699 search results for “random matrix theory” in the Public website
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Guide for prospective students
If you are interested in studying stochastics, the following information will help you to choose the right path.
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3D NASA animation shows an old theory from Leiden
When professor Frank Israel graduated at Leiden Observatory some forty years ago, little did he know that one of his theories would be making headlines in 2018 - in the form of a 3D animation on the Internet, no less.
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Random Walks on Arakelov Class Groups
PhD defence
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Development and evaluation of evidence based self-help and online programs for people with a somatic stressor and depressive symptoms
What is the effectiveness of (booklet or online) self-help programmes for people with somatic stressors and depressive symptoms? What works best for whom? How to improve motivation and adherence?
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The Progression of EU law [PEUL]: Accommodating change and upholding values
What are the institutional dynamics of the adoption of internal market legislation?
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Fields Medal for Leiden Professor of Number Theory Manjul Bhargava
Leiden Professor of Number Theory Manjul Bhargava has been awarded a Fields Medal, widely regarded as the Nobel Prize for Maths. Bhargava is a professor in Princeton, and since 2010 has also been the holder of the Stieltjes chair in Leiden.
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Master Projects
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Bart de Smit appointed as professor Algebra and Number Theory
On Tuesday 15 September 2015, Bart de Smit has been appointed as professor of Algebra and Number Theory at the Mathematical Institute of Leiden University.
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Behind the scenes on the Big Bang Theory
‘I got into Nature last year, I was nominated for a faculty teaching award and my kids don’t care. But if your simulations get on The Big Bang Theory then that’s something!’ says Huib van Langevelde.
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Floske Spieksma appointed professor of Stochastic Decision Theory
As of 1 June, Floske Spieksma has been appointed Professor at the Mathematical Institute in Leiden. Her field of study is Stochastic Decision-Making. Within this field, researchers develop mathematical techniques to analyse and improve processes within organisations. ‘As a professor, I hope to safeguard…
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Paula Harvey
Faculty of Humanities
p.j.harvey.2@umail.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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New theory on liquid crystals with high symmetry
LCD screens use liquid crystals which have a high degree of order, even though they form a fluid. A new theory maps out the interplay between order, temperature and symmetry. Publication in Physical Review X.
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CFP MA Masterclass Feminist Theory with Lynne Huffer
CFP: Two-day PhD/ Research MA masterclass Feminist Theory with and around the work of Prof. dr. Lynne Huffer organised by the OZSW in cooperation with NOG
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LCN2 Seminar: Sparse random graphs with many triangles.
Lecture
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Solid State NMR and modelling of photoinduced energy and electron transfer
Huub de Groot is professor in Biophysical Organic Chemistry. With his team he works in the field of photosynthesis and artificial photosynthesis. The molecular basis for photosynthesis is formed by protein complexes and organelles that contain chlorophyll molecules. The antenna systems herein capture…
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Social Science Matters: The (non)sense of conspiracy theories
Climate change is made up, the secret services murdered Pim Fortuyn and JFK, and the moon landing was a fake show. Conspiracy theories are of all times, providing sensation and entertainment, but also unrest and fear. The corona pandemic is new fuel for conspiracy theorists who set fire to 5G masts,…
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Robotics and AI in archaeological theory and practice
What can Robotics and AI bring to archaeological theory and practice? In return, how can archaeology contribute to the developments in robotics and AI research? Colleagues tackled these questions at an event organised by the Faculty of Archaeology and sponsored by SAILS.
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New special chair in Educational Theory and Law
Following a special donation, the Stichting Pro Juventute foundation is facilitating a new special chair in Educational Theory and Law. Through the chair, Pro Juventute hopes to realise optimum child protection from a coherent legal and educational perspective.
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Skin Lipids: Localization of Ceramide and Fatty Acid in the Unit Cell of the Long Periodicity Phase
The lipid matrix of the skin's stratum corneum plays a key role in the barrier function, which protects the body from desiccation. The lipids that make up this matrix consist of ceramides, cholesterol, and free fatty acids, and can form two coexisting crystalline lamellar phases: the long periodicity…
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Cancer Drug Target Discovery
We focus on a better understanding of the mechanisms of cancer drug resistance and metastasis.
