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Leiden scientists working on public course on artificial intelligence 05 February 2019
Since January the Dutch public have been able to follow a free course on artificial intelligence (AI) and its far-reaching impact on our lives. Leiden...
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Bart Custers presents at law and AI research in Tokyo 28 January 2019
On 22 December 2018, Dr. Bart Custers, Associate Professor and Head of Research at eLaw, Center for Law and Digital technologies, presented research ...
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Interactive models: Matthijs van Leeuwen receives NWO TOP grant 18 January 2019
Matthijs van Leeuwen of the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science develops methods to make computer models interactive. With interactive model...
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What robots can teach us about humans 23 October 2018
Where is the dividing line between man and machines? What makes us wiser than robots? How do you know if a film on internet is real? These are the que...
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Children as storytellers and mindreaders 28 August 2018
How do children learn to see the world through someone else’s perspective? Max van Duijn, assistant professor at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Comp...
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Simone van der Hof gives lecture on AI and combating online sexual abuse in Trier 19 February 2018
On 20 February 2018, Simone van der Hof will give a lecture on the use of AI in combating online sexual abuse of children at the Academy of European L...
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Inauguration computer cluster GRACE at LIACS 13 February 2018
By making two final network connections and entering a command, Martijn Ridderbos (Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board) , Geert de Snoo (Dean of th...
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Simone van der Hof on a working visit to China 27 November 2017
From 25 to 31 October, Professor Simone van der Hof was on a working visit to China with a delegation from Leiden Law School, including our dean Profe...
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Students are programming with qubits 14 March 2017
Students of the Leiden University master Computer Science are the first students in the world that have been educated in programming with a quantum co...
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New PhD Positions in Centre of Data Science 13 December 2016
The Centre for Digital Humanities is pleased to announce that we are searching for two PhD Candidates who will carry out research within the Centre fo...
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Aja Huang: 'The power of AlphaGo is in the use of neural networks' 01 July 2016
How did Google's computer programme AlphaGo become so powerful? On June 29, developer Aja Huang elaborated on this during a lecture in the Gorlaeus bu...
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Jaap van den Herik: Intuition is programmable 29 January 2016
In the future, computers will be able to base their decisions on intuition. Professor Jaap van den Herik, director of the Leiden Centre of Data Scienc...