News
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New lecture series: Joint Lectures on Evolutionary Algorithms (JoLEA) 13 September 2021
On September 15th a new series of lectures will start, the Joint Lectures on Evolutionary Algorithms (JoLEA). This series of events is aimed at dissem...
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A summer abroad, but then virtually 13 September 2021
For many students, a summer school abroad is a fun and useful way to spend the summer. This year, because of the travel restrictions, many summer scho...
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AI Journal prominent paper award winners 02 September 2021
Professor of Machine learning Holger Hoos together with Frank Hutter, Lin Xu and Kevin Leyton-Brown won the prestigious Artificial Intelligence Journa...
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Summer camp, but behind a laptop. 21 July 2021
From Monday 19 July onwards, eighteen children between the ages of 10 and 12 are learning the programming language Hedy. In the Snellius building of L...
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Artificial intelligence can discriminate. How can this be prevented? 05 July 2021
What do gender identity and digital technology have to do with each other? Together they are the subject of research at Leiden University. Researchers...
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‘Data science has crept into the faculties’ DNA’ 05 July 2021
From 14 to 29 PhD candidates, seven actively involved faculties and, above all, lots of innovative interdisciplinary research, all with data science a...
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Dutch and Japanese researchers collaborate with leading quantum software developer Qu&Co 29 June 2021
Vedran Dunjko (LIACS and applied Quantum algorithms (aQa) Leiden) and Tomoyuki Morimae (Kyoto University) are to collaborate with Qu&Co. Qu&Co is a le...
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Sustainability and energy: AI research in Leiden, Delft and Rotterdam 29 June 2021
From energy transition to the nitrogen crisis: artificial intelligence can be of great help. Researchers from the three universities in Zuid-Holland a...
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Growing super legs for the Tour de France with the aid of Leiden data science 25 June 2021
Only the fittest cyclists stand a chance of taking yellow in the brutal Tour de France. Team Jumbo-Visma is working with data scientists from Leiden. ...
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A good start for every child, and how data science can help 24 June 2021
Some children start life with a disadvantage. Sometimes even before they are born. A new research project involving Professor Wessel Kraaij of Leiden ...
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The future of quantum 08 June 2021
What does the future of quantum look like? Vedran Dunjko (Assistant professor at LIACS and LION) is co-founder of the applied quantum algorithms (aQa)...
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The future of artificial intelligence 03 June 2021
From self-driving cars to innovative drug development, artificial intelligence (AI) is going to fundamentally change our lives in a variety of ways.
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AI in port and maritime research in Leiden, Delft and Rotterdam 31 May 2021
From a ship that has been designed to tell you what maintenance it needs and when, to an intelligent journey planner for global goods transport. The t...
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Tom Kouwenhoven wants to develop a bridge between AI and humans 26 May 2021
It is a familiar phenomenon: you ask the assistant on your phone to call your mother, but it calls a friend instead. Tom Kouwenhoven, PhD student in t...
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The hunt for the best computer language 10 May 2021
Our language is adapted to the context in which we humans communicate. But computers ‘think’ differently. What is the optimal form of a language for h...