2,621 search results for “theoretical computer science” in the Public website
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Programme structure
Courses cover a broad range of relevant subjects and provide in-depth theoretical knowledge as well as training in practical skills and advanced research tools.
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Why Leiden University?
The Physics and Education master specialisation gives you the opportunity to combine physics research with an excellent education in becoming a physics teacher.
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Why Leiden University?
The Physics and SCS master specialisation gives you the opportunity to combine Physics research with different aspects of science communication.
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Research Projects, Categories and Supervisors
These are the proposed research projects for LEAPS 2019. Please note that not all projects will go ahead and some may still be added in the near future. Final funding decisions lie with the Faculty sponsors. And please make a note that if you are interested in an ESA project, to check if your state…
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Why Leiden University?
World-class research is integral part of the master’s education. You obtain a Physics degree from an institute with an international reputation. Research in this programme is fundamental and curiosity-driven.
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Why Leiden University?
The Computer Science and SCS master specialisation gives you the opportunity to combine fundamental research in computer science with different aspects of science communication.
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Why Leiden University?
The Computer Science and Education master specialisation gives you the opportunity to combine computer science research with an excellent education in becoming a teacher.
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This is how a channel is formed between two organelles
The channel through which two cell components exchange material appears to form at the edge of their contact surface, and not in the middle. This was discovered by the Leiden physical chemists Jelger Risselada and Edgar Blokhuis together with researchers from the University of Lausanne in Switzerland.…
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SOLVED: Power outage Bio Science Park
Due to the fire in the 'Ketelhuis' and the resulting power failure, our services including workplace services, Education ICT Support and ISSC helpdesk desks are unavailable at our locations at the Leiden Bio Science Park. Please note that disruptions may be experienced when the power supply is restored.…
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Physics Teacher Meeting at Science Faculty
On April 20, sixty participants will take part in LION’s triannual meeting for high school physics teachers, to deepen their knowledge of physics and astronomy and to explore new teaching methods. This edition marks a special occasion, as it is the last meeting organized by Bert van der Hoorn, who will…
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200 years of Leiden Science: kicking off the lustrum year in style
Music, being together and the impact of science were at the heart of the festive opening of the academic year and the start of the faculty’s 200-year anniversary. The faculty was 200 years old on 2 August 2015. The anniversary was celebrated in style, attended by 500 members of staff and students.
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Multicriteria Optimization and Decision Analysis
The focus of the Multicriteria Optimization and Decision Analysis (MODA) group is to develop foundations of methods in multi-objective optimization.
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Avian Cognition
Avian Cognition describes the full range of avian cognitive abilities, the mechanisms behind such abilities and how they relate to the ecology of the species. Synthesising the latest research in avian cognition, a range of experts in the field provide first-hand insights into experimental procedures,…
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Anisotropy in cell mechanics
Mechanical interactions between cells and their environment play an important role in many biological processes.
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Optical cavities and quantum emitters
Optical cavities are useful tools to enhance the interaction between light and matter, which is important to make good quantum emitters. However, it turns out that the cavities themselves (without any quantum emitters) are already interesting objects to study.
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Towards an ecological approach to teacher professional development
The aim of this thesis was to develop and evaluate a Ecological Professional Development Model to support preservice biology teachers to direct their own subject-specific ecological professional development route.
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State & Society network
The State & Society network critically interrogates the assumption that state and society are a priori conceptual and empirical objects.
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Platform for Postcolonial Readings
The Platform for Postcolonial Readings brings together researchers, especially junior researchers, in Belgium and the Netherlands interested in issues of globalization, inter/transculturality, diversity and inclusivity, intersectionality, and postcoloniality. We are an open group (do join us!) and meet…
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Career prospects
The Regular LL.M. (specialization in Public International Law) will provide you with a broad academic training.
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Programme structure
You have ample opportunities to assemble your own study path. The courses cover the full spectrum from theoretical early universe to observational cosmology.
- Rethink your Thesis: Concepts, Questions, Composition (3 ECTS)
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5. Contemporary Approaches in Computational Dialectology
Course, Introduction to Dialectometry (2024)
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Landscape Theory: Post-68 Revolutionary Cinema in Japan
On the 28th of September Go Hirasawa successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.
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'Maths is often way ahead of practical applications'
A secret code that we currently use to send e-mails securely is based on the maths of a century ago. The geometrical surfaces that Dino Festi studied during his PhD research will perhaps be used in future codes or new physics. PhD defence 5 July.
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Throw a party for science communication
Although both government and the public would like scientists to share their work with the widest possible audience, this does not always seem an easy route for scientists.
