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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...
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Child Cancer Fund subsidises statistical research19 January 2017Marta Fiocco, professor in the Mathematical Institute, has received a grant for analysing data on chemotherapy in children suffering from leukaemia. T...
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Sifting through data the smart way11 January 2017We produce more data than ever before, and researchers gather more and more information. That data contains a wealth of insights and new possibilities...
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Alexander van Oudenhoven Discoverer of the year 201610 January 2017Environmental scientist Alexander van Oudenhoven has been chosen as Discoverer of the year of the Faculty of Science. Vice Rector Magnificus Hester Bi...
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DNA-evidence needs statistical back-up09 January 2017How do forensic scientists deal with complex DNA-evidence found at crime scenes? Giulia Cereda developed new statistical models to analyse them. PhD d...
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Our Talents and Discoveries 201613 December 2016Christmas is coming, which means that 'Our Talents and Discoveries 2016' has been distributed. This also means that it is time to vote for the 'Discov...
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NWO tenure track grant in arithmetic algebraic geometry11 December 2016
Within the context of the four national mathematics clusters, NWO has awarded seven proposals for tenure track positions. One of these was on 'Moduli,...
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Improving the gender imbalance in mathematics06 December 2016"Math for all", the third annual meeting of the Dutch section of European Women in Mathematics EWM-NL, which took place on November 30th, was dedicate...
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Psychometric Society Career Award for Willem Heiser01 December 2016Willem Heiser receives the 2017 Psychometric Society Career Award for Lifetime Achievement. 'Receiving this prize from my colleagues makes me very hap...