Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Danhof, Co-promotor: O.E. Della Pasqua

Promotores: H.A. Udo De Haes, P.M. Brakefield

In this thesis, we examine various systems through the lens of several numerical methods.

The LIACS Media Lab has received a research grant from the worldwide leading graphics hardware company NVIDIA. The grant exists of newly developed hardware utilizing thousands of processors. LIACS researchers will use it to investigate deep learning in understanding imagery from sources such as MRI…

Promotor: Prof.dr. H.P. Spaink, Co-promotor: Prof.dr. A.H. Meijer

Despite being the object of intense study, embryonic development has been difficult to model due to a number of reasons. First, complex tissues can be comprised of many cell types, of which we probably only know a subset.

In this work, we attempt to answer the question:

This thesis aims to address offshore wind energy (OWE)-related environmental impacts.

This thesis investigated miniaturized mass spectrometry (MS)-based analytical methods to address challenges in analyzing biomass-restricted biological samples.

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Material circularity and energy efficiency are highly relevant and intertwined issues for the transition towards a carbon-neutral and circular built environment. In the Netherlands, the building sector has been rendered a priority towards a circular and low-carbon society.

In this special edition of Information Polity there is a focus on the transparency challenges of using algorithms in government in decision-making procedures at the macro-, meso-, and micro-levels.

An important part of the SCS specialisation is the internship period. Students will get the opportunity to get to know the field and to apply what they have learned during the courses.

Promotor: J.N. Kok, Co-promotor: C.M. Soares, A.J. Knobbe

In this thesis, we study different curved single crystals because of the diversity of surface structures across their curvature.

Indonesia is experiencing various environmental challenges related to its fast economic growth. Therefore, it is necessary to have measurable and applicable indicators to obtain accurate data and information regarding the costs of adverse environmental impacts arising from economic activities to support…

The research in this dissertation aims to optimise blood donation processes in the framework of the Dutch national blood bank Sanquin. The primary health risk for blood donors is iron deficiency, which is evaluated based on donors' hemoglobin and ferritin levels.

Software development is a complex process. It is important that software products become stable and maintainable assets.

Promotor: F. Arbab, R. De Nicola, Co-Promotor: M. Tribastone

This dissertation investigates how the efficiency of Computed Tomography (CT) can be improved for dynamic scientific and industrial applications.

Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS) invites applications for a PhD position within the project ‘Libraries as Links in Learning: Making the Meaning of Manuscripts’ (1.0 fte, 4 years). The PhD candidate will track changing professional and scholarly practices and attitudes towards…

Vast, often populated, areas in dryland ecosystems face the dangers of desertification.

The experiments described in this thesis employ local lentiviral knockdowns in brain areas of female zebra finches followed by behavioural assays consisting of preference and Go/Nogo tasks.

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Transplantation of labial salivary glands to the eyelids for patients with dry eye appears to give excellent results clinically.

To meet the rising demand for minerals driven by the global shift to clean energy technologies, ensuring responsible and resilient supply chains is critical. Minerals like cobalt, lithium, and nickel for batteries, neodymium and zinc for wind turbines, and indium for solar panels are essential.

Robert Ietswaart doet bij de befaamde Harvard Medical School in Boston onderzoek naar humane genregulatie. Hij ontwikkelde een machine learning-algoritme om beter te kunnen voorspellen of een kandidaatmedicijn bijwerkingen kan gaan vertonen. Ietswaart studeerde wiskunde en natuurkunde in Leiden, en…

Dit op casestudies gebaseerde Engelstalige boek over multivariate analyse voor gevorderde studenten in de geesteswetenschappen legt de nadruk op beschrijvende, exploratieve analyses van verschillende soorten datasets uit een breed scala van subdisciplines, waarbij het gebruik van multivariate analyse…

Supply risks are not new. But the aggravation of power conflicts on the international stage coupled with global shifts towards energy transition and digitalization has triggered the next supply risk research era.

Promotor: Prof.dr. G.P. van Wezel

Op 11 juni 2020 verdedigde Sabine Witting haar proefschrift 'Child Sexual Abuse in the Digital Era: Rethinking Legal Frameworks and Transnational Law Enforcement Collaboration'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.mr. J.J. Sloth-Nielsen en prof.dr.mr. S. van der Hof.

Learning analytics kijkt vooral naar de online leeractiviteiten van studenten. Maar wat als een groot deel van het leren offline, buiten digitale ogen, plaatsvindt? In dit learning analytics project doen we onderzoek naar wat voor remediëringsactiviteiten, online en offline, ondernemen nadat ze gepersonaliseerd…

De huidige en toekomstige quantumcomputers vormen dezelfde uitdaging als de laser in zijn begindagen. In theorie werd voorspeld dat de laser een bron van zeer speciaal, zeer krachtig licht zou zijn. Maar in die tijd waren er geen duidelijke toepassingen voor. Critici van het idee noemden het een probleem…

As a non-invasive genetic method, eDNA based approaches have become an important component of ecologists' and environmental managers' toolkits for biomonitoring in conservation and an increasingly important source of ecological knowledge.

In-use stocks of products can be considered as intermediaries between human needs and the physical world.

Een intelligente vertaalmachine gebaseerd op nieuwe ontwikkelingen in machine learning gaat de concurrentie aan met grote vertaalservices als die van Google. Maar ook Google maakt grote vorderingen sinds het is het is overgestapt op deep learning, aldus informatica-onderzoeker Suzan Verberne in de V…

Reinforcement learning, agents en classificatie: dit zijn slechts enkele van de onderwerpen die onderzoekers op de BNAIC/BeneLearn-conferentie 2020 hebben besproken. Het was de eerste keer dat de Universiteit Leiden als gastheer optrad voor de jaarlijkse Belgisch Nederlandse Kunstmatige Intelligentie…