539 search results for “deep learning” in the Staff website
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Crossing the divide: learning about language policies and practices around the world
During the past year online meetings and lectures have become a firm feature of university life. One of the highlights of the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics’ online activities has been the online seminar series ‘Language policy and practices in the Global North and South’ organised by guest…
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'When a deaf child suddenly hears and learns to talk, this also has a huge impact.'
Professor Johan Frijns treats people with hearing loss, conducts research on hearing implants, and gladly shares his knowledge about electrical stimulation of the nervous system.
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SAILS Lunch Time Seminar
Lecture
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From Pixels to Patterns: AI-Driven Image Analysis in Multiple Domains
PhD defence
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Archaeology Inter-Section journal offers students the chance to publish: ‘I learned a lot during the process’
The Faculty of Archaeology's own home-grown journal Inter-Section has released a new volume. Inter-Section offers students and PhD candidates the unique chance to publish in a peer-reviewed journal. The new volume focuses on the materials that shape our world.
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Zsuzsika Sjoerds
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
z.sjoerds@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5437
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Biology student Sander van Zon: ‘We can still learn so much more about lichens’
Lichens enthusiast Sander van Zon was eager to use his knowledge for his internship. He wrote an excellent thesis on lichens’ biodiversity in the city, of which his first scientific publication will appear soon. With it, he is nominated for the Leiden Science Young Talent Award 2022.
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Constrained and Multirate Training of Neural Networks
Lecture
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Active learning
Didactics
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Algorithms descend into our sewers to improve inspections
They never cross our minds until, that is, they become damaged and then they’re a huge problem: our sewers. Their maintenance could be much faster and more accurate, PhD candidate Dirk Meijer has discovered. Algorithms are also proving to be a godsend deep underground.
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Leideners and researchers learn from each other at the Science Market
3 October University has become something of a tradition: a bit of science among the Leidens Ontzet celebrations. During the new and improved edition, the WetenschapsWarenMarkt (Science Market), visitors spoke to researchers about the nitrogen problem, making organs and the city’s connections with A…
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SAILS Lunch Time Seminar
Lecture, Seminar
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Skills Lab A good conversation: train your GROW-skills
Communication, Leadership
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Learning Analytics: Using Learning Outcomes for a Personalized Brightspace experience
Lunchbyte
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Statistical Learning and Prediction
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SAILS Lunch Time Seminar
Lecture
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Award of 33 Kiem grants for new interdisciplinary initiatives
No fewer than 55 applications were submitted for a Kiem seed grant, an initiative for developing new interdisciplinary, interfaculty research partnerships and encounters. The draw took place on Monday for the allocation of 22 seed grants. The Executive Board was so impressed with the number of applications…
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Leiden’s Astronomy and Society group develops new materials for public engagement trainers
Do you practice public engagement? The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has just released a unique set of open-source materials designed to be used in public engagement training workshops.
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Learning from small samples
PhD defence
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Quantum machine learning
PhD defence
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Article on Global Pandemic Treaty co-authored by Ginevra Le Moli in The Lancet
The article deals with an issue that will be at the heart of the World Health Assembly to be held in May, namely the concept of ‘deep prevention’ and the importance of its integration in the Global Pandemic Treaty - which has been recently proposed by the European Council and currently endorsed by more…
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To explore the drug space smarter: Artificial intelligence in drug design for G protein-coupled receptors
PhD defence
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Random Erasing
Lecture
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A new environment boosts your memory (but not for everyone)
However tempting it may be to lock yourself in your room or in favourite library nook in the days running up to an important exam, it's not a very wise choice, stresses neuroscientist Judith Schomaker.
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EPP meta-measure and rethinking machine learning benchmarks: A recipe for meta-learning success?
Lecture
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Experts on the war in Ukraine, two years later: ‘Europe learned a lot from the war, help each other and don’t give up’
The one-day symposium ‘War in Europe: the impact of Russian aggression in Ukraine two years on’ on 23 February 2024
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Archaeologist Sarah Schrader receives a grant to explore the evolution of stress
Stress and overwork are massive problems today, but relatively little is known about stress factors in the past. With a look at the deep history of stress, Sarah Schrader hopes to get a better understanding of the human stress experience. Her project application received an NWO XS grant.
