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Sports and data analytics: discovering the unknown known 07 September 2016
The combination of data science and sports is a hot topic. In a talk during the opening of the Academic Year at the Faculty of Science, Professor Joos...
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Searching for the wanted and unwanted effects of innovation 28 April 2016
How does ICT affect society? Mirjam van Reisen, professor Computing for Society at the Leiden Centre of Data Science, is intrigued by this question. W...
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Leiden University launches Data Science research programme 14 April 2016
Leiden University is investing 4 million euros in a new Data Science research programme. This is a joint initiative of all the faculties, headed by De...
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Data science and sports: a winning combination 13 April 2016
Athletes always strive for the top. How can data scientists assist them in improving their performance? During the seminar Data Science and Sports, th...
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Why fundamental science matters 21 March 2016
Why do we need fundamental science? For a lot of reasons, speakers showed at the Lustrum Symposium ‘Science Matters’. This symposium was held on 18 Ma...
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The FAIR Principles herald more open, transparent, and reusable scientific data 15 March 2016
Today, March 15 2016, the FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship were formally published in the Nature Publishing Grou...
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Screening enormous databases to find a cure for cancer 08 March 2016
Pharmaceutical research should make more use of data science, says Gerard van Westen, postdoctoral fellow at the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Resea...
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Wessel Kraaij appointed Professor of Applied Data Analytics 02 March 2016
Wessel Kraaij has been appointed Professor of Applied Data Analytics with effect from 1 March 2016. Kraaij will use new methods to analyse big data se...
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TOP grant for four of Leiden’s top scientists 02 February 2016
Four scientists will receive the TOP grant for Physical Sciences from the NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research). They are astronomer ...
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Cor Veenman (NFI) researcher Forensic Big Data Science at LIACS 07 December 2015
On December 4th an agreement was signed between the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) and the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI)...
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Data science can reduce likelihood of virus outbreaks 07 April 2015
Data science is of vital importance in preventing future outbreaks of viruses, Professor of Data Science Aske Plaat argues. Inaugural lecture entitled...