EU Marie Curie ITN Network: POEMA

POEMA: Polynomial Optimization, Efficiency through Moments and Algebra

The project is funded under the H2020-MSCA-ITN-2018 call and is part of the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions — Innovative Training Networks (ITN) funding scheme.

  • Project Coordinator: Inria
  • Technical Coordinator: Bernard Mourrain (Inria)

CWI (with the participation of Monique Laurent) is one of the host institutions.

Learn more about the project: http://poema-network.eu/index.php

A new grant for an EU Marie Curie ITN Network: ALPACA

The research group included ERABLE project (European Research team in Algorithms and Biology, formaL and Experimental) at Inria (Marie France Sagot) and Life Science group at CWI (Stougie, Pissis) were awarded with other partners an EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN) consortium grant for ALPACA (Algorithms for PAngenome Computational Analysis).

The research project will run for four years, and it involves a total funding of 3.67 million euros. The network will train 14 PhD researchers, including one at CWI. The project started in January 2020.

More information here

CWI-Inria annual workshop 2020


The next annual CWI-Inria workshop will take place on September 24th 2020. Due to the health situation related to COVID-19 , the workshop will be held online.

More information on the dedicated website

Associate Teams 2021: call for proposals is now open!

We are pleased to announce the publication of the 2021 call for proposals for the Inria Associate Teams program.

The full documentation of the 2021 call for proposals is available on the website: https://www.inria.fr/en/associate-teams-2021-call-proposals-launched

The Inria researcher coordinating the project on the French side have to submit the online application form on the specific web site: https://drisi.inria.fr/eaEquipeAssociee/new

General timetable:

  • October 7th, 2020: deadline for submission of joint proposals
  • October-December 2020: selection of projects
  • January 2021: notification of grants and publication of results

Post-Doctoral Fellowship Opportunity 2020

chercheuse-post-doc_vignetteIn 2020 Inria offers 1 Post-Doc fellowship in the framework of CWI-Inria International Lab. Deadline for application is July 12th, 2020.

Candidates interested in the projects currently supported are welcome to submit their application to a post-doctoral fellowship. Candidates are strongly encouraged to get in touch with the PIs of these projects, either at CWI, or at Inria.

Applications will include the summary sheet (to be downloaded here) and the following documents:
• Motivation letter from the candidate
• Detailed CV with a list of publications and highlight the two most significant ones
• Research program, work plan and planned visits during the postdoc, the planned duration of the post-doc (between 12 and 24 months) and the desired starting date (default start date is November 1st, 2020)
• Recommendations, including recommendation from the host Inria research team and the host partner

Application must be sent by July 12th, 2020 to Julie Pomponne

CWI-Inria annual workshop 2019

photo-CWIThe next annual CWI-Inria workshop will take place on September 17th and 18th 2019, at CWI in Amsterdam.

See the program

Practical Information:
More information on the dedicated website
Online registration (free but mandatory): a registration form is be available here

Associate Teams 2020: call for proposals is now open!

We are pleased to announce the publication of the 2020 call for proposals for the Inria Associate Teams program.

The full documentation of the 2020 call for proposals is available on the website: https://www.inria.fr/en/research/international-mobility/associate-teams/call-for-projects

The Inria researcher coordinating the project on the French side have to submit the online application form on the specific web site: https://drisi.inria.fr/eaEquipeAssociee/new

General timetable:

  • October 9th, 2019: Deadline for submission of joint proposals
  • October–December, 2019: Selection of projects
  • January 31th, 2020: Notification of grants and publication of results