274 search results for “theoretical 20computer 20science” in the Staff website
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Descolonizando Tiempo, Espacio y Conocimiento
PhD defence
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Descolonizando Tiempo, Espacio y Conocimiento
PhD defence
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“All the aids which a beginner needs”: James Summers’ (1828-1891) research on Chinese grammar
PhD defence
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Recap of the 2021 Anthrooplogy PhD Conference
After a long period of isolation under pandemic, the PhD candidates of the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology seized the opportunity to organize an in-person, on-site event: the CADS PhD Conference for 2021. With the theme "Young Scholars at the Intersection of Uncertainty,…
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Call for papers - Frontlines of protection: Thinking and defining protection against disasters in times of environmental disruptions
Research
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Unravelling the complexity of HIV/AIDS
Dr. Josien de Klerk, Associate professor in Global Public Health at Leiden University College The Hague recently published some of her work on HIV/AIDS. In collaboration with a team of interdisciplinary researchers from the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development she came to the conclusion…
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GP in the Bible Belt: does God play a role in consultations?
Jaïr van Rhenen studied Medicine in Leiden and is now a GP in the largely religious Veenendaal. Before this, he worked as a tropical medicine doctor in Lesotho. ‘If you have the prospect of an afterlife, you often respond differently to illness.’
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Study of a Russian doctor and innovator in troubled times
Ambroise Paré, Thomas Sydenham and Herman Boerhaave: all were great medical innovators in their time. We know far less about the 19th-century Russian physician and scientist Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov. PhD candidate Inge Hendriks researched him in Dutch and Russian archives and collections. She discovered…
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Expanding Social Sciences & Humanities in African Global Health Discourse
LUNHA strives to redefine global health by prioritizing justice, fairness, and inclusion in Africa. Through collaboration with diverse stakeholders, LUNHA aims to reshape global health research and foster a broader engagement with social sciences and humanities.
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Why biology students and teachers value the E-learning skills platform
Students of the Biology minor course Molecular Design have successfully boosted their skills in collaboration, research and writing with the recently developed E-learning Skills Platform. The biology students and their teachers greatly value the initiative. ‘Sometimes I couldn’t believe what progress…
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Angus Mol and Aris Politopoulos are the winners of the fourth LUCAS Public Prize 2022!
On Tuesday 12 April Angus Mol and Aris Politopoulos have been awarded the fourth LUCAS Publieksprijs.
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Graduation MIRD Class of 2022: Students in the spotlight
On Monday, 4 July 2022, the graduation of the two-year Advanced MSc International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD) programme was commemorated in the iconic Academy Building in Leiden. Students and guests were welcomed by the Program Director, Professor Madeleine Hosli.
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In memoriam Jan Zaanen 1957-2024: The universe in a speck of rusting copper
This Thursday, January 18th 2024, our esteemed colleague Jan Zaanen passed away. Jan was one of our star scientists, larger than life, with an unabashed, boisterous drive for the best of physics at the Institute Lorentz, at the Leiden Institute of Physics and in the full international scientific community.…
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The quest for the magic angle
Stack two layers of graphene, twisted at slightly different angles to each other, and the material spontaneously becomes a superconductor. Science still can't explain how something so magical can happen, but physicists use special equipment to reveal what is taking place under the surface.
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Dark Matters
PhD defence
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Intercultural and inclusive communication in an academic context
Communication, Personal development, Diversity
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Seminar: POPNET Connects with Tamas David-Barrett
Lecture
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On quantum transport in flat-band materials
PhD defence
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Legitimation as political practice: everyday authority in Tanzania and beyond
Lecture
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Applications of Large Language Models to the Humanities Workshop
Workshop
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How to be an Academic in a World on Fire: A Hands-On Workshop co-organized by LUGO and OSCL
Lecture
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United in Distinctiveness
PhD defence
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Forces and Symmetries in Cells and Tissues
PhD defence
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Literature as Commons: Re-reading Natsume Sōseki's Kokoro
Lecture
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Ethnicity and endogeneity in the welfare state
Seminar
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The neuroscience of the psychedelic experience
Lecture
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Phraseology in Children's Literature
PhD defence
- Best practices
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2022 Conference on International Cyber Security: Navigating Narratives in Cyberspace
Conference
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The Emergence of Democratic Firms in the Platform Economy: Drivers, Obstacles, and the Path Ahead
PhD defence
- Adriaan Gerbrands Lectures
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LUCIS Summer School 2022 | Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim World
Course, LUCIS Summer School
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To Counter or Not Counter Violent Extremism? That’s the Question
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Online Radicalisation: The Use of the Internet by Islamic State Terrorists in the US (2012-2018)
PhD defence
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Sounding Out Ecological Precarity and Musical Heritage in Asia: Some Early Ideas
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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Quantum dots in microcavities: From single spins to engineered quantum states of light
PhD defence
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Violence and Transformation: The Political Economy of Russia’s War against Ukraine
Lecture, Lunch Research Seminar
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Super-Earth Atmospheres
PhD defence
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La crémation dans l'Alexandrie grecque et romaine
PhD defence
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Kleptocracy and Foreign Policy Change
PhD defence
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From oscillations to language: behavioural and electroencephalographic studies on cross-language interactions
PhD defence
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PhD Training: How to write for academic journals?
Training
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Playing dice with the Universe
PhD defence
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Border closures in East and Central Africa: asymmetry, severance, and disruption
Lecture
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Notes on the contemporary Art Novel
Lecture, Seminar
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CANCELLED: LCN2 Seminar: Algorithms for Network Visualization and beyond
Lecture
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Travelers defense course for female staff members
Personal development
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CWTS Scientometrics Summer School
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The Shadow Side of Positive Organizational Change
PhD defence
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26 Research and Education Grants in 2020 for the Institute of Security and Global Affairs
Whilst 2020 has been an unusual and taxing year for colleagues at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), the Institute nevertheless can look back on an impressive range of successful grant applications during the previous year. This impressive result was achieved on top of excellent results…