News
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Vote for Discoverer of the Year 14 December 2017
Who will be our Discoverer of the year 2017? Which one of these brilliant researchers deserves this prize for their efforts according to you? As of no...
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Garth Dales appointed Kloosterman Professor 27 September 2017
Garth Dales from Lancaster University has been appointed Kloosterman Professor at the Mathematical Institute during the month of October 2017, as a gu...
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Leiden hosts seventh international Survival Analysis for Junior Researchers conference 06 September 2017
Leiden will host the seventh annual international Survival Analysis for Junior Researchers conference (SAfJR2018) on 24-26 April, 2018. This three-day...
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Gold for Leiden Maths team 09 August 2017
During the prestigious International Mathematics Competition in Blagoëvgrad, Burgary, the Leiden University team won one golden and four silver medals...
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Science Agenda Starting Incentive invests in Leiden research 07 July 2017
Eight major scientific consortia are to receive research investment funding from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO. Leiden Uni...
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‘Banks can improve the position of women in Africa’ 30 May 2017
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 research 17 May 2017
Marta 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 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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Lisanne Rens wins H.D. Landahl Mathematical Biophysics Award 24 April 2017
Lisanne 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 UWV 05 April 2017
Marta 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 supercomputer 05 April 2017
A 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 researchers 04 April 2017
Archaeologist 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 contest 03 April 2017
Two 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 Cramer 28 March 2017
Ronald 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 questions 23 March 2017
Students get free advice of Leiden alumni about their career, applying for a job, social networking and more. The Mentor Network is an online platform...