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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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High Tea at KdVI in honor of Jan Wiegerinck
22 Sept 2015
Jan Wiegerinck, after having been a director of the Korteweg-de Vries Institute for 10 years (2005-2015), was succeeded in this position by Eric Opdam in August 2015. In order to thank Jan for his great merits as ...
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UvA wins nine medals at the International Mathematics Competition for University Students 2015
25 Aug 2015
The UvA delegation scored nine times at the 22nd edition of the International Mathematics Competition for University Students. Josha Box (Master student of mathematics) won a silver medal. Bronze medals were awarded ...
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Veni grant for Sonja Cox and Guus Regts
4 Aug 2015
Twenty-three recent doctorate recipients have been awarded a Veni grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) for research at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the UvA’s Academic Medical ...
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Eric Opdam new director of KdVI
22 July 2015
As of 1 August 2015, Prof. Eric Opdam will succeed Jan Wiegerinck as director of the Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics (KdVI)
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Lex Schrijver (UvA) receives EURO Gold Medal 2015
16 July 2015
Researcher Lex Schrijver (UvA - Korteweg-de Vries Institute and CWI) has been awarded the EURO Gold Medal 2015.
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KdVI Teaching Awards 2015
1 July 2015
On Thursday, 25 June 2015 the KdVI-Teaching Awards have been awarded for the first time. The prizes handed to the best lecturer and the best assistant-teacher consisted of gold-plated chalks with their names engraved.
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Science Research at UvA-VU: NETWORKS
9 June 2015
Unpredictable, large-scale and complex. Familiar words to members of the NETWORKS consortium; these are the characteristics of the networks that they study and improve.
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Short movie shows history of Dutch computer
9 June 2015
On Thursday 4 June, the premiere of the short internet movie ‘Remembering ARRA: A pioneer in Dutch Computing’ took place at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI). The Computer science historian Gerard Alberts UvA-KdVI ...
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UvA bachelor mathematics listed among ten best rated science programmes in NSE 2015
2 June 2015
Just as last year, the results of the 2015 National Student Survey (NSE) show that the satisfaction of UvA students about their programmes has increased.
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Nanang Susyanto (UvA) winner of Best Student Paper at WIC symposium
19 May 2015
During the 36th WIC symposium in Brussels Nanang Susyanto, PhD student at UvA, Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics, was awarded Best Student Paper for his paper 'Semiparametric Score Level Fusion: Gaussian ...
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NETWORKS publishes first annual report
19 May 2015
NETWORKS proudly presents its first annual report. Read all about the NETWORKS activities in 2014: the programme’s first year.
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PhD in the Spotlight: Petr Dunin-Barkovskiy
19 May 2015
On 29 May, Petr Dunin-Barkovskiy (1988) will be awarded his doctorate at the UvA. During his doctoral research at the Korteweg Institute for Mathematics (KdvI) he conducted fundamental research on theoretical models ...
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Event 'Leve de Wiskunde' was great succes
23 Apr 2015
With 175 visitors a record attendance was reached this year at this mathematical congress in Amsterdam, which is organized for both high school teachers and students.
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KdVI chess tournament
14 Apr 2015
Jacob de Zoete wins KdVI Equalizing Chess Tournament
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Botond Szabó (UvA-KdVI) receives 'Willem R. van Zwet Award'
27 Mar 2015
On Thursday, 26 March 2015 Botond Szabó (UvA-KdVI ) received the 'Willem R. van Zwet Award' at the Annual Meeting of the Netherlands Society of Statistics and Operations Research.
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Science faculties UvA-VU launch popular science magazine
26 Mar 2015
The first issue of the popular science magazine ‘Amsterdam Science’ was officially released earlier today during the Dies Natalis celebrations of the UvA’s Faculty of Science. A joint initiative of the University of ...
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