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Yoga, inclusiveness and dilemma game at first Science PhD DayMorning 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 analyticsSince 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 EcologyProfessor 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‘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.OPENThe 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...
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Tyron Offerman: ‘One straight line from when I was 5 to now’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?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 AIThe 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‘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 researchThe 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 ChinaA 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 stageIn 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 AwardPhD 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
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’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...