News
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Skating faster thanks to data science 07 April 2016
The Netherlands has a lot of world-class speed skaters and footballers. Clever statistical analyses could help them perform even better. Leiden Univer...
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Why fundamental science matters 21 March 2016
Why do we need fundamental science? For a lot of reasons, speakers showed at the Lustrum Symposium ‘Science Matters’. This symposium was held on 18 Ma...
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Making everything we know computer-readable 20 March 2016
Data and information should be stored in a way that computers can understand, says Barend Mons, professor of Biosemantics at the Leiden University Med...
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Delegation from Leiden University forges new links in Brazil 19 March 2016
A delegation from Leiden University is visiting Brazil from 14 to 18 March. The first day of the visit was spent with scientists in São Paolo.
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The FAIR Principles herald more open, transparent, and reusable scientific data 15 March 2016
Today, March 15 2016, the FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship were formally published in the Nature Publishing Grou...
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Investment Grant NWO Medium for Simon Portegies Zwart 03 March 2016
A revolutionary supercomputer with energy-efficient parts that are available in the shops. Professor of Computational Astrophysics Simon Portegies Zwa...
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Wessel Kraaij appointed Professor of Applied Data Analytics 02 March 2016
Wessel Kraaij has been appointed Professor of Applied Data Analytics with effect from 1 March 2016. Kraaij will use new methods to analyse big data se...
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Leiden, Delft and Erasmus to apply ‘big data’ for urban issues 09 February 2016
The new inter-university centre set up by Leiden University, Delft University of Technology and Erasmus University Rotterdam is to apply ‘big data’ r...
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Dies Natalis: 'The big questions call for collaboration' 08 February 2016
Universities cannot survive in this highly competitive world without collaboration. And the ultimate aim is to make the world a safer and more sustain...
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TOP grant for four of Leiden’s top scientists 02 February 2016
Four scientists will receive the TOP grant for Physical Sciences from the NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research). They are astronomer ...
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Jaap van den Herik: Intuition is programmable 29 January 2016
In the future, computers will be able to base their decisions on intuition. Professor Jaap van den Herik, director of the Leiden Centre of Data Scienc...
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Using sensors to measure playground dynamics 18 January 2016
Free playtime and physical play are of great importance to children's social development. That is the main conclusion of innovative research by develo...
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Cor Veenman (NFI) researcher Forensic Big Data Science at LIACS 07 December 2015
On December 4th an agreement was signed between the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) and the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI)...
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Annual Business Event 2015 30 November 2015
Big Data - Big Business? - wrap up
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In Memoriam: Bernhard Katzy 27 November 2015
It is with great regret and sadness that we heard that Prof. Dr. Bernhard Katzy has passed away. We knew that he was seriously ill, but still the mess...