901 search results for “big data” in the Staff website
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Student cleans up archival data and uncovers two stellar cocoons
While investigating 16 years of images of young stars from a retired astronomical camera, Leiden master's student Sam de Regt discovered that two of those stars were still enveloped in birth clouds. Never before has anyone captured these two stars in so much detail. He publishes his data-cleaning method…
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Call on Institutions for Conflict Resolution to Publish Intersectional Data
The Research Network of the European Union Fundamental Rights Agency (FRANET) commissioned Aleydis Nissen and Rik Raedschelders to write the 2022 report on Racism, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in Belgium.
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Minors in AI, Data & Digitialisation in Delft, Leiden and Rotterdam
The universities of Delft, Leiden and Rotterdam are working together to show their students what artificial intelligence (AI) means for their own field. Three AI minors will start in the 2022 – 2023 academic year and will answer questions such as: ‘How best can you use AI in your research discipline?’…
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How superconducting memory could help data centres reduce their carbon footprint
Online services are stored on servers in data centres. Remko Fermin researched methods to make the memory in data centres more energy efficient.
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Irith Kist
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
i.r.kist@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8838
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Hester Bijl: ‘On-campus teaching is a big step forward, so take care’
‘We’re going to see each other again on campus. We’re so pleased, but we do have to say safe.’ Rector Magnificus Hester Bijl is looking ahead to the new academic year, which begins on 6 September. No more 1.5m distancing, but we do have to take responsibility for other people’s safety.
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Being an anthropologist in a big company ‘it’s interesting to look at the internal culture of a business'’
With her background in Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Leonie Siepmans brings a unique perspective to the corporate world. Find out what an anthropologist does in a big company.
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NEW in SAGE Research Methods Online: Datasets Part 1 and Part 2 and Video collection
Education, Library, Research
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appointed professor by special appointment: ‘Music is interwoven with the big questions of our time’
Rachel Beckles Willson started her career as a concert pianist but was later captivated by the Middle Eastern stringed instrument called the oud. On 1 December, she was appointed professor by special appointment of 'Intercultural Performing Arts'.
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Mirko Forastiere
Science
m.forastiere@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Els de Busser
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
e.de.busser@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9094
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Zihao Yuan
Science
z.yuan@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Wouter Verschoof-van der Vaart
Faculteit Archeologie
w.b.verschoof@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 NVT
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Joris Timmermans
Science
j.timmermans@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7481
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Mathilde Verdam
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
m.g.e.verdam@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3789
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Antoine Coudard
Science
a.coudard@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Joost van Ginkel
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
jginkel@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3620
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Li-Ru Hsu
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
l.r.hsu@umail.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Gianclaudio Malgieri
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
g.malgieri@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8838
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Suzanne Marselis
Science
s.m.marselis@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5615
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Robert-jan de Rooij
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
r.j.b.de.rooij@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Leonardo Lenoci
Science
l.lenoci@science.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 N.V.
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Linda Breeman
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
l.d.breeman@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Additional personal data required for taxed payments to third parties (IB-47)
Organisation
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eLaw Alumnus wins European Data Protection Law Review ‘Young Scholar Award’ at CPDP
Taner Kuru, an eLaw alumnus, was awarded the prestigious European Data Protection Law Review ‘Young Scholar Award’ for his paper on the shortcomings in the GDPR for the regulation of genetic testing at the prestigious Computers, Privacy and Data Protection Conference (CPDP).
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Gaia data maps globular cluster, gravitational lensing and asteroids with great precision
The European Space Agency (ESA) has published an interim data release from Gaia, the space telescope mapping out the Milky Way in 3D. The first scientific papers published today reveal half a million stars in the Omega Centauri globular cluster, nearly 400 candidate gravitational lensers and the positions…
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Investigation into ransomware attack on JobMotion completed: no personal data leaked
Organisation
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A good start for every child, and how data science can help
Some children start life with a disadvantage. Sometimes even before they are born. A new research project involving Professor Wessel Kraaij of Leiden University investigates how data science can help give these children a good start in life.
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New Education Dashboard: easy access to essential teaching data (in Dutch)
Education
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The data doctor who wants to use artificial intelligence to improve healthcare
When can a patient be discharged from intensive care? Artificial intelligence can help answer this and other questions. But using such revolutionary technology in healthcare is not easy, as Anne de Hond has discovered.
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Women in Data Science (WiDS)
Conference
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'Vulnerability and Data Protection' book by Gianclaudio Malgieri presented at Naples University
On 3 April 2024, the University L'Orientale in Naples will hold a full afternoon conference to discuss a book written by Dr Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate Professor at eLaw. The title is 'Vulnerability and Data Protection Law', published with Oxford University Press in April 2023.
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eLaw master's student wins thesis award from Dutch Data Protection Authority
On on 29 January 2024, it was announced that Aylin Alexa Zainea has won the Thesis Award from the Dutch Data Protection Authority. She wrote her thesis for the Advanced Master programme on Law and Digital Technologies hosted by eLaw, Center for Law and Digital Technologies. Her thesis entitled ‘Automated…
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Preserving Syrian excavation data: ‘the documentation here in Leiden is the only thing that’s left’
The Faculty of Archaeology used to be involved in several excavations in Syria, before the outbreak of civil war made travel to the region impossible. One of these excavations is the one of tell Hammam al-Turkman, which started in 1981. Student Ruben Hartman, together with archaeologist Dr Diederik…
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Gianclaudio Malgieri at the Data Protection Conference of the European Academy of Law
Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate Professor at eLaw Leiden, was invited as a speaker at the Annual Conference of the European Academy of Law (ERA), on 21 March in Brussels.
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to research colonial medical experiments: 'Should we keep using this data?'
When we think of unethical medical experiments, we tend to think first of Nazi Germany. What is less well known is that experiments were also carried out in colonised areas without the explicit consent of the test subject. University lecturer Fenneke Sysling has received a European grant to research…
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Learning better from data: Rianne de Heide wins prestigious award for her dissertation
How can humans and computers learn from data? To research this, scientists often use so-called Bayesian methods. Although these methods are widely used, they also have limitations and are not always easy to interpret. In her dissertation Rianne de Heide describes some of these problems and introduces…
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Scientometrics Using Open Data
Research
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Work in progress in the Snellius building to expand capacity of ISSC data centre
Organisation
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Work in progress in and around Snellius to expand capacity of ISSC data centre on Saturday 12 February
Facility
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Milco Wansleeben
Faculteit Archeologie
m.wansleeben@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2930
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Hai Lin
Science
h.x.lin@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7460
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Elise Dusseldorp
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
elise.dusseldorp@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8046
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Els Kindt
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
e.j.kindt@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8838
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Katy Wolstencroft
Science
k.j.wolstencroft@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8926
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Jan van Rijn
Science
j.n.van.rijn@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7492
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Joost Visser
Science
j.m.w.visser@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Akrati Saxena
Science
a.saxena@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Eleftheria Makri
Science
e.makri@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Brenda Miranda Xicotencatl
Science
b.miranda.xicotencatl@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727