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Computers help wood anatomists with wood identification 07 September 2020
The most commonly used method for the taxonomic identification of tree trunks is wood anatomy. The number of experts in this area is decreasing, and e...
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Data science at the Netherlands Tax and Customs Administration 24 July 2020
How can data science improve tax administration? Mark Pijnenburg, a senior data scientist at the Netherlands Tax and Customs Administration, decided t...
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New database brings structure to global fungal diversity 10 July 2020
An organized overview of the current global fungal diversity, that is what Irene Martorelli and colleagues try to achieve with the new MycoDiversity D...
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Brand-new professor Gerard van Westen wants to cross boundaries 16 June 2020
Brand-new professor Gerard van Westen works at the intersection of artificial intelligence and drug development. For the new chair in Artificial Intel...
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Bridging the gap between databases and data science 08 June 2020
In relational databases you can store information and data without losing the relationships between those data. They are therefore useful tools for co...
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Digital infrastructure for research into the social network of the full Dutch population 05 June 2020
An interdisciplinary consortium consisting of Leiden University, the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and Statistics Netherlands (CBS), receives €1 mill...
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Nele Mentens joins LIACS as Professor of Applied Cryptography & Data Security 03 June 2020
Finding solutions for economically and socially relevant problems in digital data security. That is what Nele Mentens, Professor of Applied Cryptograp...
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Finding unique drug structures with artificial intelligence and chemistry 26 May 2020
In the search for new medicines against diseases such as cancer, a Leiden team has developed a new workflow. This approach combines artificial intelli...
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More efficient drug development with the help of computer models 19 May 2020
The coronavirus has the world in its grip. Finding a cure has never been more important. Unfortunately, the development of new drugs for treatment of ...
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How mathematician Hendrik Lenstra completed an unfinished artwork by Escher 30 April 2020
Twenty years onwards, in a review of an Escher exhibition in Italy, Nature Physics writes about it again: Leiden mathematicians helping Escher out. A ...
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Hora est through a computer speaker: Leiden’s first fully online PhD defence 08 April 2020
Samineh Bagheri is the first PhD candidate to defend her thesis fully remotely.
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From smarter cities to epidemic control: algorithms can help 06 April 2020
Where should you plant ten trees so that as many city-dwellers as possible can enjoy them? If a smart algorithm knows how people move through the city...
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AI versus corona 02 April 2020
It’s all hands on deck at the moment to resolve the COVID-19 crisis. Researchers from various disciplines are helping where they can, also from the fi...
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Major win for CLAIRE in 50 million euro round of “seed funding” 26 March 2020
The European Commission has released 50 million euro to strengthen artificial intelligence in Europe. Five consortia were selected to spend this 50 mi...
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‘I always thought I was immune to stress, but now I’m not so sure’ 26 March 2020
Lecturers had a week to move their courses online. An enormous challenge because remote teaching definitely wasn’t commonplace at Leiden University. S...