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.
CWI launches spin-off SEITA energy flexibility
CWI recently launched spin-off company SEITA (Sustainable Energy Is Totally Achievable), a service provider focused on the energy sector.
CWI develops algorithms that shorten response time of ambulance
In emergency situations where every second counts, the timely presence of an ambulance can be a matter of live or death. In The Netherlands the norm for the response time of ambulances …
CWI develops strategies for compression and transmission of reconstructed 3D data
Internet is used for communication via video conferencing, voice calls, chatting, photo sharing, online gaming and virtual reality. These technologies are changing our daily lives and the way we interact with each …
Harry Buhrman appointed Distinguished Research Professor
Prof. dr. H.M. Buhrman has been appointed as Distinguished Research Professor at the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam. In this position Harry Buhrman will function as the figurehead of …
Rob van der Mei in TV programme Universiteit van Nederland
Stochastics researcher Rob van der Mei has made an appearance in an episode of the TV programme 'Universiteit van Nederland'. He contributed to a series of 5 episodes themed 'Disasters'. Rob's talk …
ERCIM News 108 on Computational Imaging co-coordinated by Joost Batenburg
In January 2017, ERCIM News No. 108 was published: http://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en108. It features a special theme on Computational Imaging, coordinated by guest editors Joost Batenburg (CWI) and Tamas Sziranyi (MTA SZTAKI).
Cryptology researcher Marc Stevens awarded with Google research prize
CWI researcher Marc Stevens of the Cryptology research group has been awarded the Google Security Privacy and Anti-abuse applied award.
Better ranking for big data using seriation solution
The recent availability of large data sets leads to the challenge of identifying patterns and structures in them. These patterns can be deployed to improve the user experience
