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Growing super legs for the Tour de France with the aid of Leiden data science25 June 2021Only 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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‘Technology shouldn’t shape our future; we should’20 May 2021Technology holds so much promise – from self-driving cars to enhanced physical performance from smart implants under the skin. But we should not let o...
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Medical Delta AI for Computational Life Sciences16 February 2021The fact that scientists are increasingly better able to access molecular cell and tissue data also brings with it a new challenge: how can scientists...
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Marco Spruit wants to develop a language model to improve healthcare10 December 2020By making smart use of available data, the health and care of people can be substantially improved. Marco Spruit wants to use language and machine lea...
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Analysing diseases through interactive visual interfaces07 December 2020Alzheimer’s disease and cancer are two examples of diseases that are related to malfunctioning cellular patterns. The examination of cell tissue, howe...
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Green Light from the Advisory Board Legal Technologies program27 November 2020Technological developments are rapidly advancing. The Leiden Legal Technologies Program was on the agenda of the Advisory Committee at their second me...
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Sport Data Center appointed as Certified Partner of Sportinnovator12 October 2020The Sport Data Center, a consortium of universities of which Leiden University is leader, is recognised as a Certified Partner of Sportinnovator. This...
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Young Star Maite Boden broadens her horizon25 September 2020At the beginning of 2020, Maite Boden became the first student ever to receive the Young Star award. She received the award for her contribution to re...
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Data science at the Netherlands Tax and Customs Administration24 July 2020How can data science improve tax administration? Mark Pijnenburg, a senior data scientist at the Netherlands Tax and Customs Administration, decided t...
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How Zero shot learning changes the world03 July 2020On June 22, the week of data literacy started. The week was organized by PublicNL in close collaboration with LCDS. The essence was: How do we deal wi...
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Governments working with one hand tied when it comes to data on vulnerable groups03 July 2020A new discussion paper published in Policy Sciences by two Leiden researchers claims that governments are working with one hand tied when it comes to ...
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First Advisory Board meeting Legal Technologies programme03 July 2020In The Hague, the Leiden Centre of Data Science (LCDS) in close collaboration with the Centre for Professional Learning (CPL) is developing a Legal Te...
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Digital infrastructure for research into the social network of the full Dutch population05 June 2020An interdisciplinary consortium consisting of Leiden University, the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and Statistics Netherlands (CBS), receives €1 mill...
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Archaeology thanks to computer-based research04 February 2020A mix of data research, artificial intelligence and archaeology led to lively discussions on 31 January. On that day the unique event 'AI & Data Scien...
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Searching explanations for mysterious structures in protoplanetary disks12 December 2019In the discs of dust and gasses around young stars, mysterious structures occur. Together with professor Ewine van Dishoeck, PhD student Paolo Cazzole...