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Gravitation Grant for combining human and artificial intelligence 30 August 2019
The project Hybrid Intelligence receives 19 million euros from the Gravitation programme of the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The consortium consists ...
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Chinese whispers in the name of science at Lowlands 18 July 2019
As long as we humans have existed, we have told each other stories. But how does a story change each time it is told? Which elements stick and which o...
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Tim van Erven makes computers even smarter 15 July 2019
In high school, Tim van Erven read about an artificially intelligent algorithm that could solve mazes. From that moment on, he was sold: ‘There’s some...
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AI and Ethics at the Dutch Police 09 July 2019
eLaw in collaboration with the TU Delft Design for Values Institute finalized the research on “Artificial Intelligence and Ethics at the Dutch Police”...
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Governments overly optimistic about the use of digital innovations 16 May 2019
The government is digitalizing and making use of ‘big data’ in its decision making processes. But the expectations of digitalization are often overly ...
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Preserve burial mounds from the comfort of your own home 10 May 2019
The new Erfgoed Gezocht/Heritage Quest website means you can play armchair detective and hunt for undiscovered burial mounds in the Veluwe. This will ...
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Challenges for the Security and Stability of Cyberspace and their Impact upon Global Stability 06 May 2019
On Thursday 2 May, the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) of Leiden University hosted a guest lecture given by former NATO Assistant Secr...
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Will soap and sunlight solve the energy problem? 23 April 2019
A consortium of international researchers comes with a unique solution to the energy problem. By mimicking photosynthesis, they aim to produce sustain...
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Free symposium reveals surprising uses of AI 26 March 2019
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help humans in many different ways: from customised medicine and self-driving cars to preserving our cultural heritag...
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Major steps towards realising a bold vision for European Excellence in AI 15 March 2019
The Confederation of Laboratories of Artificial Intelligence Research in Europe (CLAIRE), Europe’s grassroots organisation of scientists and experts i...
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PNAS Paper Prize for quantum machine learning 14 March 2019
‘We hope our paper highlights the possibilities and benefits of including artificial intelligence in quantum physics to do new discoveries.’ Vedran Du...
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Leiden scientists working on public course on artificial intelligence 05 February 2019
Since January the Dutch public have been able to follow a free course on artificial intelligence (AI) and its far-reaching impact on our lives. Leiden...
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SUNRISE: from sunlight to smart city 01 February 2019
The European Project SUNRISE, ‘Solar energy for a circular economy’, has been selected as one of the six Coordination and Support Actions (CSA) within...
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Bart Custers presents at law and AI research in Tokyo 28 January 2019
On 22 December 2018, Dr. Bart Custers, Associate Professor and Head of Research at eLaw, Center for Law and Digital technologies, presented research ...
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Interactive models: Matthijs van Leeuwen receives NWO TOP grant 18 January 2019
Matthijs van Leeuwen of the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science develops methods to make computer models interactive. With interactive model...