203 search results for “mathematics” in the Staff website
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Harald van MilScience
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Hans MetzScience
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Lodewijk KallenbergScience
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Hans FinkelnbergScience
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Herman Blok
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Martin Göll
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Serge FehrScience
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Robert-Jan Kooman
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Terry MostertFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Marian HickendorffFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Jan Vonk appointed full professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute
As of 1 November, Jan Vonk has been appointed full professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute (MI). The institute is delighted with Jan’s appointment, as is he. ‘At the MI we combine the abstract with the concrete like no other.’
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Exhibition shows the ‘beauty and power’ of mathematics
In the ‘Imaginary’ exhibition, its curators show how society is made up of mathematics. From algorithms that save lives to ones that generate art. The exhibition is from 2 June to 25 July at Oude UB in Leiden.
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Why the mathematics of operations research is so fascinating – even for a layperson
Floske Spieksma will give her inaugural lecture as Professor of Mathematics of Operations Research on 1 September. A discussion about mathematical models, Venezuela, trembling knees, being the only woman, casinos, intuition and above all loving your job.
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Mathematics across borders: Peter Stevenhagen in Pakistan
Peter Stevenhagen delivered daily lectures at the Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering in Lahore, in collaboration with ICTP, a well-known UNESCO institute in Trieste. The aim is to enhance it he knowledge of students from low- and middle-income countries. ‘By teaching here, I can truly…
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Charlene KalleScience
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Luca AvenaScience
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Michael KeaneScience
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Floske SpieksmaScience
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Marc Spijker
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Arjen DoelmanScience
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Laura ZwepScience
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Peter GrünwaldScience
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Frank den HollanderScience
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Marcel de JeuScience
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Marta FioccoScience
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Gino Bertrand KpogbezanScience
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Kevin DuistersScience
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Jelle GoemanFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Thijs Bos
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Onno van GaansScience
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Johannes Schmidt-HieberScience
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Martina Chirilus-Bruckner
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Verifying the correctness of mathematical theorems with a computer
How correct are mathematical theorems? And is all the theory around them correct? To find out, mathematics student Dominique Lawson converted a mathematical theorem into computer language. ‘This allows a computer to understand the theorem and check whether the proof behind it is entirely correct.’ The…
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Gianne Derks new Scientific Director of the Mathematical Institute
As of 1 May Gianne Derks is the new Scientific Director of the Mathematics Institute. Derks succeeds Hermen Jan Hupkes who temporarily assumed the role. Derks has been appointed for a period of four years.
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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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Pim Overgaauw appointed Institute manager of the Mathematical Institute
As of 1 September, Pim Overgaauw is appointed as Institute Manager of the Mathematical Institute. The job is not new to him, as he has been ad interim institute manager since March 2022. For now, Overgaauw will be working for the MI three days a week, but it is expected that this can be extended to…
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Statement by the Faculty Board regarding the Mathematical Institute (MI)
An article about our Mathematical Institute (MI) appeared on 23 June in the University newspaper Mare.
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Mathematics student Alex Colling: ‘Bachelor’s thesis was highlight of my time in Leiden’
Alex Colling himself calls his bachelor's thesis ‘the highlight of his time in Leiden’. And according to his supervisors, that resulted in an outstanding thesis, with great attention to detail. The Mathematics and Physics student worked on a mathematical description of monopoles: hypothetical particles…
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Martin BrightScience
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Ronald CramerScience
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Marco StrengScience
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M BhargavaScience
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Emma Brakkee
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Peter BruinScience
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Rusydi Makarim
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Hendrik LenstraScience
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ERC grant for Jan Vonk: 'Mathematics is the most powerful language to describe our universe'
On 22 November, Leiden scientist Jan Vonk received an ERC starting grant for his research on the building blocks of mathematics. This grant is not his first this year: in fact, this July Vonk also received a Vidi from NWO. Four questions to the scientist who got two grants this year.
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Bart de SmitScience
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Jan-Hendrik EvertseScience
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Ronald van LuijkScience