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Video of Honorary Doctorate Jennifer Chayes 17 February 2016On 8 February 2016 prof. Jennifer Chayes received her Honorary Doctorate at Leiden University as part of the 441e Dies Natalis. A video registration o...
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Honorary Doctor Jennifer Chayes excels at Microsoft 08 February 2016‘We’ve only just begun,’ said Honorary Doctor Jennifer Chayes in her acceptance speech after receiving her Honorary Doctorate on 8 February. 'We are o...
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Maths in the desert 04 February 2016Desertification is threatening 250 million people worldwide. Ecologists have tried to predict the spread of deserts. Help is now at hand from an unexp...
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TOP grant for four of Leiden’s top scientists 02 February 2016
Four scientists will receive the TOP grant for Physical Sciences from the NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research). They are astronomer ...
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Deltaplan for Dutch Mathematics presented 07 January 2016A week before Christmas, the Deltaplan for Dutch Mathematics was presented to Hans de Groene (director NWO) and Sjoerd Verduyn Lunel (chairman Platfor...
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Discoverer of the Year, Best Dissertation and Education prize 2015 05 January 2016During the Faculty of Science New Year's reception, Daniël Rozen was named Discoverer of the year 2015. Nienke van der Marel and Koen van der Maaden b...
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New technique to study vascular growth 22 December 2015Sonja Boas developed new techniques to study vascular growth computationally. The results of her research provide a better understanding into mechanis...
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Michel Zoeteman wins Young Talent Encouragement Prize 03 December 2015
Mathematics student in Leiden Michel Zoeteman received an Encouragement Prize of no less than 500 euro from the “Koninklijke Hollandse Maatschappij de...
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Stieltjes Prize: best Mathematical thesis prize for PhD student Ziyang Gao 19 November 2015
Ziyang Gao received the Stieltjes Prize from Koen Becking, chairman of the Executive Board, for his thesis 'The mixed Ax-Lindemann theorem and its app...
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Book publication Ronald Cramer: a world premiere 05 November 2015Ronald Cramer, in cooperation with Ivan Damgard and Jesper Nielsen (Aarhus University) have recently published the first book ever written on “quantum...
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Record number of students in mathematics this year 07 October 2015
The number of mathematics students in higher education is increasing spectacularly. This year, the influx of new students rises to more than 1000 on a...
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Elsevier: Mathematics in Leiden best education according to researchers 07 October 2015Research from weekly magazine Elsevier shows that both the Leiden bachelor Wiskunde as the master Mathematics are rated as the best educational progra...
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Bart de Smit appointed as professor Algebra and Number Theory 29 September 2015On Tuesday 15 September 2015, Bart de Smit has been appointed as professor of Algebra and Number Theory at the Mathematical Institute of Leiden Univer...
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Aad van der Vaart Scientific Director Mathematical Institute 18 September 2015Prof. dr. Aad van der Vaart has been appointed as Scientific Director of the Mathematical Institute of Leiden University on Tuesday 15 September 2015....
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Interview Richard Gill about quantum experiment 16 September 2015In the weekly magazine “Mare” from Leiden University, an interview with the Leiden statistics prof. dr. Richard Gill has been published recently about...