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How AI can help to understand the earth faster 26 October 2022
AI can help scientists to collect data about the earth faster. This saves them a lot of time on trying to figure out how to analyze all the data they ...
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'We fully trust each other's abilities' 05 October 2022
After a long run-up, the time has finally come for Frank Takes and Matthijs van Leeuwen. Together, they will become the new directors of education (OD...
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Student team wins Minecraft programming challenge 29 September 2022
A programming competition in Minecraft? It really exists! And even better news: this time LIACS’ student team Mike's Angels achieved the first place! ...
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By educating and doing research together, you can discover things that really matter. 28 September 2022
Bringing young, enthusiastic and driven academics from different disciplines together, that’s the goal of the Young Academy Leiden (YAL). As a new mem...
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BrAInpower exhibition: tremendous and troubling uses of AI in our daily lives 12 September 2022
Care robots, medical treatments, deepfakes and self-driving cars all with the aid of artificial intelligence (AI). The BrAInpower exhibition at Rijksm...
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Two directors of education for LIACS 25 August 2022
Matthijs van Leeuwen and Frank Takes have been appointed directors of education at LIACS as of 1 September. They will succeed Marcello Bonsangue, who ...
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Cycling like a Jumbo-Visma pro with the Leiden data model 28 July 2022
Just like the professional riders from the Jumbo-Visma team, amateur cyclists will soon be able to analyse and improve their performance. Leiden data ...
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Fifteen year old paper receives international award 05 July 2022
How did a fifteen year old paper receive an award? It happened to LIACS professor Todor Stefanov and his colleagues. Their paper was awarded with the ...
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Turning senses into media: can we teach artificial intelligence to perceive? 22 June 2022
Humans perceive the world through different senses: we see, feel, hear, taste and smell. The different senses with which we perceive are multiple chan...
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Matthijs van Leeuwen: 'I want to teach students responsible data science' 15 June 2022
Computer scientist Matthijs van Leeuwen is one of four science faculty members who obtained the Senior Qualification in Education in 2021. What was th...
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Roy de Winter wins LIACS Research Award 14 June 2022
On June 2nd Roy de Winter has won the G. Rosenberg Research Award from the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS). De Winter was presen...
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RISE Award given to Emeritus Professor Jetty Kleijn 03 June 2022
This year's RISE Award goes to emeritus professor Jetty Kleijn (LIACS). According to the board of RISE, Kleijn has dedicated herself in the past years...
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How Oncode-PACT is bringing new cancer medicines closer with 325 million in Growth Fund money 18 May 2022
How can you ensure that more experimental drugs reach the finish line? At the moment, only one in twenty cancer drugs that are tested on humans makes ...
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Hackathon about anonymity in social networks was a great success 16 May 2022
How anonymous is an individual in a social network? And is it possible for hackers to extract sensitive information from data? These were the main top...
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Anne Dirkson wins Krijn Rietveld Memorial Innovation Award 2022 11 May 2022
The third edition of the Krijn Rietveld Memorial Innovation Award was won by Anne Dirkson, former LIACS PhD student. During her PhD she researched the...