PhD Defence

How are data science and statistics related? And what can data scientists learn from statisticians? These were the central questions of the 8th meeting of the Leiden Centre of Data Science (LCDS), which took place on Friday, November 13th. Recent developments in the field of statistics, including new…

We investigate the buildup of galaxies from various vantage points. The first two chapters focus on the stellar content of galaxies, especially the distribution of stellar masses at birth and potential variations therein in various galactic environments.

How do different emotional expressions influence the behavior of other people in negotiations?

On Thursday 11 May 2017, Qiang Yu defended his doctoral thesis ‘Market Power and Competition Law in the Software Industry’. The supervisors of the research are Professor T.R. Ottervanger and Professor S.C.G. Van den Bogaert. A brief summary of his thesis is provided below.

This study explores the role of linguistic data in the reconstruction of Dolgan (pre)history by analyzing contact-induced changes and using them to infer information about the nature of the contact settings in which they occurred.

Developing robust algorithms and theory for establishing cause-effect relationships from observational data that scale up to large data sets

In this thesis, the research focuses on the properties of dark matter and dark matter haloes and how they connect with the galaxies we can observe in the Universe.

Explore the unknown in order to be able to innovate in the distant future.

The author of this dissertation proposes a new theory of explanation that combines ideas about interventions, deduction, and contrastive explanation.

We explore the particle physics and quantum world at the time of the big bang.

Peter Grünwald and Johannes Schmidt-Hieber, both statisticians in the Mathematical Institute, were awarded grants from the Netherlands Science Foundation NWO. The Top awards are for curiosity-driven research of "high quality and urgency".

PhD Defence

Source: Nature Biotechnology, Volume 2014, Issue June (2014)

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To be eligible for Physics and Science Communication and Society at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.

To be eligible for Research in Physics, pre-PhD ('Casimir') at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.

To be eligible for Research in Physics, Cosmology at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.

To be eligible for Research in Physics, theoretical at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.

To be eligible for Physics and Education at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.

To be eligible for Research in Physics, Biological and Soft Matter Physics at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.

To be eligible for Physics at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.

To be eligible for Research in Physics, Quantum Matter and Optics at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.

PhD Defence

To be eligible for Physics and Classical/Quantum Information at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.

To be eligible for Physics and Business Studies at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.

PhD Defence

The programme group Research Methods and Statistics has a broad orientation on research. It offers support to researchers from a variety of research projects within Education and Child Studies.

Promotor: H.J.A. Röttgering, Co-promotor: M. Haverkorn

This thesis revolves around the electronic spectroscopy of molecules in the laboratory and the search for the carriers of the diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs).

Where did species survive the cold cycles of the current Ice Age?

Promotor: J. Aarts

Galaxies are environments where gas coalesces, cools, and is converted into stars. However, it remains unclear the exact mechanisms through which galaxies acquire, redistribute and lose their gas.

What are the phylogenetic relationships among the members of speciation bursts?

Promotor: P.D. Grünwald

Promotor: E. Gittenberger, Co-promotor: B.W. Hoeksema

On May 2nd, Elena Karvovskaya succesfully defended her doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Elena on this great result.

Promotores: S.F. Portegies Zwart, E. M. Rossi

In this study, the formation of the Tocharian subjunctive is described, its use and meaning are analysed and its origins are investigated.

This interdisciplinary research project explores several adaptive machine learning methods which can give insight into the interaction between human and machine. The ultimate goal is open and natural communication between humans and AI that should result in mutual trust, cooperation and coordination…

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This part of the research programme is carried out by Prof. Dr. René Cappers. It focusses on the continuities and changes in the use of plants at Late Neolithic Tell Sabi Abyad, as well as on their implications as proxy evidence for the climate change c. 6200 BC. Parallel to the design of the other…

In what way is constructivist logic able to account for both the role of the judging agent in inference and the universal claims of logical validity?

Also including: Wateringen 4 & Acquiring a taste.

Promotores: F.H.J. Redig, W.T.F. den Hollander

Conference

Intrigued by the way cells autonomously regulate their fate, we strive to understand and visualize cellular processes as the basis of Cell Signaling.

In this thesis, I targeted the orchid genus Lepanthes, one of the six genera of angiosperms that surpasses 1,000 species in the Neotropics, as a study model to investigate the evolutionary processes that promoted species diversifications.