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Waar wij trots op zijn - Ontdekker van het jaar - Universiteit Leiden

Waar wij trots op zijn - Ontdekker van het jaar - Universiteit Leiden

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English summary<br />

W<strong>het</strong>her it concerns claim details of a large health insurance<br />

company, or sensor readings from a highway bridge, data miner<br />

Arno Knobbe from the <strong>Leiden</strong> Institute of Ad<strong>van</strong>ced Computer<br />

Science (LIACS) is not fazed. Just as long as the database is large<br />

and challenging, and he and his team can devel<strong>op</strong> smart methods<br />

to extract useful knowledge from the big pile of data. This could<br />

be care givers that claim ‘inefficiently’, or simply how the bridge<br />

responds to sunshine. “I like to work with datasets from practice.<br />

This is often so much more complex than you could imagine.<br />

Recognizing the fundamental problems in such practical applications<br />

can lead to nice theoretical ad<strong>van</strong>ces that are appreciated<br />

by the entire research field, not just by the insurance pe<strong>op</strong>le or<br />

civil engineers.”<br />

“Een netwerk <strong>van</strong> middeleeuwse zakelijke relaties.” 25

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