CWI awarded the Dijkstra Fellowship on 21 November to Marcin Żukowski, former CWI database researcher and co-founder of the globally successful tech company Snowflake. Żukowski’s pioneering work produced techniques that are still essential for efficiently processing huge amounts of data, leading to faster analysis and new opportunities for companies working with big data.
To prepare organizations for Q-Day, the day when quantum computers will be able to break certain widely used cryptography, the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD), Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), and TNO have published a renewed handbook for quantum-safe cryptography. This extended second edition contains the latest developments and advice for transitioning to a quantum-safe environment, including more concrete advice on finding cryptographic assets, assessing quantum risks, and setting up cryptographic agility. It was presented on 3 December 2024 to the State Secretary for Digital Affairs and Kingdom Relations, Zsolt Szabó, during the Post-Quantum Cryptography Symposium in The Hague.
Amsterdam, 8-9 May 2025
How do misinformation and hate speech fuel and influence each other? How can sustainable and FAIR data (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) be developed to independently investigate misinformation and hate speech? How robust are generative AI models at detecting and actively countering information disorders? These research questions will guide the Research Semester Programme on misinformation detection and countering in the era of Large Language Models. The Program will be organized along three full-day workshops, with keynotes and breakout sessions.
Generative AI (GenAI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) are transforming science and society, presenting significant opportunities alongside inherent challenges. European digital science institutes and organizations are well-positioned to contribute to responsible development and use of these technologies.
Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik is accepting proposals for scientific seminars/workshops in all areas of computer science, in particular also in connection with other fields.
in conjunction with ISCAS’2025, London 25-28 May 25–28 2025
MUSCLE (formerly IVU, Image and Vision Understanding) is the ERCIM Working Group focused on multimedia understanding through semantics, computation, and learning. For over 15 years, this working group has brought together teams from ERCIM and non-ERCIM institutions, uniting expertise in machine learning, artificial intelligence, image/video/audio processing, and multimedia processing and management.
Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 3-5 September 2025
“ICT in Business: AI Everywhere? Glory and Disgrace of AI”
The 2025 edition of the IDIMT conference- an interdisciplinary forum for the exchange of concepts and visions in the area of software intensive systems - is organized by the University of Economics and Business in Prague and JKU in Linz, Austria. Papers are peer reviewed and indexed by Scopus and Web of Science.
Stockholm 9-12 September 2025
The international SAFECOMP Conference takes part this year in Stockholm, Sweden, at KTH, from 9-12 September 2025, the first day being reserved for several parallel workshops.
