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Philipsprize for Mathematics to René Pannekoek08 April 2013
René Pannekoek received the 2013 Philipsprize for PhD students in Mathematics at the Dutch Congress for Mathematics 2013 in Nijmegen. It was the 8th t...
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Algant Consortium meetings in Leiden 23-26 February15 February 2013On Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 February, the yearly ‘Algant doctorate candidates and academics’ meeting will take place. The Algant Consortium consists ...
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Jacqueline Meulman talks about the unique cooperation between Leiden University and (IBM) SPSS12 November 2012On 19 November 2012 Prof. Dr. Jacqueline J. Meulman will participate in the programme 'From Theory to Practice', organized by Studium Generale and Lei...
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ALGANT graduates reflect on their study in Leiden07 August 2012More than twenty students were awarded an ALGANT diploma, the prestigious two-year master's in Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory from the Mathemati...
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ALGANT master graduation ceremony in Padova02 August 2012
On July 18 more than 20 students were awarded their ALGANT master diploma during a graduation ceremony in hte Palazzo del Bo in Padova, Italy.
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Continuation Dutch mathematics clusters07 September 2011
Starting from September, the four Dutch mathematics clusters DIAMANT, NDNS, GQT and STAR will each be given 1 ME from NWO Exact Sciences, to be spent ...
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Stieltjes Prize for Peter Bruin07 July 2011Peter Bruin (PhD Leiden, September 2010) has been awarded the Stieltjes Prize for the best mathematics PhD thesis in the Netherlands. The Stieltjes Pr...
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New weblecture available of statician Bradley Efron09 April 2010
Bradley Efron is a statistician from Stanford University best known for proposing the bootstrap resampling technique, which has had a major impact in ...
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Symposium by Lorentz Fellow Richard Gill16 March 2010On 22 March, five days after his final attendance at the Lucia de B case, Professor of Statistics, Richard Gill, will be appointed Distinguished Loren...
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Festive meeting: Vision on Statistical Science & info on the new Masters track06 August 2009This September a new Masters Track "Statistical Science for the Life and Behavioral Sciences” starts at Leiden University.
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European master's in maths14 July 2009More than twenty international students have received an ALGANT diploma, the master's in Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory from the Mathematical In...
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Hendrik Lenstra honored Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw28 April 2009On Friday April 24th, after a day of festivities in honor of his 60th birthday, Hendrik Lenstra was awarded the distinction of `Ridder in de Orde van ...
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Marc Stevens and colleagues reveal weak spot in internet security02 January 2009
Marc Stevens, PhD student of Ronald Cramer, and colleagues have found a weak spot in internet security. As a consequence of this weak spot in the infr...
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Peter Grünwald professor statistical learning19 December 2008As of November 1st, Peter Grünwald has been appointed professor Statistical learning on a new chair hosted by both the Mathematical Institute and the ...
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Mathematics in Leiden best in Netherlands according to Elsevier survey14 October 2008
Last week Elsevier published the results of a survey among academy professors and teachers, asking what according to them was the best place to study ...