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Free symposium reveals surprising uses of AI 26 March 2019
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help humans in many different ways: from customised medicine and self-driving cars to preserving our cultural heritag...
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Tyron Offerman: ‘One straight line from when I was 5 to now’ 21 March 2019
Tyron Offerman wants to get the most out of life. This 28-year-old computer scientist and business economics graduate has an impressive three jobs: IT...
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International consortia: the future for science? 18 March 2019
We increasingly look at international consortia to come up with scientific and technological advances that are needed to address global challenges in ...
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Major steps towards realising a bold vision for European Excellence in AI 15 March 2019
The Confederation of Laboratories of Artificial Intelligence Research in Europe (CLAIRE), Europe’s grassroots organisation of scientists and experts i...
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PNAS Paper Prize for quantum machine learning 14 March 2019
‘We hope our paper highlights the possibilities and benefits of including artificial intelligence in quantum physics to do new discoveries.’ Vedran Du...
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How biased information on the internet can influence research 06 March 2019
The internet is a good place to rapidly collect large amounts of data. But if you don’t watch out you’ll collect very biased, one-sided data. These we...
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Leiden University Day in China 26 February 2019
A Leiden University Day, new agreements on exchanging PhD students and a keynote speech by Geert de Snoo at a popular symposium. In November, a Facult...
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FameLab: young scientists take the stage 26 February 2019
In FameLab contestants explain their research to the public in a three-minute presentation – without using PowerPoint or other presentation tools. The...
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Lieuwe Vinkhuijzen third in VERSEN Master Thesis Award 22 February 2019
PhD candidate Lieuwe Vinkhuijzen received the VERSEN Master Thesis Award 3rd prize for his master’s thesis on quantum computing. ‘A forward-looking th...
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AI researchers stress importance of collaborations with UK 20 February 2019
In an open letter, 450 leading European researchers from 33 countries have urged European and national governments to strongly cooperate on artificial...
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Robbert Dijkgraaf: ‘Diversity improves science’ 08 February 2019
His Leiden honorary doctorate, the future of scientists, and diversity in science. Robbert Dijkgraaf tells about it in one of the classical rooms of t...
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Millions of people like and share junk news on Facebook 29 January 2019
Junk news sites with unknown names such as Trendnieuws and Viraal Vandaag reach millions of Dutch people thanks to their Facebook pages. Messages from...
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Interactive models: Matthijs van Leeuwen receives NWO TOP grant 18 January 2019
Matthijs van Leeuwen of the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science develops methods to make computer models interactive. With interactive model...
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Leiden starts exchange with Poland 17 January 2019
Leiden University has started a collaboration with the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Poland. The project includes the exchange of students and sta...
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Students exhibit at interface between art and technology 17 December 2018
Abstract sounds that draw visitors upstairs, an 'escape womb' and a Christmas game that gets you thinking about the limits of creating our own happine...