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Chinese whispers in the name of science at Lowlands 18 July 2019
As long as we humans have existed, we have told each other stories. But how does a story change each time it is told? Which elements stick and which o...
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These are the seven Veni winners of the Faculty of Science 16 July 2019
The Faculty of Science has received no less than seven Veni grants this year. Camila Correa, Max van Duijn, Stéphanie van der Pas, Sergii Pud, Mónica ...
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Six Computer Science master students excel and go to Oxford 04 July 2019
Six master students of the Computer Science programme will present their papers on future cities at the NetMob conference in Oxford. The six papers we...
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Detecting and comparing sign languages 28 June 2019
For his PhD project, computer scientist Manolis Fragkiadakis is developing a tool that can compare videos of sign language corpora. This would make it...
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A digital eye for archaeologists 25 June 2019
Wouter Verschoof-van der Vaart is refining an artificial intelligence system that can detect and classify archaeological objects on digital images. Su...
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Building a bridge between data science and the social and behavioural sciences 25 June 2019
What is the best living environment for dementia patients? To answer this question, Daniela Gawehns is using data mining methods to search through dif...
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The patient forum as a goldmine 25 June 2019
Patients with certain diseases discuss their experiences and support one another on specialised internet forums. With the right data-science methods, ...
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Searching for 27 million patterns in 6,000 tax treaties 24 June 2019
PhD candidate Manon Wintgens is using an algorithm to trawl through thousands of international tax treaties. She hopes to detect a system in the dizzy...
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Self-learning machines for better understanding of the universe 13 June 2019
Bright explosions appear all over the radio and gravitational-wave sky. This dynamic side of the universe which has just been discovered, can be mappe...
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Student team hopes to heal skin with squid protein 03 June 2019
Eleven ambitious Leiden students hope to heal burns with a special substance from squid teeth. They are taking part in the international iGEM competit...
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Yoga, inclusiveness and dilemma game at first Science PhD Day 26 April 2019
Morning yoga, having your resumé checked at the information market, or dancing for inclusiveness: just a small selection of the activities of the firs...
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LIACS part of Horizon 2020 project about social media analytics 25 April 2019
Since January 2019, The Leiden Institute for Advanced Computer Science is part of the RISE_SMA project. In this European project 6 universities, in co...
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Geert de Snoo new Director of Netherlands Institute of Ecology 04 April 2019
Professor Geert de Snoo, Dean of the Faculty of Science at Leiden University, has been appointed Director of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIO...
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The mission of Felienne Hermans 04 April 2019
‘A woman with a mission’. In this honourable way, Dean Geert de Snoo described computer scientist Felienne Hermans at the official opening of her new ...
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These are the five Leiden highlights of ICT.OPEN 01 April 2019
The ICT.OPEN conference had no less than five Leiden highlights. PhD candidate Anna Louise Latour won the pitch prize of 500 euros and PhD candidate C...