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 celebrates 70th birthday
On 11 February 2016 Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) celebrates its 70th anniversary.
CWI spin-off MonetDB Solutions helps building ExaNeSt platform
In a new EU project MonetDB Solutions helps to showcase the future generation ExaNeSt platform, which consists of up to 10 million of low-cost and low-energy ARM processors. The CWI spin-off will …
ERCIM News 104 on Big Data in Life Sciences co-coordinated by Roeland Merks
ERCIM News No. 104 was published in January 2016 at http://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en104
CWI Congratulates W3C with Emmy® Award for Timed Text
W3C received a 2016 Technology & Engineering Emmy® Award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for its work on the Timed Text Mark-up Language standard that makes video content …
Emmy® Award for W3C Standards Work on Accessible Video Captioning and Subtitles
W3C will receive a 2016 Technology & Engineering Emmy® Award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for its work on the Timed Text Mark-up Language standard that makes video …
Netherlands eScience Center grants two projects at CWI
CWI develops new techniques for studying vascular growth
Blood vessels are essential for efficient transport of oxygen and nutrients throughout the body, and play a crucial role in tumor growth and wound healing. Sonja Boas, PhD student in CWI's Life …
TimoTimo computes the fastest biological routes
PhD student Timo Maarleveld of CWI has developed new computer algorithms that improve the speed and acurateness of biological computer simulations. He defends his thesis on Thursday 17 December at the VU …
