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Gold for Leiden Maths team09 August 2017During the prestigious International Mathematics Competition in Blagoëvgrad, Burgary, the Leiden University team won one golden and four silver medals...
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Science Agenda Starting Incentive invests in Leiden research07 July 2017Eight major scientific consortia are to receive research investment funding from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO. Leiden Uni...
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‘Banks can improve the position of women in Africa’30 May 2017Ineke Bussemaker studied Maths at Leiden University and now works as a banker in Tanzania. In an interview in alumni magazine Leidraad she brings thos...
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Dutch Cancer Society (KWF Kankerbestrijding) subsidises statistical research17 May 2017Marta Fiocco, professor at the Mathematical Institute, has received a grant for predicting survival outcome and improving the balance between prognosi...
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Major Expansion Leiden Quantum Computing08 May 2017The 18.8 million euro NWO Zwaartekracht grant for quantum software which Amsterdam, Delft and Leiden landed collectively, means for Leiden University ...
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Lisanne Rens wins H.D. Landahl Mathematical Biophysics Award24 April 2017Lisanne Rens has been awarded the 2017 H. D. Landahl Mathematical Biophysics Award. Rens is a PhD student at the CWI (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica) ...
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Mathematical Institute cooperates with UWV05 April 2017Marta Fiocco, associate professor at the Mathematical Institute of Leiden University, has signed an agreement with the UWV (the administrative authori...
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Netherlands' smallest supercomputer05 April 2017A team of Dutch scientists has built a supercomputer the size of four pizza boxes. The Little Green Machine II has the computing power of 10,000 PCs a...
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Three ERC Advanced Grants for Leiden researchers04 April 2017Archaeologist Frans Theuws, Buddhism specialist Jonathan Silk and mathematician Ronald Cramer have each been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant of 2.5 mill...
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Leiden students win international coding contest03 April 2017Two teams of Leiden Mathematics and Computer Science students have won the golden and bronze medals at an international programming contest with 605 p...
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ERC Advanced Grant for cryptographer Ronald Cramer28 March 2017Ronald Cramer has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant for his proposal 'Algebraic Methods for Stronger Crypto'. He will receive 2.5 million euro for re...
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Alumni mentors answer student’s questions23 March 2017Students get free advice of Leiden alumni about their career, applying for a job, social networking and more. The Mentor Network is an online platform...
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Mathematics and art: two sides of the same coin07 March 2017Come to IMAGINARY at Administration and Central Services (Rapenburg 70) and discover the beauty of mathematics. This exhibition is open to the public ...
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Big data cannot do without statistics28 February 2017Data science and statistics are closely linked, says Spinoza laureate and Stochastics professor Aad van der Vaart. We talk with him about the big data...
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Studium Generale series on complex networks kicked off23 February 2017‘It has never been so easy to set up a Studium Generale series.’ With these words Tilman Grünewald thanked speaker Frank den Hollander, who kicked off...