3,063 search results for “data science” in the Public website
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Graduate School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
A warm welcome to the Graduate School of Social and Behavioural Sciences at Leiden University.
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Prince Constantijn: research on big data urgently needed
Policy makers urgently need scientists’ help with the phenomenon of big data. This was the view expressed by Prince Constantijn, speaking at the opening of the Leiden Centre of Data Science, the virtual centre for research on big data at Leiden University.
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Forty years of Leiden environmental science
They were called 'annoying brats', the group of campaigning scientists who in 1978 founded what is now an internationally acclaimed ecological research institute. Their stories and those of the current staff of the Institute of Environmental Sciences are described in the book 'Forty years of Leiden…
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More powerful data centre will accelerate research
Language evolution, targeted drugs or archaeological interpretation. Researchers are making increasing use of supercomputers that can rapidly process large quantities of data. This is one reason why the University data centre will be extended and updated. ‘Datamining means we can get a better picture…
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Host-Microbe Interactions in Animal Sciences
Animal Sciences’ contributions to the Host-Microbe Interactions research theme focus on the interaction of animal hosts with pathogenic microbes but also the beneficial role of the gut microbiome.
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Women and Girls in Science Day
How many stars are there in the Universe? And how can astronauts float in space? These and many other questions about astronomy will be answered at Leiden University on Saturday 9 February.
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CIMPLO – Maintenance prediction for industries
Researchers of the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) have started a 4 year project on developing a system that sends out automatic alerts when components from engines are showing first signs of fatigue.
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Dimiter Toshkov wins World Data Visualization Prize
The World Data Visualization Prize for 2019 was awarded to Dimiter Toshkov, Associate Professor at the Institute of Public Administration, for his work on the theme of small states and good governance. The prize is a good way to raise awareness about the value of good data visualization.
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Host-Microbe Interactions in Microbial Sciences
Microbial Sciences' contribution to the Host-Microbe Interactions research theme is to investigate how beneficial or disease-causing microbes associate and interact with their host.
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Bart Custers
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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More effective data-driven policymaking
More collaboration, combining data and asking the right questions. These are a few of the recommendations that policymakers and researchers formulated at the conference 'Data gedreven Beleidsontwikkeling' on 28 November 2017.
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Anne Urai
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Jan Boersema
Science
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Marie Schwed Shenker
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jorrit Smit
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Dunja Wackers
Science
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Tuomas Aivelo
Science
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Researcher develops Google for archaeologists
An incredible quantity of archaeological reports are stored in digital archives. If you want to search for information in them, you have to do this manually. And that is a real chore. Archaeologist Alex Brandsen has now used deep learning, a form of artificial intelligence, to develop a search engine…
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Education
The Educational Sciences programme group of the Institute of Education and Child Studies at Leiden University provides courses in the field of student education and the learning and development of children in the school context.
- Social Sciences and Humanities Education: Religious Studies
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Militant Democracy: Political Science, Law and Philosophy
How can party bans be justified? Which parties were banned in post-war Europe – and why? Do militant democracy instruments work? Is an international militant democracy concept in the making?
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Events & Activities
The Leiden Leadership Centre brings academia and practice together by organising events on public leadership – such as Leiden Leadership Lunches, webinars, (international) conferences, and the Leiden Leadership Podcast.
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Host-Microbe Interactions in Plant Sciences
Plant Sciences' contribution to the Host-Microbe Interactions research theme is to dissect how microorganisms and microbiomes interact with the plant host and the insects on those plants, and how these insights may be harnessed to improve plant growth and health, by steering microbiome composition and…
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Mirko Forastiere
Science
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Mark Roelofsen
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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detection and GIS for archaeological prospection in remotely-sensed data
The manual analysis of remotely-sensed data is a widespread practice in local and regional scale archaeological research, as well as heritage management.
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Leiden Science strategy: Connecting through Curiosity
What does our faculty stand for and what will we do in the next five years? We are proud to present our new strategic plan that we made together. On this website you will find more information about what our Faculty stands for and what our course is for the coming years
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Could the General Data Protection Regulation save our online privacy?
In 2016 the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) entered into force. The GDPR aims to give control to individuals over their personal data and to simplify the regulatory environment for international businesses by unifying regulation within the EU. PhD candidate Helena Ursic-Vrabec examined the…
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Bart Custers advises Dutch Parliament on public transport data
On September 10th 2019 Bart Custers, professor of Law & Data Science at eLaw, was invited by the Committee for Infrastructure and Water Management of the Dutch parliament. In a round table discussion, this committee of the House of Representatives wanted to discuss the access to public transport data…
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learning algorithm for prediction and generation of High-Energy Physics data
Assistant Professor Vedran Dunjko and his team received a gift from Google to support their quantum research. The research focuses on whether quantum computers can provide new ways of understanding the mysteries of high-energy physics.
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Eiko Fried
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Jaap Corthals
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Kathleen Brown
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Ludo Waltman
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Tim Mickler
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Martin Kolnes
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Peng Sun
Science
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Eric Jorink
Faculty of Humanities
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Ludo Juurlink
Leiden Learning and Innovation Centre
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Konstantinos Georgopoulos
Science
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Theo Anagnostopoulos
Science
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Ton van Raan
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Peter Castenmiller
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Laurens van Gestel
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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OSCoffee: Making data reusable in the social sciences
Lecture
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Fuzzy systems and unsupervised computing: exploration of applications in biology
In this thesis we will explore the use of fuzzy systems theory for applications in bioinformatics.
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Data Management Internships for students: Future learning and sustainable preservation of archaeology
Whilst the world is opening up, the teaching will continue in a hybrid form next academic year. During the past year, when all of us were bound to our home offices and computer screens, new forms of education had to be developed – some of which proved to be efficient in preparing the students for their…
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Shopping by appointment: What happens to your personal data?
In the Netherlands it is now possible to visit non-essential shops if you make an appointment beforehand. But when you book an appointment you have to provide a lot of personal data. Are shops allowed to ask you for all this data and what happens to it?
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Determining global distribution of microplastics by using citizen science
The objective of this study is to better understand the distribution of microplastics in the environment. More specifically, we will quantify the abundance and distribution of microplastics on beaches.
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The research-teaching nexus in the sciences: Scientific research dispositions and teaching practice
This dissertation describes several studies concerning the research-teaching nexus in the sciences.