by Mark Wijzenbroek | Jun 14, 2010 | News
ICCS 2010 was held in the Royal Institute for the Tropics from May 31 to June 2, 2010. The conference, which was organised by Peter Sloot, Dick van Albada and Jack Dongarra, welcomed over 400 delegates. ICCS 2010 in Amsterdam was organized by Peter Sloot, Dick van...
by Mark Wijzenbroek | Feb 8, 2010 | News
A research team led by Louis Vermeulen from the AMC and Prof. Peter Sloot from the Science Faculty of the UvA revealed how recently discovered Cancer Stem Cells play a crucial role in fundamental properties of tumors. In the latest issue of the renowned Cancer...
by Mark Wijzenbroek | Jan 26, 2010 | News
A five year NWO VIDI grant of about € 800,000 was awarded to Marten Postma on November 2009. A five year NWO VIDI grant of about € 800,000 was awarded to Marten Postma on November 2009. The personal grant allows Marten Postma -who will be the project leader- to...
by Mark Wijzenbroek | Dec 2, 2009 | News
The University of Amsterdam will receive a 4-CPU vector supercomputer (SX-8) from NEC to stimulate computational research and education at the UvA. This machine will be specifically used for computer simulations to improve our understanding of two major diseases:...
by Mark Wijzenbroek | Nov 9, 2009 | News
Peter Sloot has best succeeded in bringing the results of ICT research to the attention of the general public. For this he has received the “I/O Award” at SIREN 2009. Peter Sloot received the I/O Award 2009 for the media attention that he generated for his...
by Mark Wijzenbroek | Oct 29, 2009 | News
Virolab (www.virolab.org) is a distributed computer system that provides decision support for Medical Doctors when deciding in what drugs to use for HIV/AIDS patients. Peter Sloot leads the project and talks about the spectacular results obtained. Friday June 29h:...
