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An AI system that tells you why you should eat glass – should that be allowed?Reportage 20 December 2022
The English-language interdisciplinary minor ‘AI and Society’ explores the role of artificial intelligence in our society. The interdisciplinary natur...
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AI application in pathology reveals novel insights in endometrial cancer diagnostics15 December 2022
Research at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) Department of Pathology shows the power of artificial intelligence (AI) applied to endometrial...
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Max van Duijn and Vasiliki Kosta join The Young Academy13 December 2022
Leiden researchers Max van Duijn (Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science) and Vasilika Kosta (Leiden Law School, Europa Institute) will join Th...
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Eduard Fosch-Villaronga & Louk van Doorn win the DT4REGIONS Ideathon on AI Potential for Preventive Healthcare12 December 2022
eLaw - Center of Law and Digital technologies from Leiden Law School, and the Vascular Surgery Department at Leiden University Medical Centre in the N...
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PhD candidate uses AI to search patient forums for unknown side effects28 November 2022
Patients on patient forums share all sorts of things about their illness: from side effects and advice to messages of support. PhD candidate Anne Dirk...
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Eduard Fosch-Villaronga awarded ERC Starting Grant22 November 2022
Eduard Fosch-Villaronga from Leiden University has been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). This grant of 1.5m euros enab...
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‘Computers can give linguists a push in the right direction’10 November 2022
For decades, linguists have racked their brains over the question of precisely how the syntax of various languages is different. PhD candidate Martin ...
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New way to rapidly detect fake news03 November 2022
With the emergence of social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, it’s easier than ever to share information. Including disinforma...
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Reijer Passchier appointed as professor at the Open University02 November 2022
On 1 October 2022, Reijer Passchier was appointed as Professor Digitalisation and the Democratic Constitutional State at the Open University. Reijer i...
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How AI can help to understand the earth faster26 October 2022
AI can help scientists to collect data about the earth faster. This saves them a lot of time on trying to figure out how to analyze all the data they ...
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3 October University: ‘Artificial intelligence is like young people and sex’04 October 2022
‘Everyone’s talking about it, everyone thinks everyone else is doing it, but the reality is disappointing,’ says biochemist Gerard van Westen in his 3...
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Reijer Passchier to teach course in the nationwide AI course Ethics28 September 2022
This course in ethics is a continuation of the popular Nationale AI-Cursus from 2018. In which over 300,000 people have since participated.
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BrAInpower exhibition: tremendous and troubling uses of AI in our daily lives12 September 2022
Care robots, medical treatments, deepfakes and self-driving cars all with the aid of artificial intelligence (AI). The BrAInpower exhibition at Rijksm...
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eLaw publishes article in Computer Law & Security Review12 September 2022
In healthcare, gender and sex considerations are crucial because they affect individuals' health and disease differences. Yet, most algorithms deploye...
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eLaw publishes a new book on Law and AI29 August 2022
From deepfakes and disinformation to killer robots, surgical robots and AI lawmaking: AI (Artificial Intelligence) is changing our world. That raises ...