In the media
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Programming resembles learning a language 06 April 2020
What languages do you speak? According to Felienne Hermans, ‘Python’ could be an answer to this question. Hermans studies how people learn to program ...
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From intuition to data 03 April 2020
Dutch speedskaters have been winning the most medals in speed skating at the Winter Olympics for years. How? Based on their intuition. Scientist Jeroe...
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International media report on Leiden dosage app for corona patients 30 March 2020
Coen van Hasselt's research group quickly produced an app that enables doctors to determine the correct dosage of commonly used medicines for corona p...
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Looking to distract the kids while you work from home? Get them programming! 25 March 2020
Many of us are working from home at the moment, but our children are at home too. While this can be fun, parents sometimes need a bit of peace and qui...
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World news: eleven asteroids on a collision course with Earth 09 March 2020
The discovery that eleven asteroids might collide with our Earth has become world news. The research of three Leiden astronomers has appeared on more ...
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‘Holland, invest in the national AI-ecosystem’ 27 February 2020
The European Commission published new plans on artificial intelligence on 19 February. According to Holger Hoos, professor in Machine Learning at the ...
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Improving football skills using data-mining 10 February 2020
Using positional data to determine which tactics lead to a successful attack? Rens Meerhoff, researcher at the Sports Data Center of the Leiden Instit...
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Topological Metamaterials in the media 31 January 2020
Press coverage for the Nature Physics-paper about topological materials by Anne Meeussen, Erdal Oğuz, Yair Shokef and Martin van Hecke
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Huub de Groot breaks down artificial photosynthesis 12 December 2019
In a promotional video for the SUNRISE initiative, prof. Huub de Groot explains the impact and ideas behind artificial photosynthesis.
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More accurate estimation of cross-border internet purchases 05 December 2019
How can cross-border internet purchases be accurately estimated? Researchers Quinten Meertens, Cees Diks, Jaap van den Herik and Frank Takes of the Le...
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Importing goods from sustainable countries could lower EU’s environmental footprint 28 November 2019
A recent study in Ecological Economics, led by Leiden environmental scientist Bertram de Boer, states that the European Union could lower its environm...
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Computer program AlphaStar reaches professional level in video game StarCraft II 21 November 2019
For the first time, a computer can compete with the very best human players in StarCraft II, a video game played by tens of thousands at a professiona...
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‘Nothing is so special about human intelligence, that it cannot be replicated in a machine’ 07 November 2019
Is the possibility of computers making decisions for us in the future realistic? Holger Hoos, professor of Machine Learning, gives his opinion about t...
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Puzzlegami: Martin van Hecke Lab in the media 17 October 2019
The Van Hecke group published in Nature Physics about programmable origami, which was covered in the following media.
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Chris Smiet wins Christiaan Huygens prize 07 October 2019
Christopher Berg Smiet, who defended his thesis at LION with Dirk Bouwmeester, won the Christiaan Huygens prize for his thesis '‘Knots in Plasma’. On...