Study information
Experience Day Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
- Date
- Friday 25 April 2025
- Time
- Location
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Gorlaeus Building
Einsteinweg 55
2333 CC Leiden
Are you interested in studying Data Science & Artificial Intelligence in Leiden? Would you like to know more about this Bachelor programme at Leiden University? Do you have some last questions that only a student can answer? Then sign up for the Experience Day!
Programme
| 10:00-10:15 | BW 0.18 | Walk-in with coffee & tea |
| 10:15-10.45 | BW 0.18 | Introduction by Jan van Rijn |
| 10.45-11.00 | Break and change of rooms | |
| 11:00-12:00 | BW 0.18 |
Black-box optimisation using evolutionary algorithms. There are numerous methods for the optimisation of a function. For some well-behaved functions this can be done analytically, but in fields like robotics we are not often dealing with well-behaved functions. In this short lecture, we will look at black-box optimisation, in which the gradient of the function is not known, and solve this using two different methods: the simplex method and an evolutionary algorithm. By Roy de Kleijn |
| 12:00-12.45 | BW 0.18 |
Lunch + Q&A |
| 12:45-13:00 | Break and change of rooms | |
| 13:00-14:00 | BW 0.18 |
First time programming in Python In this trial lecture you will program in Python for the first time. You will receive a short lecture in which the basics of Python are explained and a number of small puzzles are explained to you. We will then put this knowledge into practice in the computer room. You can learn programming by practicing a lot. If you get through this lecture well, you will even be able to continue practicing this at home. By Jan van Rijn |
| 14:00-14:45 | DM0.09/0.21 | Workgroup part of the Python lecture |
| 14:45-15:15 |
Small tour around campus for the people who are interested |
Contact
For all study-related questions from a student’s perspective or questions about this Experience Day event please email dsai.studentambassador@science.leidenuniv.nl