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‘Banks can improve the position of women in Africa’Ineke Bussemaker studied Maths at Leiden University and now works as a banker in Tanzania. In an interview in alumni magazine Leidraad she brings thos...
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Dutch Cancer Society (KWF Kankerbestrijding) subsidises statistical researchMarta Fiocco, professor at the Mathematical Institute, has received a grant for predicting survival outcome and improving the balance between prognosi...
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Major Expansion Leiden Quantum ComputingThe 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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Lisanne Rens wins H.D. Landahl Mathematical Biophysics AwardLisanne Rens has been awarded the 2017 H. D. Landahl Mathematical Biophysics Award. Rens is a PhD student at the CWI (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica) ...
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Mathematical Institute cooperates with UWVMarta Fiocco, associate professor at the Mathematical Institute of Leiden University, has signed an agreement with the UWV (the administrative authori...
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Netherlands' smallest supercomputerA team of Dutch scientists has built a supercomputer the size of four pizza boxes. The Little Green Machine II has the computing power of 10,000 PCs a...
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Three ERC Advanced Grants for Leiden researchersArchaeologist Frans Theuws, Buddhism specialist Jonathan Silk and mathematician Ronald Cramer have each been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant of 2.5 mill...
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Leiden students win international coding contestTwo teams of Leiden Mathematics and Computer Science students have won the golden and bronze medals at an international programming contest with 605 p...
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ERC Advanced Grant for cryptographer Ronald CramerRonald Cramer has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant for his proposal 'Algebraic Methods for Stronger Crypto'. He will receive 2.5 million euro for re...
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Alumni mentors answer student’s questionsStudents get free advice of Leiden alumni about their career, applying for a job, social networking and more. The Mentor Network is an online platform...
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Mathematics and art: two sides of the same coinCome to IMAGINARY at Administration and Central Services (Rapenburg 70) and discover the beauty of mathematics. This exhibition is open to the public ...
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Big data cannot do without statisticsData science and statistics are closely linked, says Spinoza laureate and Stochastics professor Aad van der Vaart. We talk with him about the big data...
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Studium Generale series on complex networks kicked off‘It has never been so easy to set up a Studium Generale series.’ With these words Tilman Grünewald thanked speaker Frank den Hollander, who kicked off...
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Child Cancer Fund subsidises statistical researchMarta Fiocco, professor in the Mathematical Institute, has received a grant for analysing data on chemotherapy in children suffering from leukaemia. T...
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Sifting through data the smart wayWe produce more data than ever before, and researchers gather more and more information. That data contains a wealth of insights and new possibilities...