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New lecture series: Joint Lectures on Evolutionary Algorithms (JoLEA)13 September 2021On September 15th a new series of lectures will start, the Joint Lectures on Evolutionary Algorithms (JoLEA). This series of events is aimed at dissem...
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A summer abroad, but then virtually13 September 2021For many students, a summer school abroad is a fun and useful way to spend the summer. This year, because of the travel restrictions, many summer scho...
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AI Journal prominent paper award winners02 September 2021Professor of Machine learning Holger Hoos together with Frank Hutter, Lin Xu and Kevin Leyton-Brown won the prestigious Artificial Intelligence Journa...
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Summer camp, but behind a laptop.21 July 2021From Monday 19 July onwards, eighteen children between the ages of 10 and 12 are learning the programming language Hedy. In the Snellius building of L...
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Artificial intelligence can discriminate. How can this be prevented?05 July 2021What do gender identity and digital technology have to do with each other? Together they are the subject of research at Leiden University. Researchers...
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‘Data science has crept into the faculties’ DNA’05 July 2021From 14 to 29 PhD candidates, seven actively involved faculties and, above all, lots of innovative interdisciplinary research, all with data science a...
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Dutch and Japanese researchers collaborate with leading quantum software developer Qu&Co29 June 2021Vedran Dunjko (LIACS and applied Quantum algorithms (aQa) Leiden) and Tomoyuki Morimae (Kyoto University) are to collaborate with Qu&Co. Qu&Co is a le...
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Sustainability and energy: AI research in Leiden, Delft and Rotterdam29 June 2021From energy transition to the nitrogen crisis: artificial intelligence can be of great help. Researchers from the three universities in Zuid-Holland a...
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Growing super legs for the Tour de France with the aid of Leiden data science25 June 2021Only the fittest cyclists stand a chance of taking yellow in the brutal Tour de France. Team Jumbo-Visma is working with data scientists from Leiden. ...
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A good start for every child, and how data science can help24 June 2021Some children start life with a disadvantage. Sometimes even before they are born. A new research project involving Professor Wessel Kraaij of Leiden ...
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The future of quantum08 June 2021What does the future of quantum look like? Vedran Dunjko (Assistant professor at LIACS and LION) is co-founder of the applied quantum algorithms (aQa)...
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The future of artificial intelligence03 June 2021From self-driving cars to innovative drug development, artificial intelligence (AI) is going to fundamentally change our lives in a variety of ways.
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AI in port and maritime research in Leiden, Delft and Rotterdam31 May 2021From a ship that has been designed to tell you what maintenance it needs and when, to an intelligent journey planner for global goods transport. The t...
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Tom Kouwenhoven wants to develop a bridge between AI and humans26 May 2021It is a familiar phenomenon: you ask the assistant on your phone to call your mother, but it calls a friend instead. Tom Kouwenhoven, PhD student in t...
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The hunt for the best computer language10 May 2021Our language is adapted to the context in which we humans communicate. But computers ‘think’ differently. What is the optimal form of a language for h...