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Computer science research in Leiden of major relevance to society 07 June 2016
An international committee has assessed computer science research at all Dutch universities in the period 2009-2014. For its computer science research...
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Searching for the wanted and unwanted effects of innovation 28 April 2016
How does ICT affect society? Mirjam van Reisen, professor Computing for Society at the Leiden Centre of Data Science, is intrigued by this question. W...
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Leiden University launches Data Science research programme 14 April 2016
Leiden University is investing 4 million euros in a new Data Science research programme. This is a joint initiative of all the faculties, headed by De...
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Data science and sports: a winning combination 13 April 2016
Athletes always strive for the top. How can data scientists assist them in improving their performance? During the seminar Data Science and Sports, th...
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Skating faster thanks to data science 07 April 2016
The Netherlands has a lot of world-class speed skaters and footballers. Clever statistical analyses could help them perform even better. Leiden Univer...
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Why fundamental science matters 21 March 2016
Why do we need fundamental science? For a lot of reasons, speakers showed at the Lustrum Symposium ‘Science Matters’. This symposium was held on 18 Ma...
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Making everything we know computer-readable 20 March 2016
Data and information should be stored in a way that computers can understand, says Barend Mons, professor of Biosemantics at the Leiden University Med...
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Delegation from Leiden University forges new links in Brazil 19 March 2016
A delegation from Leiden University is visiting Brazil from 14 to 18 March. The first day of the visit was spent with scientists in São Paolo.
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Students win StrICTly For Business 18 March 2016
A group of Leiden Computer Science students, with Simone Cammel, Bas Mulders, Sufeng Li, Edward Magron en Kostas Tsogkas, won the prestigious business...
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The FAIR Principles herald more open, transparent, and reusable scientific data 15 March 2016
Today, March 15 2016, the FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship were formally published in the Nature Publishing Grou...
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Cum laude for new method making parallel programming easier 14 March 2016
PhD student Sung-Shik Jongmans of Leiden University and Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica investigated a new programming method to simplify this. On 3 Ma...
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Investment Grant NWO Medium for Simon Portegies Zwart 03 March 2016
A revolutionary supercomputer with energy-efficient parts that are available in the shops. Professor of Computational Astrophysics Simon Portegies Zwa...
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Wessel Kraaij appointed Professor of Applied Data Analytics 02 March 2016
Wessel Kraaij has been appointed Professor of Applied Data Analytics with effect from 1 March 2016. Kraaij will use new methods to analyse big data se...
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Leiden, Delft and Erasmus to apply ‘big data’ for urban issues 09 February 2016
The new inter-university centre set up by Leiden University, Delft University of Technology and Erasmus University Rotterdam is to apply ‘big data’ r...
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Dies Natalis: 'The big questions call for collaboration' 08 February 2016
Universities cannot survive in this highly competitive world without collaboration. And the ultimate aim is to make the world a safer and more sustain...