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Learning to Look at LiDAR
PhD defence
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Algorithm for Structural Variant Detection
PhD defence
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Models Combination in Multi-stage Information Retrieval Architectures
Lecture
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Blended Learning: Using digital tools for teaching
Didactics
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Learning together: Behavioral, computational, and neural mechanisms underlying social learning in adolescence
PhD defence
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James Webb Space Telescope sees sand clouds on 'cotton candy planet' WASP-107b
A team of European astronomers has found a silicate-based weather system on a cloudy gas planet around the star WASP-107. It is the first time astronomers have found silicate clouds and rain. They also conclude that temperatures deeper in the atmosphere are rising rapidly. 'The presence of clouds has…
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New method for extracting human DNA from archaeological objects yields success
An international team of researchers led by Leiden archaeology professor Marie Soressi and Leipzig senior geneticist Matthias Meyer has recovered the DNA of a woman belonging to an Ancient North Eurasian population from a 20,000-year-old pendant. This is the first time DNA analysis has been used to…
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Leiden University to take part in ‘smarter academic year’ pilots
Can the academic year be structured in such a way to give students, lecturers and researchers a bit more breathing space? To find out, Leiden University is taking part in ‘smarter academic year’ pilots.
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Extensive media attention for research into income inequality
On behalf of trade union FNV, Egbert Jongen and Heike Vethaak from Leiden University conducted a study on income distribution over the past 40 years. Dutch national media outlets have given extensive news coverage to their study.
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Michel Mandjes appointed professor at the Mathematical Institute
As of 1 September, Michel Mandjes has been appointed full professor of Probability and Operations Research at the Mathematical Institute. He succeeds Frank den Hollander, who will retire on 1 October. ‘The combination of deep thinking on your own combined with working towards solutions together with…
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Investigating ancient irrigation tunnels with a remote controlled car
In ancient times, the desert in the Udhruh region in Jordan was transformed into a green oasis. An intricate network of underground water channels was part of an ancient system of water management, storing water and preventing loss through evaporation. Archaeologist Mark Driessen found a new way to…
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Ferial Chummun Scholarship in Astronomy
Master
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Nominees bachelor's thesis prize Political Science 2024
The nominees for the IRO Thesis Prize 2024 and the Prof. Dr. J.Th.J. van den Berg-prijs 2024. Who authored the best thesis in Leiden University’s bachelor’s programme in Political Science?
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SAILS Lunch Seminar
Lecture, seminar
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Quantum Machine Learning For Industrial Applications
PhD defence
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Machine learning for radio galaxy morphology analysis
PhD defence
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Thomas Bäck and Hao Wang new Editors in chief of the Evolutionary Computation Journal
LIACS scholars Thomas Bäck and Hao Wang will be the new Editors-in-Chief of the Evolutionary Computation Journal from November 1. Published by MIT Press since its foundation in 1993, the journal stands as a keystone in the field, providing a global platform for researchers exploring the workings of…
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The future of artificial intelligence
From self-driving cars to innovative drug development, artificial intelligence (AI) is going to fundamentally change our lives in a variety of ways.
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Sander Hölsgens in NRC about the online game The Elder Scrolls Online
Sander Hölsgens is Assistant Professor, anthropologist and the editor of Gamer.nl. In NRC he talks about his favourite moments in the online game The Elder Scrolls Online. Despite a mediocre start in 2014, the computer game based on the Elder Scrolls series now has an active community of millions of…
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Interview Klara Beslmüller
Klara Beslmüller
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Nivja de Jong in AP: 'Students will not get the education they deserve'
Nivja de Jong, languages professor at Leiden University, warns about the impact of proposed education budget cuts by the new Dutch government.
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MicroLab Escapegame: how to motivate students with gamebased learning elements
Didactics
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Open forum on self-regulated learning at FSW
Open forum