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IMAGINARY Amsterdam opens its doors
21 Nov 2016
IMAGINARY - through the eyes of mathematics' is an interactive travelling exhibition displaying the beauty of mathematics. On Monday 21 November Eric Opdam, director of the Korteweg - de Vries Institute for ...
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Arnoud den Boer wins INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Section Prize
18 Nov 2016
At the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Nashville, Arnoud den Boer (KdvI) has been awarded the INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Section Prize for his papers (joint with B. Zwart) on simultaneously learning and ...
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Madelon de Kemp wins ASML Graduation Prize
16 Nov 2016
Madelon de Kemp (KdVI) won the ASML Graduation Prize for Mathematics. This prize consists of an amount of €5000.- and will be awarded to her on 28 November 2016 by the Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der ...
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Theme Art and Mathematics represented at Science Park 904
8 Nov 2016
During the coming two months a number of activities representing the theme art and mathematics will take place. A symposium and an exhibition about this theme named ‘Ars et Mathesis’ will be hosted by the Korteweg-de ...
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Art meets science in Amsterdam Science #4
3 Nov 2016
The fourth edition of the popular science magazine Amsterdam Science is out now. This issue explores the interfaces where science and art meet.
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KdVI members interviewed about Eureka moment
18 Oct 2016
On 16 October 2016 Jan Wiegerinck, Jasper Stokman and Han Peters of the Korteweg-de Vries Institute were interviewed by Marie Beth van Egmond of Radio Swammerdam about their Eureka moments.
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Finance at the UvA introduced to partners in industry
26 Sept 2016
On Friday 23 September the first UvA Quants Event was held with dr. Asma Khedher from Korteweg de Vries Institute as the main organizer. 70 students and 20 representatives from the financial industry participated in ...
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Science Education at UvA-VU: Mathematical Masters
9 Sept 2016
The Master’s degree programmes Mathematics and Stochastics and Financial Mathematics (SFM) offered by the University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam have been collaborating for years. Programme directors Bob ...
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Harry van Zanten named Fellow of Institute of Mathematical Statistics
18 Aug 2016
Harry van Zanten, professor of Mathematical Statistics, University of Amsterdam, has been named Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS). An induction ceremony took place on 11 July 2016 at the World ...
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UvA students win nine medals at the International Mathematics Competition 2016
9 Aug 2016
The UvA delegation scored nine times at the International Mathematics Competition (IMC) 2016. For the first time in the competition a UvA student, Bastiaan Cnossen, won a gold medal. Besides two silver medals and six ...
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NWO Veni grant for Arno Kret
15 July 2016
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded a Veni grant to 22 recent doctorate recipients for research at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the UvA’s Academic Medical Centre ...
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UvA and VU students hacked De Digitale Stad
27 June 2016
A team of UvA and VU students of the master Computer Science succeeded in accessing the digitale archives of the Amsterdam Digital City, from its first years of existence 1994-1996, and getting the software ...
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Lenny Taelman and Robben Riksen best teachers mathematical education 2016
26 June 2016
On Thursday, 23 June the Korteweg de Vries Institute -Teaching Awards were handed out to Lenny Taelman and Robben Riksen. Next to the honorable titles of ‘best lecturer’ and ‘best assistant teacher’ they received ...
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NETWORKS publishes 2nd Annual Report
20 May 2016
The second year of NETWORKS, since its start in 2014, has again been a prosperous one. The results are to be found in the Annual Report of 2015.
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Lecturer in the Spotlight: Sonja Cox
22 Apr 2016
Sonja Cox (KdVI) is researcher in the research group Stochastics. As a lecturer, she teaches first-year Mathematics Bachelor's students, as well as in the national MasterMath programme and at AUC.
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Networks subject of Summer Course for mathematics teachers 2016
22 Apr 2016
The huge importance of networks and the great mathematical aspects related to this subject are emphasized again by the fact that this year ‘Networks’ are the subject of the 70th Summer Course for mathematics ...
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Research quality of Mathematics Institute reviewed as excellent
12 Apr 2016
According to the national review committee Mathematics, the quality of the research at Korteweg de Vries Institute is excellent. The committee stated this in their report.
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New book by Jan van de Craats and Roland van der Veen
1 Mar 2016
All nontrivial zeroes of the zeta function lie on the critical line.
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NWO TOP II Grant for Han Peters and Mingmin Shen
26 Jan 2016
On 4 November 2015, Han Peters and Mingmin Shen were awarded a TOP II Grant by the 'Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek' (NWO).
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Peter Spreij appointed professor by special appointment
20 Jan 2016
On 1 November 2015 the Radboud University Nijmegen appointed Peter Spreij Professor (by special appointment) of Financial Mathematics at the Faculty of Science . He is housed at the Institute for Mathematics, ...
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NICAS grant for Marjan Sjerps on preservation on cultural heritage
11 Jan 2016
Within the first call for proposals by NICAS (Netherlands Institute for Conservation, Art and Science), six full proposals and five seed money proposals have been granted. Marjan Sjerps is co-applicant of the awarded ...
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Article of Han Peters in Annals of Mathematics
5 Jan 2016
On 23 October 2015 the article: 'A two-dimensional polynominal mapping with a wandering Fatou component' written by Han Peters was accepted for publication by the Annals of Mathematics. Co-authors are: Matthieu ...
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NETWORKS launches new website
16 Dec 2015
As part of the NETWORKS project a 'the Network Pages' has been launched.
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QuSoft: new research center for quantum software
3 Dec 2015
QuSoft, the first research center dedicated to quantum software, will officially be launched later today. A joint initiative between Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and Vrije ...
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Bastiaan Cnossen wins Young Talent Incentive Prize
3 Dec 2015
On 30 November, four excellent students in exact and technical subjects at the UvA received the “Young Talent Incentive Prize” of five hundred euros at the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities ...
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Bachelor's in Mathematics top programme according to the 'Keuzegids Hoger Onderwijs'
18 Nov 2015
The 'Keuzegids Hoger Onderwijs' (Options Guide for Higher Education) for 2016 has awarded the Bachelor's in Mathematics at the UvA the title of 'top programme'. The Keuzegids states: 'Almost all universities offer a ...
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KdVI establishes PhD/Postdoc council
17 Nov 2015
Since 12 November 2015 the institute has a PhD/Postdoc council, which will serve as a port of call for PhD students and Postdocs to address their wishes and as a platform to organize activities with the PhD students ...
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NETWORKS forges new international relationships
20 Oct 2015
In the past year, NETWORKS has forged connections with the University of Bath (United Kingdom) and with ACEMS (Australia) in the interest of advancing international collaboration. Last Tuesday representatives of ...
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Michel Mandjes guest editor for 'Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde'
13 Oct 2015
The September edition of 'Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde' with the theme of 'Netwerken' (Networks) was realized by guest editors Michel Mandjes (UvA and project leader of the NETWORKS programme) and Johan van ...
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Amsterdam Science Talent Scholarship for 14 Faculty of Science students
6 Oct 2015
On Thursday 1 October, fourteen Faculty of Science students received the Amsterdam Science Talent Scholarship from Rector Magnificus Dymph van den Boom. The Amsterdam Science Talent Scholarship was founded by the ...
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