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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.
ERCIM News 100 - Simulations Show how Lightning Creates Antimatter
ERCIM News 100 features the article 'Simulations Show how Lightning Creates Antimatter' written by Ute Ebert and Christoph Köhn from CWI.
CWI joins two large-scale energy projects
Researchers of CWI will participate in the projects ‘Smart Energy Systems in the Built Environment’ and ‘Excellence in Uncertainty Reduction of Offshore Wind Systems (EUROS)’ of the STW Perspective research programmes that …
Jos Baeten appointed professor at the UvA
Jos Baeten has been appointed professor of Theory of Computing at the University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) Faculty of Science. It is a part-time appointment that Baeten will combine with his directorship of …
Lynda Hardman appointed Distinguished Scientist ACM
Lynda Hardman, senior researcher and scientific staff member at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam has been named Distinguished Scientists by ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery.
Stieltjes Prize 2013 for Benjamin Sanderse
Benjamin Sanderse, former PhD Student of CWI, has been awarded the Stieltjes Prize 2013, the prize for the best PhD thesis in mathematics in the Netherlands in 2013. In March 2013 Sanderse …
Fewer errors in software features by using delta modelling
When new features are being written into software code, errors can easily be made. This is due to the fact that feature code often interacts in many different places in the software.
CWI and Xinhuanet sign cooperation agreement
CWI and Chinese online news provider Xinhuanet signed a cooperation agreement to develop a user experience research program. Jos Baeten (director CWI) and Tian Shubin (Xinhuanet CEO) signed the agreement last week …
CWI researchers on Utility Week Amsterdam
Researchers from the Intelligent Systems group of Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica in Amsterdam, and SENSE Lab of TU Berlin join forces on the European Utility Week, the leading knowledge and innovation event …