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Hubertus Irth named Interim Dean of the Faculty of Science 09 July 2019The Executive Board has appointed Professor Hubertus Irth as Interim Dean of the Faculty of Science at Leiden University. Professor Irth will take up ...
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From wine tears to cloud transport: large mathematical conference in Leiden 08 July 2019The winner of the highest scientific distinction in mathematics, an explanation for wine tears and much more mathematical theory and application. From...
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Statistical ‘rockstar’ Brad Efron opens Leiden statistics centre 19 June 2019He is said to be one of the greatest living statisticians. Bradley Efron gave a lecture in Marekerk and opened LUXs, the Leiden University Center for ...
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Statistician Aad van der Vaart Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion 17 June 2019During a symposium in honour of his 60th birthday, statistician Aad van der Vaart received the royal award of Knight in the Order of the Lion of the N...
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Vidi grants for nine Leiden researchers 23 May 2019From artificial intelligence to letters from the Dutch East Indies and from breast-cancer gene BRCA-1 to the collaboration between government and oppo...
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New collaboration aims to predict cancer survival 23 May 2019Predicting cancer survival with machine learning, that is the aim of a new collaboration between the Mathematical Institute, the European Organisation...
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The mathematical ties between South Africa and Leiden: Marcel de Jeu professor by special appointment at the University of Pretoria 08 May 2019A long-term mathematical collaboration between South Africa and Leiden will continue with the appointment of Marcel de Jeu as professor by special app...
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Mathematician Peter Koymans wins KWG PhD prize 02 May 2019Leiden PhD student Peter Koymans has been declared ‘best mathematics PhD student’ by the Royal Dutch Mathematical Society (KWG). He received the prize...
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Leiden University's nominees New Scientist science talent 29 April 2019Mathematician Stéphanie van der Pas and psychologist Sandy Overgaauw have been nominated for the New Scientist science talent competition, a prize for...
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Yoga, inclusiveness and dilemma game at first Science PhD Day 26 April 2019Morning yoga, having your resumé checked at the information market, or dancing for inclusiveness: just a small selection of the activities of the firs...
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New section makes statistics understandable 15 April 2019‘Statistics? I hated that hard subject in school’, statistician Sanne Willems is often told. And that is a pity, she thinks, because statistics doesn...
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Geert de Snoo new Director of Netherlands Institute of Ecology 04 April 2019Professor Geert de Snoo, Dean of the Faculty of Science at Leiden University, has been appointed Director of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIO...
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How suspicious parties can work together safely 19 March 2019Cryptographer Max Fillinger developed new methods to analyse a group of algorithms called commitments schemes. These schemes are building blocks for c...
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United Nations Fellowship awarded to Statistics PhD Kevin Duisters 22 February 2019United Nations Global Pulse, an initiative of the UN Secretary-General on big data and AI, recently launched the Data Fellows program. Kevin Duisters,...
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'NETWORKS goes to school' introduces school students to networks science 13 February 2019
In 2018 NETWORKS organised a very succesful masterclass on networks and their applications for secondary school students with the title 'NETWORKS goes...