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NWO grant for optimal design of complex and distributed cyber-physical systems 19 December 2019
NWO awarded a grant for novel research on Complex and Distributed Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). The grant will fund a four-year research project in wh...
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Leiden University as source of inspiration for new Master's programme in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science 10 December 2019
Across Thailand, Indonesia and Sri Lanka there is an urgent need for appropriate educational programmes that develop skills in data science and artifi...
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Building with algorithms: looking for the optimal design 09 December 2019
How can computers help design optimal buildings? PhD student Koen van der Blom makes algorithms that take into account all kinds of different architec...
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Lise Stork wins award for app to share biodiversity data 05 December 2019
Fifty thousand euros in expert knowledge and the title Young eScientist 2019: the National eScience Symposium on 21 November was very successful for c...
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Marcus Specht joins PERL as Professor of Digital Education 26 November 2019
Marcus Specht, director of the LDE Center of Education and Learning, has been appointed as Professor of Digital Education since November 15. He has jo...
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Children compete against each other with robots 25 November 2019
Robots, nervous looks and above all, lots of fun. On November 16, children up to 16 years old came together for the MakeX competition. With this robot...
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Leiden programming team qualifies for world championships 21 November 2019
The team 'git merge -s octopus solution cup' has won the programming competition 'Northwestern Europe Regional Contest' on November 17. For the first ...
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Four million euros for DIGITAL TWIN program 21 November 2019
The five-year DIGITAL TWIN program can start as NWO granted 4 million euros from the Perspective program. With this grant, 19 new researchers will be ...
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Joost Visser appointed as professor of Large Scale Software and Data Science 19 November 2019
On 15 November Joost Visser started as Professor of Large Scale Software and Data Science at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS...
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CRITTERS Exposition: a photo impression 07 November 2019
From November 4 to 10, the exposition CRITTERS will be exhibited in Naturalis Biodiversity Center during Beyond Human Festival. In CRITTERS artists an...
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Translation Beauty and Joy of Computing may convince girls to choose computer science 31 October 2019
Programming courses are often only available in English. All the more reason for the Programming Education Research Lab (PERL) of the Leiden Institute...
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Leiden University champion of the Benelux in programming contest 22 October 2019
On October 19, the annual Benelux Algorithm Programming Contest took place in Nijmegen. The team ‘git merge -s octopus solution cup’ of Leiden Univers...
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LIACS part of AI-driven VR-film 08 October 2019
During this year's Dutch Film Festival (NFF), which took place from 27 September to 5 October in Utrecht, a new Artificial Intelligence-driven Virtual...
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Record sum Leiden Science Run for refugee scholars 01 October 2019
The Leiden Science Run 2019 has raised a record sum of 12,135 euros for refugee student foundation UAF. No less than 101 teams – also a record – and t...
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Michiel Kreutzer new Dean of the Faculty of Science 26 September 2019
Professor Michiel Kreutzer has been appointed as Dean of the Faculty of Science at Leiden University. He will take up the role on 1 January 2020. At p...