Can you list me the names of IAS (The Institute for Advanced Study) under University of Amsterdam excellence students for Thesis prize 2019?

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IAS Excellence Students for Thesis prize 2019


Eva Abels, Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Effects of a 12-week aerobic exercise intervention on hippocampal neurometabolism in young healthy adults – A 7T MRS study


Julia Anten, Computational Science
Causal mapping of major depression in complexity modelling


Bas Chatel, Computational Science
Causal mapping of major depression in complexity modelling


Mario Giulianelli, Artificial Intelligence
Linguistic phenomena of homophily and alignment in public conversations


Natalie Anne Kastel, Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Revolutionizing education through complexity theory


Fiona Lipperta, Computational Science
Information dissipation in criminal networks


Sofia Orellana, Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Longitudinal functional network changes in glioma patients


David Santamaría Legarda, Logic and Mathematics
Theory of classes


Simone Schneider, Cultural Sociology
Paying for erotic online intimacy. Motivations and gratifications of consumers of adult webcam performances


Prize winners 2019

The selection committee decided to award three students a prize:

Eva Abels received a 500 euro cash prize for her thesis "Effects of a 12-week aerobic exercise intervention on hippocampal neurometabolism in young healthy adults – A 7T MRS study." The selection committee praised Eva for the massive amount of work she has done and her excellent reporting;

Sofia Orellana was awarded the opportunity to present her work at the International Conference on Computational Science next year (ICCS 2020). The selection committee specifically praised the novelty of her thesis: "Detecting Cascading Network Failure in Glioma: Developing a novel metric for failure assessment".

Fiona Lippert received a book for her rigorous work on "Information Dissipation in Criminal Networks".


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