Computer don't byte (Engelstalige podcast)
Ontdekt hoe computerwetenschappers de digitale samenleving veranderen. Top-onderzoekers van het LIACS nemen je mee in hun onderzoek én laten zien hoe dat onderzoek tot leven komt: van chatbots tot cybersecurity tot quantumtechologie en educatieve innovaties. Voor professionals én nieuwsgierige luisteraars: luister voor een flinke dosis kennis en inspiratie.
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Aflevering 13: Peter van der Putten: Tamagotchi, a precursor to today’s human loved home robots
How and why do humans form relationships with AI? This question lies at the core of Assistant Professor Peter van der Putten’s research. While AI...
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Aflevering 12: Hao Wang: From Amsterdam to Paris, real-life applications of Pareto optimum
In this episode, LIACS Assistant Professor Hao Wang shares insights into multi-criteria optimization and the concept of the Pareto optimum. Disco...
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Aflevering 11: Lu Cao: Hay Fever, how AI improves pollen monitoring
The hay fever season lasts longer than it used to because of climate change. LIACS Assistant Professor Lu Cao explains how machine learning and A...
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Aflevering 10: Joost Broekens: Robots & Emotions, are we moving from AI to EI?
Can robots feel joy or guilt? Can they have emotions at all? Today, we dive into the fascinating world of "affective" computing with As...
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Aflevering 9: Vedran Dunjko: Next level computing, exploring the world of quantum
Professor Vedran Dunjko leads the Applied Quantum Algorithms group at Leiden University. His research focuses on quantum computing, which uses qu...
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Aflevering 8: Hazel Doughty: Video Understanding, a step towards the real world
Assistant Professor Hazel Doughty specializes in computer vision, aiming to enable computers to automatically understand visual content. Her rese...
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Aflevering 7: Jan van Rijn: Robustness, unveiling the black box of AI
Assistant Professor Jan van Rijn is at the forefront of research into the trustworthiness of AI systems. His work focuses on the field of machine...
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Aflevering 6: Tessa Verhoef: Robots, a way to better understand humans
Assistant Professor Tessa Verhoef has a passion for robotics and is dedicated to improving the human-likeness of robots, for instance by looking ...
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Aflevering 5: Rob van Nieuwpoort: Efficient computing, a journey starting with a Commodore 64
Rob van Nieuwpoort is Professor of Efficient Computing and eScience at LIACS. His research focuses mainly on augmenting the efficiency of softwar...
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Aflevering 4: Joost Batenburg: detecting fingerprints with tomography (digital archaeology)
Enter the realm of tomography, the work field of 'digital archaeologist' Professor Joost Batenburg. Tomography is a technique to peer into object...
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Aflevering 3: Max van Duijn: using language as a window on the mind
Assistant professor Max van Duijn combines cognitive science with Artificial Intelligence (AI). His research is on children’s stories and the que...
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Aflevering 2: Niki van Stein: can explainable AI save lives?
Niki van Stein is assistant professor at LIACS. Her research focuses on explainable artificial intelligence (AI), with a specific focus on the ma...
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Aflevering 1: Suzan Verberne: the future of chatbots is human
Professor Suzan Verberne talks about her research on search engines and chatbots. She explains the difference between search engines such as Goog...