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Students build software for real customers06 November 2023Students gain practical experience while clients receive a solution to their software needs: the student software company LUDev hits two birds with on...
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Code orange - what to do in the case of a weather alert02 November 2023
The KNMI issues weather warnings in various codes depending on the weather's risk to people's safety. Below, you can read what the university and facu...
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New professor Vedran Dunjko finds real-world problems that a quantum computer can solve02 November 2023When he started high school, his brother gave him an advanced book on quantum computing. That's when he knew what he wanted to pursue. Since 1 October...
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Thomas Bäck and Hao Wang new Editors in chief of the Evolutionary Computation Journal02 November 2023LIACS scholars Thomas Bäck and Hao Wang will be the new Editors-in-Chief of the Evolutionary Computation Journal from November 1. Published by MIT Pre...
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Algorithms descend into our sewers to improve inspections01 November 2023They never cross our minds until, that is, they become damaged and then they’re a huge problem: our sewers. Their maintenance could be much faster and...
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AI Lab launched for effective and responsible supervision30 October 2023How can you increase the effectiveness of inspectors using responsible artificial intelligence (AI)? This is the question the Innovation Center for Ar...
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Partnership agreement with Indonesian Universitas Gadjah Mada ratified during visit30 October 2023From student exchanges and a joint laboratory to heritage research and a knowledge consortium, the Indonesian Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) is in vari...
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ENW grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO): Reversing antimicrobial resistance using bacteriophage30 October 2023“Is it possible to restore antibiotic sensitivity in resistant bacteria?” Dr. Tingjie Guo wondered. “Watch me and learn”, phage responded. Dr. Tingjie...
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Kiem project investigates link between violence and other health problems30 October 2023‘Violence as a Population Health Problem’ is one of 33 interdisciplinary projects that have been launched thanks to a Kiem grant. The project team wil...
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From fat bikes to paper bags: assessing their total environmental impact is becoming even more important27 October 2023A paper bag is less environmentally friendly than it seems. Life cycle assessment (LCA) reveals the total environmental impact of products or producti...
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Transition from fossil to clean energy will reduce global mining activities26 October 2023A wide range of metals need to be mined for solar panels, wind turbines and batteries. Researchers from Leiden University have shown that this 'concer...
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'Satisfied students give me more fulfillment than getting a research grant'26 October 2023Imparting students with a critical attitude and cross-curricular skills. That is what Rawi Ramautar wants to strive for as the new programme director ...
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‘When a student sees the light, that’s what fulfills me’26 October 2023'Education has always been something I am very interested in,' says the passionate Michiel Hogerheijde. He was already chairman of the astronomy progr...
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€10.6 million for innovative toolboxes to tackle brain cancer26 October 2023Researchers at the Universities of Amsterdam (Uva) and Leiden together with the Netherlands Cancer Institute and Oncode Institute have received a €10,...
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Why do birds flock? Shedding light on collective motions in heterogeneous populations26 October 2023Electrifying plastic beads in a laboratory setup creates flocking behaviour similar to that observed in birds. And if you mix beads of two sizes, they...