The National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science (Dutch: Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica or CWI) is located at the Science Park Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and was founded in 1946 by J. G. van der Corput, D. van Dantzig, J. F. Koksma, H. A. Kramers, M. G. J. Minnaert and J. A. Schouten. It is one of the leading European research centers in the field of mathematics and theoretical computer science. Originally called Mathematical Centre (Dutch: Mathematisch Centrum), its name was changed in 1983 to reflect the strong Computer Science component in its research. Science Park Amsterdam is a science park in stadsdeel Oost/Watergraafsmeer in Amsterdam, with accommodations for science and business, and in the near future also for housing and for recreation. ... For other uses, see Amsterdam (disambiguation). ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Johannes Gualtherus van der Corput (Rotterdam, September 4, 1890 - Amsterdam, September 16, 1975) was a Dutch mathematician, working in the field of analytic number theory. ... David van Dantzig (September 23, 1900 - July 22, 1959) was a Dutch mathematician, well known for the construction of the dyadic solenoid of van Dantzig. ... Jurjen Ferdinand Koksma (April 21, 1904 - December 17, 1964) was a Dutch mathematician who specialized in analytic number theory. ... Hendrik Anthony Kramers (Rotterdam, February 2, 1894 – Oegstgeest, April 24, 1952) was a Dutch physicist. ... Marcel Gilles Jozef Minnaert (February 12, 1893 – October 26, 1970) was a Belgian astronomer. ... Jan Arnoldus Schouten (August 28, 1883 - January 20, 1971) was a Dutch mathematician. ... Computer science, or computing science, is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their implementation and application in computer systems. ...

It is a member of European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM). ERCIM is an acronym for European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics. ... The ERCIM is the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics. ...

Some products developed at or with CWI:

• ABC programming language
• Algol 68
• Python programming language
• MonetDB

ABC is an imperative general-purpose programming language and programming environment from CWI, Netherlands. ... ALGOL 68 (short for ALGOrithmic Language 1968) is an imperative computer programming language that was conceived as a successor to the ALGOL 60 programming language, designed with the goal of a much wider scope of application and a more rigorously defined syntax and semantics. ... Python is a high-level programming language first released by Guido van Rossum in 1991. ... MonetDB is an open source high-performance database management system developed at the National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI; Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica) in the Netherlands. ...

See also

• Hugo Brandt Corstius
• Edsger Dijkstra
• David van Dantzig
• Richard Gill
• Dick Grune
• Kees Koster
• Barry Mailloux
• Lambert Meertens
• Steven Pemberton
• Guido van Rossum
• Adriaan van Wijngaarden

Hugo Brandt Corstius (born in Eindhoven, 29 August 1935) is a Dutch author known both from literary science and exact science. ... Edsger Dijkstra Edsger Wybe Dijkstra (Rotterdam, May 11, 1930 – Nuenen, August 6, 2002; IPA: ) was a Dutch computer scientist. ... David van Dantzig (September 23, 1900 - July 22, 1959) was a Dutch mathematician, well known for the construction of the dyadic solenoid of van Dantzig. ... Richard Gill Richard David Gill was born on the 11th September, 1951, in the United Kingdom. ... Dick Grune is a Dutch computer scientist and university lecturer most well-known for inventing and developing the first version of CVS, the Concurrent Versions System. ... Cornelis H.A. Koster (Kees Koster) is a professor in the Department of Informatics of the University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands. ... Barry James Mailloux (d. ... Lambert Meertens is a Dutch Computer Scientist and Professor. ... Steven Pemberton (born February 19, 1953) is one of the developers of the ABC programming language and of the Views system. ... Guido van Rossum Guido van Rossum is a Dutch computer programmer who is best known as the author of the Python programming language. ... Adriaan van Wijngaarden (2 November 1916 - 7 February 1987) was an outstanding computer scientist who is considered by many to have been the founding father of informatica (computer science) in the Netherlands. ...

External links

• CWI website (English)

Coordinates: 52°21′23″N 4°57′07″E / 52.35639, 4.95194 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...