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AI and Ethics at the Dutch Police 09 July 2019
eLaw in collaboration with the TU Delft Design for Values Institute finalized the research on “Artificial Intelligence and Ethics at the Dutch Police”...
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Governments overly optimistic about the use of digital innovations 16 May 2019
The government is digitalizing and making use of ‘big data’ in its decision making processes. But the expectations of digitalization are often overly ...
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Preserve burial mounds from the comfort of your own home 10 May 2019
The new Erfgoed Gezocht/Heritage Quest website means you can play armchair detective and hunt for undiscovered burial mounds in the Veluwe. This will ...
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Challenges for the Security and Stability of Cyberspace and their Impact upon Global Stability 06 May 2019
On Thursday 2 May, the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) of Leiden University hosted a guest lecture given by former NATO Assistant Secr...
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Free symposium reveals surprising uses of AI 26 March 2019
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help humans in many different ways: from customised medicine and self-driving cars to preserving our cultural heritag...
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Major steps towards realising a bold vision for European Excellence in AI 15 March 2019
The Confederation of Laboratories of Artificial Intelligence Research in Europe (CLAIRE), Europe’s grassroots organisation of scientists and experts i...
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PNAS Paper Prize for quantum machine learning 14 March 2019
‘We hope our paper highlights the possibilities and benefits of including artificial intelligence in quantum physics to do new discoveries.’ Vedran Du...
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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...