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Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) is the Dutch national research institute for mathematics and computer science, based in Amsterdam. CWI strives to be a diverse and inclusive research institute. To achieve balanced representation in leadership positions, we will prioritize applications from women researchers (including identifying as) for a number of job openings we will have in the course of this year.

On 21 November, the Amsterdam Science & Innovation Awards (AmSIA) were presented for the 16th time at the NEMO Science Museum. In the Environment & Climate category, Olivier Lugier, researcher at HIMS, won with his pitch Nano Hybrids: a more sustainable technology for the production of nanoparticles. Lugier will use the €10,000 prize to further develop the idea and bring Nano Hybrids to market.

The day after, how good that feels. Yesterday evening the Amsterdam AI network came together to listen to a great keynote by Piek Vossen, an update on the current state of affairs within Amsterdam AI, to say goodbye to the Management team of Amsterdam Data Science, and finally, to congratulate the winners of the Amsterdam AI Thesis Awards and offer them a stage.

Hopefully, you are voting today, but even though everyone may have already read up on all the election programs, we still want to shed some light on the progress of politics and AI. With the arrival of ChatGPT, AI has become the focus of attention. The election programs of Dutch parties do not always reflect this. de Volkskrant wrote an article about this and learn some of it here

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