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Visit to Ghana: Leiden University strengthens ties with partners in Africa11 June 2024Leiden University will deepen its cooperation with knowledge institutions in Africa. During a trip to Ghana, a delegation spoke with several African k...
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A peek inside art objects: new algorithm makes CT scan more accessible10 June 2024An X-ray scanner, some small metal balls, and a newly developed algorithm. That is all you need to make a 3D model that enables you to look inside art...
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Smart monitoring of test subjects is the future of clinical research06 June 2024Knowing whether or not a treatment is working just by wearing your watch? Data scientist Ahnjili ZhuParris has identified a lot of opportunities for t...
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Programming problem patched: Leiden PhD candidate discovers breakthrough in software security27 May 2024By chance, computer scientist Hans-Dieter Hiep (Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science and Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica) discovered a ‘gaping...
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Why search engines and chatbots are becoming more alike24 May 2024Search engines are getting better at answering our questions. And chatbots are increasingly likely to search the internet for relevant sources. ‘Searc...
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The quantum computer: it doesn't exist yet, but still we understand increasingly better what problems it can solve09 April 2024How do we know what a quantum computer is good for when it hasn't been built yet? That's what PhD candidate Casper Gyurik investigated by combining tw...
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Optimisation software 'Kernel Tuner' ready for serious use05 April 2024LIACS assistant professor Ben van Werkhoven leads the development of software for optimising graphics processing units. By now, version 1.0 of 'Kernel...
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College or university? Computer science students in the right place27 February 2024The right student in the right place. That is what LIACS programme director Frank Takes and education coordinator Joyce Glerum are aiming to do with t...
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Want to know more about quantum? These games make it fun23 February 2024Tic tac toe, but with quantum effects. That makes learning the principles of quantum technology a piece of cake. This is the aim of a new start-up fou...
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Marcello is the new scientific director of LIACS: 'It's time to give something back to the institute'23 January 2024He came to the Netherlands for three months and never left. Marcello Bonsangue is the new scientific director of the Leiden Institute of Advanced Comp...
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Developing methods on remote sensing detection of archaeological features in Colombia with LDE grant18 January 2024A Leiden-Delft-Erasmus research team has been awarded a LDE Global Support Grant to develop reusable algorithms in the remote detection of non-orthogo...
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Children's stories as a window to investigate empathy17 January 2024Researcher Max van Duijn and PhD student Bram van Dijk apply language models to stories told by children to investigate empathy. For this research, th...
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Leiden quantum technology research very successful in funding call10 January 2024No less than six Leiden projects received a grant for quantum research from the national growth programme Quantum Delta NL and the NWO. After all, in ...
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Supercomputer ALICE is even more powerful, and that is good news for many disciplines03 January 2024Supercomputer ALICE has been expanded, making it even more powerful and faster. This means researchers and students can work with heavier models. From...
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‘Listen carefully when students ask a question, to hear the question behind the question’07 December 2023‘Rudy van Vliet is always willing to go that extra mile to help us,’ is what students say about him. The lecturer in the Computer Science bachelor’s p...