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Algorithms descend into our sewers to improve inspections 01 November 2023
They never cross our minds until, that is, they become damaged and then they’re a huge problem: our sewers. Their maintenance could be much faster and...
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AI Lab launched for effective and responsible supervision 30 October 2023
How can you increase the effectiveness of inspectors using responsible artificial intelligence (AI)? This is the question the Innovation Center for Ar...
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New professor Suzan Verberne aims to bring large language models and search engines closer together 12 October 2023
Suzan Verberne has been appointed professor of Natural Language Processing at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) from 1 October...
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Rob van Nieuwpoort new professor of Efficient Computing and eScience 27 September 2023
As of 1 October Rob van Nieuwpoort is the new professor of Efficient Computing and eScience at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIA...
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What happens on the schoolyard? Sensors on clothing reveal painful patterns 21 July 2023
The design of school playgrounds partially influences whether children play together. This is particularly relevant for more vulnerable students, such...
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Hollywood strike: Is AI really a threat to actors? 19 July 2023
Better pay and new agreements with streaming platforms: the actors’ strike that brought Hollywood to a standstill a few days ago is mainly about money...
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Using data science to promote a healthy life style 11 July 2023
Movement behaviours, such as physical activity, sleep, and the amount of time we sit each day, impact our health. Recently, more researchers are looki...
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These are the nominees for the Leiden Teaching Prize 2023 04 July 2023
Paul Gobée (LUMC), Kirsty Rolfe (Humanities) and Frank Takes (Science) have been nominated for the Leiden Teaching Prize 2023.
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Marcello Bonsangue new Scientific Director of the LIACS institute 29 June 2023
Marcello Bonsangue will be the new Scientific Director of the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) from January 2024. Bonsangue has b...
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Applications that never crash again 31 May 2023
Doing your taxes, Netflixing or driving a car: more and more daily activities are supported by computer applications. It is challenging and expensive ...
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Towards no more glass in the jam with better X-ray scanners 30 May 2023
X-ray and CT scanners are widely used devices in research, diagnostics and the industrial sector. And yet they are not nearly as fast and accurate as ...
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Five tips for Museum Night Leiden 30 May 2023
Saturday 3 June will see the 15th edition of Museum Night Leiden. Students and researchers from Leiden University are once again on the programme this...
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Leiden University hosts conference uniting 80 world-class scientists 11 April 2023
A team of researchers from Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) recently hosted a big international conference (EMO 2023). At the c...
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How does the ethics committee work? Suzan Verberne gives an insight 06 April 2023
How ethical is research involving humans and robots? And can research on artificial intelligence cause problems when it ends up in the wrong hands? In...
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In memoriam professor Harry Wijshoff 30 March 2023
On March 28, 2023, our esteemed colleague Prof. Harry Wijshoff passed away. He died after a struggle of several months against a serious illness.