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Big data cannot do without statistics 28 February 2017Data science and statistics are closely linked, says Spinoza laureate and Stochastics professor Aad van der Vaart. We talk with him about the big data...
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Leiden planetary experts want to study seven ‘Earths’ in more detail 23 February 2017Astronomers have discovered seven Earth-like planets around a dwarf star in our galaxy. Three of these planets are located in the habitable zone of th...
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Sharing personal health data 21 February 2017Comparing individual health data with group data allows doctors to give personalised advice and patients to learn from one another's experiences. Wess...
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Statistician Heike Trautmann is Pascal professor 2017 15 February 2017The German professor of Information Systems and Statistics Heike Trautmann accepted the Pascal chair this month at LIACS, the computer science institu...
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New paradigm for visual recognition 03 February 2017Leiden University computer scientists Yu Liu, Yanming Guo and Michael Lew are a step closer to their ultimate goal: search engines with visual recogni...
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Student project Computer Science for Volvo Ocean Race 27 January 2017Seven bachelor students in Computer Science at Leiden University are participating in a research project on big data and event management. Their work ...
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Unexpected data are good for business 26 January 2017Data play an important role in any organization. More and more data are available about products, about production processes and about customers. At t...
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From scarcity to abundance: big data in archaeology 17 January 2017New digital methods and a data explosion are radically changing archaeological research. Karsten Lambers, Associate Professor of Archaeological Comput...
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Sifting through data the smart way 11 January 2017We produce more data than ever before, and researchers gather more and more information. That data contains a wealth of insights and new possibilities...
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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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Staying healthy with big data 18 October 2016By analysing the metabolism using big data techniques, we can identify health risks at an earlier stage. Thomas Hankemeier, professor of Analytical Bi...
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Sport Data Center receives 250,000 euros 16 October 2016The Sport Data Center of, among others, Leiden University, has been added to the group of Sportinnovator expert centers. Sportinnovator is the Dutch n...
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Leiden researchers win public award in Smartest Project contest 04 October 2016A research project by Developmental Psychology professor Carolien Rieffe and researchers of the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science has been...
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Exploring new methods at Research Lab Legal Data Science 02 October 2016How can data analytics be used as a research method in the field of legal research? This question was addressed during the Research Lab Legal Data Sci...
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A treasure trove of legal data 13 September 2016Data science offers great opportunities for legal research, according to Simone van der Hof and Bart Custers (eLaw). But at the same time, we have to...