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Leiden starts exchange with Poland17 January 2019Leiden University has started a collaboration with the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Poland. The project includes the exchange of students and sta...
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Students exhibit at interface between art and technology17 December 2018Abstract sounds that draw visitors upstairs, an 'escape womb' and a Christmas game that gets you thinking about the limits of creating our own happine...
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Vote for the Discoverer of the year 201813 December 2018Which brilliant scientist will be our Discoverer of the year 2018? Will it be a physicist, biologist, drug discoverer or an astronomer? Or an environm...
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Making problem solving more efficient11 December 2018The recently promoted Hao Wang from the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science teaches computer programmes how to solve real-world problems. Hi...
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ERC Consolidator Grant for Leiden28 November 2018Leiden University professor of Science-Based Business Simcha Jong Kon Chin has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant.
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Govert Brinkmann runner-up for KNVI Thesis Award for Informatics27 November 2018Annually KNVI (Koninklijke Nederlandse Vereniging van Informatieprofessionals) awards thesis prizes to master students in the field of Informatics and...
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Hui Wang wins Best Paper Award at BNAIC 201820 November 2018Early November the 30th Belgium Netherlands Artificial Intelligence Conference (BNAIC) was organised in ‘s-Hertogenbosch.
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Programming for blind kids15 November 2018Programming is an excellent career option for blind children, and a way to have fun and express themselves. But the existing tools for programming are...
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Algorithm Data Science student designs best ship in less time14 November 2018Partly thanks to Roy de Winter, ship design and engineering company C-Job Naval Architects now develops optimal ships in a short time. The master's st...
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From research project to market leader in cycling tours for elderly09 November 2018‘In Hong Kong, the elderly found our popular nature routes boring, so they now cycle our action-packed routes through New York.’ What once started as ...
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Best Paper Award for 'BAI (摆): An Oscillating Sound Installation'30 October 2018Danyi Lu, Jelger Kroese and Edwin van der Heide, all affiliated with LIACS, won Best Paper Award for 'BAI (摆): An Oscillating Sound Installation' at t...
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What robots can teach us about humans23 October 2018Where is the dividing line between man and machines? What makes us wiser than robots? How do you know if a film on internet is real? These are the que...
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Explore the universe in VR18 October 2018Navigating through the universe with VR glasses? It is possible, with the help of the new computer application built by Marc Driessen, a Computer Scie...
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Senior Teaching Qualification for first ten lecturers15 October 2018The Senior Teaching Qualification is for experienced lecturers who have done more than lecturing alone. Ten quotes from the first ten lecturers to re...
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First Leiden Science Family Day: glitter gel, virtual reality and ice-cold clouds09 October 2018The first Leiden Science Family Day on Saturday 6 October was a great success. During the ‘Weekend of Science’ more than 700 visitors, including 350 c...