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Alexander van Oudenhoven Discoverer of the year 2016 10 January 2017
Environmental scientist Alexander van Oudenhoven has been chosen as Discoverer of the year of the Faculty of Science. Vice Rector Magnificus Hester Bi...
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The Netherlands-Brazil: 1-1 21 December 2016
The Sport Data Center wants to unravel the secrets of Dutch and Brazilian football, together with a diverse group of partners. Furthermore, the consor...
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'Leiden' awarded for computational intelligence 19 December 2016
The Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science congratulates alumnus Pepijn van Heiningen and the with the Technische Hochschule Köln shared PhD-st...
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Faculty of Science reinforces collaboration in China 16 December 2016
The Faculty of Science has reinforced the collaboration in China during a group trip late November. Representatives from four institutes visited ten C...
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Machine learning predicts preferences 13 December 2016
Cláudio de Sá predicted the preferences of people using rankings. He adjusted ‘classical’ machine learning approaches, making them suitable for predic...
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Real time image recognition for digital learning 22 November 2016
Leiden University and VU Amsterdam are developing a joint research project for a digital platform on which you can compose and share storylines with t...
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Broad universities favourable for innovation 14 November 2016
Broad universities that focus strongly on fundamental research have the best chance of contributing to economic innovations, for example in the life a...
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Sport Data Center receives 250,000 euros 16 October 2016
The Sport Data Center of, among others, Leiden University, has been added to the group of Sportinnovator expert centers. Sportinnovator is the Dutch n...
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Leiden researchers win public award in Smartest Project contest 04 October 2016
A research project by Developmental Psychology professor Carolien Rieffe and researchers of the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science has been...
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Multiple-criteria landscapes with valleys and hills 02 October 2016
Computer scientists from Leiden University and the University of Münster describe a new theoretical starting point for approaching difficult optimizat...
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Complexity and Network Science at the Leiden Networks Day 27 September 2016
The first successful Leiden Networks day took place on September 23, 2016. Six world-renowned speakers (see photo) in the field of complexity and netw...
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A PhD at 20 14 September 2016
Philosopher Stefan Buijsman obtained his doctorate this year at the age of 20 at the University of Stockholm, making him the youngest PhD in Sweden. H...
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Algorithms help improve building design 08 September 2016
Modern optimization algorithms offer solutions for architectural decisions like spatial, structural and energy efficiency. A young computer scientist ...
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Sports and data analytics: discovering the unknown known 07 September 2016
The combination of data science and sports is a hot topic. In a talk during the opening of the Academic Year at the Faculty of Science, Professor Joos...
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Latest hardware for computer research on medical imaging 06 September 2016
The LIACS Media Lab has received a research grant from the worldwide leading graphics hardware company NVIDIA. The grant exists of newly developed har...