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Peter Grünwald professor statistical learning 19 December 2008As of November 1st, Peter Grünwald has been appointed professor Statistical learning on a new chair hosted by both the Mathematical Institute and the ...
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Mathematics in Leiden best in Netherlands according to Elsevier survey 14 October 2008
Last week Elsevier published the results of a survey among academy professors and teachers, asking what according to them was the best place to study ...
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Math girls receive Mr. K.J. Cath prize 02 September 2008Math girls Jeanine Daems and Ionica Smeets have received the Mr. K.J. Cath prize during the opening of the academic year in Leiden.
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Rob Tijdeman appointed Knight 29 August 2008On August 29th Rob Tijdeman held his valedictory lecture in a full house Academy Building as a professor in Number Theory, entitled 'My life as a math...
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Eendracht expedition 22 July 2008Fourteen students in geology, biology, astronomy and mathematics and seven staff members have made a geological excursion to Australia.
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Rubicon Grant for Hermen Jan Hupkes 09 January 2008Hermen Jan Hupkes has been awarded a Rubicon grant by NWO.
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Peter Stevenhagen put forward for LSR Education Prize 12 November 2007
Since 2000 the Leiden Student Council (LSR) yearly awards a prize for the best teacher of the university at the Dies Natalis.
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Wiskundemeisjes win NFTVM award 02 October 2007
On Saturday, September 29 the wiskundemeisjes have won the NFTVM award (issued by the society of Nieuwe Film- en Televisiemakers), in the category 'in...
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ALGANT graduations 02 July 2007On June, Wednesday 27th nine of our ALGANT master students received their diploma. Herewith a very successful ALGANT year has come to an end.
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Hendrik Lenstra appointed Academy Professor 21 March 2007Today it was made public that Hendrik Lenstra has been appointed by the Dutch Royal Academy for Sciences (KNAW) as 'Akademiehoogleraar' (Academy Profe...
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VICI-grant for Ronald Cramer 19 December 2006Ronald Cramer (CWI/Leiden) has been awarded a VICI-grant by the Netherlands Organisation of Scientific Research (NWO) for his research on the mathemat...
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Richard Gill appointed professor 06 July 2006As of July 1st, 2006 prof. dr. Richard D. Gill has been appointed professor in Mathematical Statistics at our institute, holding the position previous...
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Frank den Hollander gets NWO postdoc grant 26 May 2006From the NWO Open Competition Frank den Hollander has been awarded a two year postdoc grant, entitled "Wulff shape of critical droplets under stochast...
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Appointment Prof. dr J. Meulman 07 April 2006As of March, 1st, Prof. dr. J. Meulman has been appointed as professor at the Mathematical Institute.
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Philips Mathematics Prize for Joost Batenburg 07 April 2006
During the Dutch Mathematical Congress, Joost Batenburg has been awarded the Philips Mathematics Prize for PhD students.