors Sander Bohte (CWI …
Dick Bulterman new head of department Computer Science VU University
He succeeds Guus Schreiber, who will in December start as the new dean of the science faculties of VU University. Dick is endowed Professor of Distributed Multimedia Languages & Infrastructures at VU …
Informs award for CWI Stochastics researchers
Researchers Bert Zwart (ST) and former PhD student Arnoud den Boer have been awarded the INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Section Award at the INFORMS Annual Meeting 2016 in Nashville.
New attacks on location-based quantum cryptography
For secure communication of classified information, researchers want to deploy the sender’s location, so a receiver can be sure that a message is, for instance, really coming from the White House. Classic …
CWI develops new calculation methods in collaboration with ING bank and UvA
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) and the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have developed new calculation methods for the estimation of financial risks.
Large-scale computer simulations reveal biological growth processes
Researchers at CWI and AMC used large-scale computer simulations to discover how cell types work together to form new blood vessels. Understanding vascular growth is essential for understanding and manipulating processes such …
New impulse for Dutch-Danish quantum research
Danish-Dutch quantum research will get a new impulse. At the official opening of the “Villum Centre of Excellence for the Mathematics of Quantum Theory” (QMATH) in Copenhagen a Memorandum of Understanding has …
