34 search results for “data science” in the Student website
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Data science for newbies: honours students learn to utilise AI
Brain scans, heart attacks and credit scores: many science applications revolve around data. But how do you mine applicable insights from a mountain of data? In a Bachelor Honours Class, students discover how data science can contribute to their discipline.
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Peter GrünwaldFaculty of Science
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Gino Bertrand KpogbezanFaculty of Science
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Kevin DuistersFaculty of Science
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Marta FioccoFaculty of Science
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Jelle GoemanFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Laura ZwepFaculty of Science
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Wouter van LoonSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Max van HaastrechtFaculty of Science
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Richard GillFaculty of Science
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Rob TijdemanFaculty of Science
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Jacqueline MeulmanFaculty of Science
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Wessel KraaijFaculty of Science
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Julian KarchSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Growing super legs for the Tour de France with the aid of Leiden data science
Only the fittest cyclists stand a chance of taking yellow in the brutal Tour de France. Team Jumbo-Visma is working with data scientists from Leiden. They have analysed the stages and performance of Jumbo-Visma’s riders in previous Grand Tours. And they are researching how to determine the fitness level…
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Wouter Verschoof-van der VaartFaculty of Archaeology
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Matthijs van Leeuwen: 'I want to teach students responsible data science'
Computer scientist Matthijs van Leeuwen is one of four science faculty members who obtained the Senior Qualification in Education in 2021. What was that like and what drives him? ‘In my own education I would have liked to see more attention paid to the responsibility that machine learning and data mining…
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Frank TakesFaculty of Science
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Cor VeenmanFaculty of Science
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Antoine CoudardFaculty of Science
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Matthijs van LeeuwenFaculty of Science
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Akrati SaxenaFaculty of Science
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Elise DusseldorpSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Maarten KampertSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Joost VisserFaculty of Science
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Dirk van der HoevenFaculty of Science
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Aske PlaatFaculty of Science
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Jan van RijnFaculty of Science
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Dutch Cancer Society allocates funds to a mathematician: for treating Ewing sarcoma with the help of an app
If doctors could better estimate a patient's chances of survival, this would help in choosing a specific treatment. It would be particularly beneficial for the rare and malignant Ewing sarcoma, which mainly affects children and adolescents. Mathematics professor Marta Fiocco has been awarded a substantial…
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KiKa grant for mathematician: how statistics helps fight bone cancer
Using mathematics to help children with bone cancer. It sounds a little strange, but for statistician Marta Fiocco, it's just her job. She gets a substantial grant from KiKa for it. With that money, she is going to study the effect of chemotherapy adjustments.
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Outbreak of an infectious disease? Mathematics helps in making quick, informed decisions
A job thanks to COVID—something not many people can claim. But PhD candidate Vera Arntzen can. Over the past four years, she has mapped two crucial characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 infections. Thanks to her research, experts can now make well-informed decisions on matters like quarantine duration, which…
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Medical Delta AI for Computational Life Sciences
The fact that scientists are increasingly better able to access molecular cell and tissue data also brings with it a new challenge: how can scientists find the information they need for research among the vast amount of data available?
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‘Using real-world data to enhance our healthcare system’
On 16 May 2022, Professor Michel Wouters from the Department of Biomedical Data Sciences at the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC), will deliver his inaugural lecture titled ‘Quality of Cancer Care: why the real world matters’. Wouters will use the opportunity to describe how quality registries…
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‘Technology shouldn’t shape our future; we should’
Technology holds so much promise – from self-driving cars to enhanced physical performance from smart implants under the skin. But we should not let ourselves be caught off guard. That is the message of Bart Custers, Professor of Law and Data Science in his inaugural lecture on 21 May. ‘We don’t talk…