513 search results for “algorithms decisions” in the Staff website
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Digitisation: ignoring it is no longer an option
‘Jelena Prokic, university lecturer and researcher at the Leiden University Centre for Digital Humanities, will be preparing students for the challenges and opportunities of the digital world. In September, six modules will start on subjects such as statistics and digitally searching through texts.…
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Danny Mekić wins Felipe Rodriquez Award for successfully suing X
Danny Mekić was presented with the Felipe Rodriquez Award by Bits of Freedom on 13 February. The PhD student won the award for successfully suing X after the social media platform had ‘shadow banned’ him.
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A call about cameras and privacy
Technology and privacy, trust and mistrust. A discussion about this broke out when the University installed scanners and students protested. On Wednesday 2 February experts from Leiden University will explore this topic at the eponymous symposium. We called Roy de Kleijn, as a computer scientist and…
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3 October University: ‘Artificial intelligence is like young people and sex’
‘Everyone’s talking about it, everyone thinks everyone else is doing it, but the reality is disappointing,’ says biochemist Gerard van Westen in his 3 October University lecture in the Van der Werfpark. In the full marquee, he gets a laugh with this suggestion that artificial intelligence is comparable…
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Losing count: the mathematical magic of counting curves
How can you figure out which points lie on a certain curve? And how many possible curves do you count by a given number of points? These are the kinds of questions Pim Spelier of the Mathematical Institute studied during his PhD research. Spelier received his doctorate with distinction on June 12.
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Students build software for real customers
Students gain practical experience while clients receive a solution to their software needs: the student software company LUdev hits two birds with one stone. ‘Through LUdev, students learn what else is involved in software development besides programming.’ Interested? You can now submit new projects…
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In memoriam professor Harry Wijshoff
On March 28, 2023, our esteemed colleague Prof. Harry Wijshoff passed away. He died after a struggle of several months against a serious illness.
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Municipalities too eager to digitalise, professor warns
Dutch municipalities are racing to digitalise, introducing virtual services, fraud-detection algorithms and more. The digital city may not always serve its residents. Professor Jiska Engelbert calls for civil servants who dare to push back.
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Oncode Accelerator funds preclinical development of cancer therapies
Through its Demonstrator Projects, the Dutch Oncode Accelerator consortium provides grants for preclinical cancer therapy development. The first call for these projects is open until September 2025.
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New professor Suzan Verberne aims to bring large language models and search engines closer together
Suzan Verberne has been appointed professor of Natural Language Processing at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) from 1 October. Verberne has been at LIACS since 2017 as group leader of the Text Mining and Retrieval group.
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PROACT project improves security of Internet of Things devices
Prof. Nele Mentens and her team are going to investigate how we can better secure our electronic and mobile devices connected to the Internet of Things. For this PROACT project she will receive no less than 1.8 million euros from NWO. They will use this money to develop chips that make the Internet…
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Researchers agree: the future of AI must be human
What rules should regulate AI, who should make them, and how will they be enforced in the digital arena?
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Eleven Open Competition Domain Science XS grants for Leiden researchers
Eleven researchers from Leiden University have been awarded an Open Competition Domain Science ENW XS grant by the Dutch Research Council for their research projects. They are researching how to make software faster and greener, improve cancer detection and reduce anxiety by manipulating the biological…
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Transdisciplinary work is fantastic, but requires dedicated efforts from all sides to understand each other’
Eiko Fried has been appointed professor of Mental Health & Data Science. This combined chair neatly fits the view that understanding complex mental health issues require the integration of statistical methods. ‘The idea that mental health problems are monocausal entities with simple etiologies is no…
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How does the European Union tackle disinformation? ‘Much more than a security issue’
During her work for the European Union, Sophie Vériter witnessed how young people in countries like Ukraine and Moldova were exposed to Russian propaganda. After mapping out the EU’s disinformation policy, the PhD candidate now advocates for a revised approach.
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Lukas KunzSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Claire VergerioSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Valentina CarraroFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Anahita ArianSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Christoph Niessen
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Aleksandra Khokhlova
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Elina ZorinaSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Julia FolzSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Frank de Zwart
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Hans Oversloot
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Kathleen Brown
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Michiel DamICLON
m.dam@iclon.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5190
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Matthew di Giuseppe
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Josette DaemenFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Alyssa Akkerman
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Paul Nieuwenburg
Social & Behavioural Sciences
pnieuwenburg@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1983
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Karolina PomorskaSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Joop van Holsteijn
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Cynthia van Vonno
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Simon Otjes
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Raafat Shamieh
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Anouk van Vliet
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Rick van Well
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Roos van der Haer
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Tim MicklerSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Matthew LongoSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Babak Rezaeedaryakenari
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Denny van der Vlist
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Diana Davila Gordillo
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Maria Spirova
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Jan Aart ScholteSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Gisela HirschmannSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Michael SampsonSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Constance MalySocial & Behavioural Sciences
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