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With artificial intelligence to new physics 02 November 2017
The particle accelerator of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, produces large amounts of complex data with high accuracy, as a resu...
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Artificial intelligence to extend, not replace human capabilities 26 October 2017
Computers are increasingly able to accomplish tasks that are difficult for human experts, such as diagnosing diseases or detecting credit card fraud. ...
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Frank Takes wins Young eScientist Award 2017 12 October 2017
Frank Takes has won the Young eScientist Award 2017 for his research about tax havens.
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Chinese exchange professors meet Faculty of Science 10 October 2017
Two professors from China joining the research and education in Leiden, two Leiden professors going to China to share their knowledge and experiences ...
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Ghost in the machine: the deep features of Yanming Guo 04 October 2017
In the 1960s at MIT, cognitive scientist Marvin Minsky told a couple of graduate students to program a computer to perform the simple task of recognis...
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Dr. Michael Lew's paper one of the most cited 04 October 2017
First publication with authors from a Dutch university on the most cited ACM list
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Integrating data to learn more 04 October 2017
Tremendous amounts of data are generated in scientific research each day. Most of this data has more potential than we are using now, says Katy Wolste...
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Jian Wang recipient inaugural Eugene Garfield Award 21 September 2017
The first Eugene Garfield Award for Innovation In Citation Analysis has been granted to Jian Wang, Assistant Professor in the Science Based Business P...
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Eyes Wide Open for MASCARA in Chile 18 July 2017
The new MASCARA-facilty in Chile has achieved first light. This new facility will seek out transiting exoplanets as they pass in front of their bright...
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Data analysis is really helping the Dutch national women’s football team 10 July 2017
The European Football Championship for Women, in the Netherlands this summer, is the background for a large and innovative data research project. The ...
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Leiden University hosts world championship computer chess 08 July 2017
At the annual World Computer Chess Championship, chess computers from all over the world compete with each other. This year, Leiden University hosted ...
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IPA Dissertation Award 2016 for Sung-Shik Jongmans 19 June 2017
The Dutch research school IPA has awarded former PhD student Sung-Shik Jongmans with the IPA Dissertation Award 2016. In March of that year, Jongmans ...
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'Mobile phone in 2035 as powerful as our brains' 15 May 2017
Within 20 years, intelligent machines will play a major role in society. ‘Selfdriving cars will be 90% safer than human-driven cars and will change tr...
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Major Expansion Leiden Quantum Computing 08 May 2017
The 18.8 million euro NWO Zwaartekracht grant for quantum software which Amsterdam, Delft and Leiden landed collectively, means for Leiden University ...
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Developing quantum software with a grant of 18.8 million euros 04 May 2017
The first larger quantum computers will soon be available. These computers need new software. Researchers at Leiden University have been awarded a Gra...