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Metabolomics Facility
The Biomedical Metabolomics Facility Leiden (BMFL) is the core metabolomics facility of Leiden University and the Metabolomics and Analytics Centre (MAC). We offer a highly structured environment for advanced MS-based metabolomics studies and build on fully validated, state-of-the-art assays that each…
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LCN2 Seminar: Graph homotopy, non-backtracking matrix, and X-centrality
Lecture
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Ten years later: what about Erik Verlinde and his theory?
Ten years after its introduction, the controversial idea of Erik Verlinde on gravity is still a hotly debated topic, and is still surrounded by a cloud of scepticism. Scepticism in which the media have played a major role, theoretical physicst Koenraad Schalm says in an article by NWO. ‘The media simply…
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Historical roots of educational thinking
What is the origin of educational ideas, e.g., the idea that intervention in infancy has long-lasting effects on development.
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Constructing monuments, perceiving monumentality and the economics of building
The goal of this book is to place architectural studies, in which people’s interactions with each other and material resources are key, at the crossing of both landscape studies and material culture studies, where it belongs.
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Lieks Hettinga
Faculty of Humanities
l.hettinga@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2071
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Joe Fortin
Faculty of Humanities
j.l.fortin@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Nurbolat Kenbayev
Science
n.kenbayev@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Francesco Buda
Science
f.buda@lic.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5723
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Diederik Meijer
Faculteit Archeologie
d.j.w.meijer@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2444
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Rajneesh Phokeer
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
r.d.phokeer@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jos Brosschot
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
brosschot@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3740
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Henk Kelderman
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
h.kelderman@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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John-Harmen Valk
Faculty of Humanities
j.h.valk@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2630
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Marcello Bonsangue
Science
m.m.bonsangue@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7095
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Bart Zantvoort
Faculty of Humanities
f.w.zantvoort@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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A versatile tuple-based optimization framework
Promotor: Prof.dr. H.A.G. Wijshoff
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Insights from modeling metabolism and amoeboid cell motility in the immune system
This thesis focuses on two processes involved in fighting infections: metabolism and immune cell motility and navigation.
- Prof Dr John Vandermeer
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A novel biofilm for skin barrier repair of patients with atopic eczema
Atopic eczema is a skin disease with increasing incidence currently affecting 25% of the paediatric population. In atopic eczema the skin barrier function is reduced. This barrier is formed by the outermost layer of the skin called the stratum corneum (SC). The SC consists of terminally differentiated…
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Modelling phonologization: Vowel reduction and epenthesis in Lunigiana dialects
This dissertation provides a formal description of the relationship between diatopic/diachronic micro-variation and phonologization through analysis of the phonetic/phonological properties of unstressed vowel reduction and vowel insertion in two Northern Italian dialects.
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Fast vaccine design and development based on correlates of protection (COPs) Influenza as a trendsetter
New and reemerging infectious diseases call for innovative and efficient control strategies of which fast vaccine design and development represent an important element.
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Bacteria stunt with established plant-soil feedback theory
‘What I find most alluring about soil life is that you can steer it,’ researcher Martijn Bezemer of the Institute Biology Leiden (IBL) reveals. ‘You can ask: What do you want? And then I can transform the soil into something you need. At least, that is what we thought.’
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Dialogues as a Dynamic Framework for Logic
This dissertation shows that dialogical logic constitutes a powerful and flexible general framework for the development and study of various logical formalisms and combinations thereof.
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Modular forms of weight one over finite fields
Promotor: S.J. Edixhoven
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Rule Reversal Revisited: Synchrony and diachrony of tone and prosodic structure in the Franconian dialect of Arzbach
This dissertation provides crucial but as yet missing empirical data on the tone accent opposition in the so-called
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Interstellar Catalysts and the PAH universe
Organic molecules in interstellar space are important as they influence the structure of galaxies and star formations. Studying catalytic processes in space allows us to understand how molecular species are formed and chemically evolved in the interstellar medium and solar system objects.
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Proof techniques in the quantum random-oracle model
PhD defence
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Intermittency and Number Expansions for Random Interval Maps
PhD defence
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Research
Research at the Macromolecular Biochemistry group is comprised of the following research themes: