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Big data cannot do without statistics 28 February 2017Data science and statistics are closely linked, says Spinoza laureate and Stochastics professor Aad van der Vaart. We talk with him about the big data...
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Studium Generale series on complex networks kicked off 23 February 2017‘It has never been so easy to set up a Studium Generale series.’ With these words Tilman Grünewald thanked speaker Frank den Hollander, who kicked off...
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Child Cancer Fund subsidises statistical research 19 January 2017Marta Fiocco, professor in the Mathematical Institute, has received a grant for analysing data on chemotherapy in children suffering from leukaemia. T...
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Sifting through data the smart way 11 January 2017We produce more data than ever before, and researchers gather more and more information. That data contains a wealth of insights and new possibilities...
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Alexander van Oudenhoven Discoverer of the year 2016 10 January 2017Environmental scientist Alexander van Oudenhoven has been chosen as Discoverer of the year of the Faculty of Science. Vice Rector Magnificus Hester Bi...
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DNA-evidence needs statistical back-up 09 January 2017How do forensic scientists deal with complex DNA-evidence found at crime scenes? Giulia Cereda developed new statistical models to analyse them. PhD d...
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Our Talents and Discoveries 2016 13 December 2016Christmas is coming, which means that 'Our Talents and Discoveries 2016' has been distributed. This also means that it is time to vote for the 'Discov...
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NWO tenure track grant in arithmetic algebraic geometry 11 December 2016
Within the context of the four national mathematics clusters, NWO has awarded seven proposals for tenure track positions. One of these was on 'Moduli,...
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Improving the gender imbalance in mathematics 06 December 2016"Math for all", the third annual meeting of the Dutch section of European Women in Mathematics EWM-NL, which took place on November 30th, was dedicate...
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Psychometric Society Career Award for Willem Heiser 01 December 2016Willem Heiser receives the 2017 Psychometric Society Career Award for Lifetime Achievement. 'Receiving this prize from my colleagues makes me very hap...
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Peter Grünwald and Johannes Schmidt-Hieber win NWO Top awards 27 November 2016Peter Grünwald and Johannes Schmidt-Hieber, both statisticians in the Mathematical Institute, were awarded grants from the Netherlands Science Foundat...
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Bachelor programme Mathematics labelled "topopleiding" 14 November 2016The "Keuzegids Universiteiten 2017" has labelled the bachelor programme in Mathematics a "topopleiding"; this is to say that it fulfils the highest ...
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Complexity and Network Science at the Leiden Networks Day 27 September 2016The first successful Leiden Networks day took place on September 23, 2016. Six world-renowned speakers (see photo) in the field of complexity and netw...
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Leiden Complex Networks Network day on 23 September 07 September 2016On Friday 23 September 2016 the Leiden Complex Networks Network day, the LCN2 day, will take place in Leiden.
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Plankton and tumours captured in mathematical equations 01 September 2016Plants that grow in patterns of stripes on the edge of deserts, plankton that live on the sea bed or oscillate in the water, and melanomas that spread...