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Physics (MSc)
The master’s programme Physics at Leiden University offers a wide range of specialisations from theoretical research to cosmology. You will be trained for a career in research or for a more practical-oriented specialisation. The programme offers a wide choice of individual study paths that take into…
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Clinical Psychology (MSc)
In the specialisation Clinical Psychology, part of the Master in Psychology, you gain extensive knowledge on the asessment and treatment of mental disorders.
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Arts, Literature and Media (research) (MA)
This interdisciplinary research master offers the best of three worlds (arts, literature and media) through a program of well-designed courses, with ample space for specialization. It combines theoretically grounded methods and approaches with period-specific training that focuses either on the medieval…
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Career prospects
With a MSc in LST you are well prepared for a wide range of career opportunities. Life Science research and business is one of the fastest growing economic activities worldwide.
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Career prospects
With a MSc in Chemistry you are well prepared for a wide range of career opportunities. The chemical industry is one of the largest contributors to economic prosperity worldwide.
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Skating faster thanks to data science
The Netherlands has a lot of world-class speed skaters and footballers. Clever statistical analyses could help them perform even better. Leiden University is working on this together with Delft and Amsterdam.
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Quantum Leiden creates potential for a great quantum future
Friday afternoon, 1 October. Location: one of the most vibration-free places in the world. In this setting, Leiden top scientists launched Quantum Leiden. For decades, researchers at the Faculty of Science have been investigating quantum technology at the highest level and also have been brainstorming…
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Single Molecule Detected for Use in Quantum Network
Leiden physicists have managed to detect a single molecule called dibenzoterrylene in a new crystal, and found that it is a candidate component for a quantum network. Future quantum computers will need such a network to work together while maintaining their advantages. Publication in ChemPhysChem jo…
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Clinical Neuropsychology (MSc)
In the specialisation Clinical Neuropsychology, part of the Master in Psychology, you will focus on fostering clinical and scientific skills based on a solid theoretical background as well as practical training in neuropsychology and (clinical) neuropsychological research.
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Five Veni awards for Leiden Science researchers
Five promising researchers at Leiden's Faculty of Science have received a Veni award from NWO. They can use the award - of up to 250,000 euros - to carry out research over a three-year period. Of the total of seventeen Leiden Venis, four went to Leiden Observatory and one to Institute for Biology Le…
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Astronomers from Leiden write IEEE Software Impact column
Professor Simon Portegies Zwart and doctor Jeroen Bédorf had the honour to write for the IEEE Software magazine.
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Ad IJzerman appointed as Secretary of The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities
As of May 2015, Prof. dr. Ad Ijzerman has been appointed as Secretary of The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities.
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Layered loyalties: the Natuurkundige Commissie in the Netherlands Indies (1820-1850)
This dissertation, Layered Loyalties: The Natuurkundige Commissie in the Netherlands Indies (1820-1850), studies the Natuurkundige Commissie.
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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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Moving frontiers
In this project, M. Riep studies the complexity of historical events related to the Arab conquest of the region along the upper course of the Syr Darya in Central Asia and especially of the micro oases of Shash and Ferghana. This project focusses on mobility, action and dynamics and will place the Arab…
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Hegemony and World Order - Reimagining Power in Global Politics
Hegemony and World Order explores a key question for our tumultuous times of multiple global crises.
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Maya Architecture and Urbanism, a holistic approach from the fields of astronomy and landscape
This work represents the final results of several years of research within the Maya region. It deals with the relations between architecture and urbanism with landscape and astronomy.
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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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First person
Does the sitter have agency in the making of a photographic portrait? And if so how?
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The emergent ‘artistic object’ in the post-conceptual condition
Where in the model of contemporary art, which can be described as a hybrid and joint undertaking between artists, institutions, curators, theory and discursivity, is the actual 'object' of art located and generated? Where and by whom and in what configuration of positions is it produced? Who or what…
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NL ARMS Netherlands Annual Review of Military Studies 2020
This open access volume surveys the state of the field to examine whether a fifth wave of deterrence theory is emerging. Bringing together insights from world-leading experts from three continents, the volume identifies the most pressing strategic challenges, frames theoretical concepts, and describes…
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Research
Research at the THEOR group is comprised of the following research themes:
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Le roi sublime. Overwhelming Politics and Performance under Louis XIV
This project will clarify how these concepts operated in theoretical writings on performance ,this broadened conceptual framework will not only give us a clear view on how sublime effects in performance were theorized, it will also provide us a concrete apparatus to understand the cultural and political…
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Career prospects
A master's degree in Psychology at Leiden University combines theoretical knowledge with academic and professional skills, making you an attractive candidate for many employers.