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Dutch Cancer Society allocates funds to a mathematician: for treating Ewing sarcoma with the help of an app 26 January 2024If doctors could better estimate a patient's chances of survival, this would help in choosing a specific treatment. It would be particularly beneficia...
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Post-quantum cryptography should keep our DigiD, bank accounts and state secrets safe 15 January 2024Our banking, DigiD and sensitive medical data: what if our entire digital infrastructure can no longer be trusted? Jelle Don has this question permane...
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Leiden quantum technology research very successful in funding call 10 January 2024No less than six Leiden projects received a grant for quantum research from the national growth programme Quantum Delta NL and the NWO. After all, in ...
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In Memoriam - Professor Bert Peletier 05 January 2024On December 16, 2023, our respected and beloved former colleague prof.dr.ir. Bert Peletier passed away.
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Mathematics across borders: Peter Stevenhagen in Pakistan 18 December 2023Peter Stevenhagen delivered daily lectures at the Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering in Lahore, in collaboration with ICTP, a well-known...
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These researchers turn mathematical models into healthcare solutions 12 December 2023Two Leiden researchers have demonstrated how mathematics can improve our healthcare. Daniel Gomon has developed a model that contributes to the qualit...
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Verifying the correctness of mathematical theorems with a computer 12 December 2023How correct are mathematical theorems? And is all the theory around them correct? To find out, mathematics student Dominique Lawson converted a mathem...
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How ‘sleeping’ microorganisms can determine the fate of a population 12 December 2023Microorganisms that temporarily ‘go to sleep’ play an important role in the evolution and survival of a population. Mathematician Shubhamoy Nandan con...
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Jan Vonk appointed full professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute 06 December 2023As of 1 November, Jan Vonk has been appointed full professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute (MI). The institute is delighted with Jan’s ...
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New professor David Holmes engages with age-old counting problems 06 December 2023As of 1 October, David Holmes has been appointed full professor of Pure Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute (MI). His work lies at the intersect...
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Honouring a mathematical legacy: Edixhoven fellow tries to understand millennia-old problems 19 October 2023Not all problems are easy to solve, but with enough bright minds, you make progress step by step. ‘The kind of problems I am interested in have been o...
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Michel Mandjes appointed professor at the Mathematical Institute 15 September 2023As of 1 September, Michel Mandjes has been appointed full professor of Probability and Operations Research at the Mathematical Institute. He succeeds ...
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Why the mathematics of operations research is so fascinating – even for a layperson 29 August 2023Floske Spieksma will give her inaugural lecture as Professor of Mathematics of Operations Research on 1 September. A discussion about mathematical mod...
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How cells talk by pulling on a fibre network 11 August 2023Mechanics play a larger role in blood vessel formation, and other developmental biology, than previously thought. Cells appear to respond to mechanica...
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Veni grants for 16 Leiden researchers 03 August 2023Sixteen researchers at Leiden University are to receive a Veni grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). These awards off...