Search and conversational systems have become central to how people access information and perform tasks.

Onderzoeksproject naar mensenhandel binnen het instituut voor Strafrecht en Criminologie, Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid, bij de Universiteit Leiden.

Het project onderzoekt het gebruik van kunstmatige intelligentie op de arbeidsmarkt en hoe vooroordelen bij het aannemen en promoten van processen op basis van persoonlijke kenmerken mogelijk worden gereproduceerd met op AI gebaseerde systemen.

Promotor: Prof.dr. H.J.M de Groot, Co-Promotor: A. Alia

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Limiting global warming to 1.5°C will require aggressive emission reductions and large-scale CO₂ removal from the atmosphere. Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) can neutralize hard-to-abate residual emissions and even draw down atmospheric CO₂ to reverse a temperature overshoot. However, deploying CDR at…

De wetenschappelijke onderbouwing van beleid wordt cruciaal geacht voor goed bestuur. Maar ondanks de overvloed aan beschikbare kennis uit onderzoek en evaluaties, weten we nog maar weinig over de daadwerkelijke invloed die dergelijke evidence heeft op overheidsbeleid. Het onderzoeksprogramma ‘Power…

This pioneering project will answer this question by examining migrants through the eyes of the courts between 1600 and 1900. It aims to reveal patterns of continuity and change in: 1. Treatment of migrants by criminal courts; 2. Violence and conflicts between migrants and native born.

Het begrijpen van het veranderende landschap van extremisme in de 21e eeuw.

Kunst en vrije tijd, Kunst en vrije tijd

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are the most abundant class of organic compounds in space. The PAH field evolves from the constant interaction between experimentalists, theorists, modellers and observers. While laboratory research and quantum chemical calculations together set up the molecular…

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The molecular mechanisms that instigate a healthy cell to become malignant are fueled by (epi)genetic alterations in so-called driver genes.

Quantum hardware comes with a different computing paradigm and new ways to tackle applications. Much effort has to be put into understanding how to leverage this technology to give real-world advantages in areas of interest for industries such as combinatorial optimization or machine learning.

Promotor: K.E. Schalm, Co-promotor: S.S. Lee

Promotor: A. Achúcarro, Co-promotor: A. Boyarsky

The work presented in this thesis is based on ALMA surveys of protoplanetary disks in three star-forming regions: Lupus, OMC-2, and NGC 2024.

Despite the fact that gold nanoparticles (GNPs) are one of the most studied nanoparticles, there is still a necessity for new approaches allowing for effective protective coating to enable wider use of GNPs in biomedical applications.

Lipid formulations have demonstrated strong potential for nucleic acid delivery,particularly with the success of COVID-19 vaccines. Despite these advances, manyaspects of lipid formulations remain unclear.

Promotor: K. Kuijken, Co-Promotor: H. Hoekstra

Curved single crystals provide variable, but well-defined surface structures.

This thesis revolves around the electronic spectroscopy of molecules in the laboratory and the search for the carriers of the diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs).

This article 'Shaping the European External Action Service and its post-Lisbon crisis management structures: an assessment of the EU High Representatives’ political leadership' assesses the role, influence and core aspects of the EU High Representatives’ (HR/VPs) “political leadership” in the context…

Galaxies form and live inside dark matter haloes. As a consequence, they are exposed to the tidal fields generated by the surrounding matter distribution: this imprints a preferential direction to the galaxy shapes, which leads to a coherent alignment on physically close galaxies, called intrinsic a…

Trigonostemon Blume is a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae comprising 59 species.

This thesis manuscript explores the use of video games as tools for conceptual exploration and academic research.

This thesis aims to enhance our understanding of galaxies by testing theoretical models of galaxy formation against observations, particularly in the cases of extreme systems which have been found to have an excess of baryonic mass in their central regions, in the form of either supermassive black holes…

Streptomyces are multicellular, Gram-positive bacteria in the phylum of actinobacteria which produce a high amount of bioactive natural products of which the expression is tightly coordinated with the life cycle.

A new publication on changes in the relationship between news and their public in Chile

Promotor: Prof.dr. C.W.J. Beenakker

Natural history collections provide invaluable sources for researchers with different disciplinary backgrounds, aspiring to study the geographical distribution of flora and fauna across the globe as well as other evolutionary processes.

Stellar feedback is a crucial ingredient in the evolution of galaxies.

Promotor: Prof.dr. M.K. Richardson

This thesis describes the development and optimization of the first molecular tools to study the enzyme PLA2G4E.

Promotor: E. Gittenberger, Co-promotor: B.W. Hoeksema

This dissertation is about Bayesian learning from data. How can humans and computers learn from data?

In this thesis, I focused on studying the above- and belowground interactions of J. vulgaris from a plant-soil feedback (hereafter, PSF) perspective. I investigated the temporal variation of negative PSF and examined the effects of root-associated bacteria on plant performance and aboveground herbiv…

Promotores: Prof.dr. G.F.A. Kersten, W. Jiskoot, Co-promotor: J-P. Amorij

A complex community of microbes develops in the infant gut shortly after birth. We call this community the infant gut microbiota. The microbiota influences the health of the infant, which makes the composition and function of the infant gut microbiota an important topic to study.

This thesis focuses on protoplanetary disks: flattened structures of gas and dust around young stars in which planets are expected to form and grow.

This thesis investigates opinion dynamics on random graphs through the lens of the voter model, a classical interacting particle system used to describe how consensus emerges in networks.

This thesis advances our understanding of lipid uptake, a vital first step in lipid metabolism, by developing innovative click chemistry-based tools to study how immune cells internalize lipids.

The specialisation Science Communication and Society (SCS) concerns science communication in a broad sense. The program focuses on the link between science and society and covers knowledge and skills in the field of science communication.

Promotor: E.F. Smets, Co-promotor: T.R. van Andel

Understanding the formation and evolution of planetary systems is one of the most fundamental challenges in astronomy. To directly image and study young exoplanets and the circumstellar disks they form from, dedicated high-contrast imaging instruments are built.

Promotor: G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotor: C.J.M. Muster

Promotor: Prof.dr. R. Verpoorte, Co-Promotor: Dr. Young Hae Choi

Lange tijd werd de Nederlandse politiek gedomineerd door drie ideologische stromingen: de christendemocratie, de sociaaldemocratie en het liberalisme. Inmiddels zijn deze hoofdstromen smaller geworden en zijn er ter linker- en rechterzijde diverse nieuwe politieke stromen en stroompjes ontstaan. In…

Promotor: Prof.dr. P.G.L Klinkhamer, Co-promotor: K. Vrieling

SDN (Software-Defined Networking) represents a revolutionary approach to network architecture that enables the dynamic and flexible management of network resources through software-based control. This dissertation introduces the idea of SDN and its southbound protocol OpenFlow, then presents the formal…