Did you know we offer free training materials for your own use? 🎓 All materials are collaboratively developed with the research community and are openly available. For instance, our lesson materials about good practices in research software development carpentries-incubator.github.io/good-practic...

We are looking forward to the meet-up of RST-NL next week on the 9th of October in Utrecht! Check the programme and please let us know if you will attend 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-s... Registration closes Sunday 5h of October at 23:30 hrs.

The eScience blog is back from a well-deserved holiday period. Checkout @egpbos.bsky.social 's latest post about user-friendliness. blog.esciencecenter.nl/be-like-jurr...

At the LUMC’s Research Data Day on 23 September there were many shared interests between participants, particularly around Software Management Plans and Research Software Training. Researchers who see opportunities to cooperate with the eScience Center in these areas are welcome to contact us!

🔸What is FAIR software? 🔸Why is software publication and citation important? 🔸Why are software licenses important? The masterclass 'Research Software Support Training' on 5 and 19 November covers hands-on exercises and many opportunities to ask questions. 👉

New paper by @fjwillemsen.bsky.social with Rob van Nieuwpoort and Ben van Werkhoven. They show that while auto-tuning frameworks rely heavily on optimization algorithms, their hyperparameters are almost never tuned—despite being crucial for efficiency. Read the blog 👉https://tinyurl.com/yrwvyaup

Check out the The CAFE Method: Building and Sustaining a Network of Inclusive Programming Communities for Researchers. The project provides resources, guidance, and a community-building framework to help research institutions across the Netherlands establish local Programming Cafes. See 👉 tdcc.nl

Flashback to the RDA event in The Hague earlier this month. Check out the collaborative notes and find links to all presentations here: 🔗 lcrdm.nl/rda-in-the-netherlands-for-members-new-and-seasoned/ Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you’re interested in exploring the topics further!

Check out the upcoming RST-NL events! 🔸9 October: a small free Software trainers meet-up 🔸5 and 19 November: Research Software Support Training 🔸5 March: Annual RST-NL day 🔸Carpentries Instructor Trainings. Dates to be announced For more information see researchsoftwaretraining.nl/opportunitie...

Join us on 25 November for National Research Software Day! Showcase and discover software, discuss trends and policies and help shape the NL-RSE community. 🕑 25 November, 9:30-17:00 hrs 📍 @Lijm & Cultuur, Delft. Only 26 tickets left! nl-rse.org/pages/nrsd-2... #NL-RSE #TUDelft #LCRDM.

In 2024 we started working on the DroneML project which involved processing archaeological sensor data recorded with drones using machine learning. This led to the development of CoeusAI, a plugin for the open-source software package QGIS. Read all about it: www.esciencecenter.nl/news/anomali...

Tip:👇online lectures at the Centre for Digital Humanities @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social Artificial intelligence (AI) lies at the heart of today’s geopolitical tensions. These lectures explore how digital humanities can help us navigate this rapidly changing landscape. cdh.uu.nl/cdh-online-l...

'Efficient Construction of Large Search Spaces for Auto-Tuning' by Floris-Jan Willemsen (co-authors Rob van Nieuwpoort and Ben van Werkhoven) won Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP)! For more information & the paper 👉 www.esciencecenter.nl/news/best-pa...

We are kickstarting Research Software Training NL (RST-NL)! Our first upcoming training is 🔸 16 and 17 September: online Carpentries Instructor Training for new software trainers to get certified as Carpentries Instructor. 🔗 For more information and to sign up: www.eventbrite.com/e/online-ins...

We zijn op zoek naar een - Office Assistant (24- 32 uur) - Je bent het aanspreekpunt voor eventmanagement, secretariële en facilitaire ondersteuning in ons team met een passie voor academisch onderzoek. Spreekt jou dit aan? Lees verder op esciencecenter.nl/careers/office-assistant-24-32-uur/

🚨 Open eScience Call 2025 We’d love to work on smart, impactful, and fun projects - but we depend on you to write a great proposal. So here are 5 tips to help make your project one we’re all excited to work on. 👉 blog.esciencecenter.nl/5-tips-for-w...

The Lorentz Center and the @esciencecenter.bsky.social invite researchers to join the eScience Center - Lorentz Competition 2025. This year the focus is on: Advancing AI Techniques for Scientific Research and Scholarship More information: bit.ly/4fCmx1a

Open eScience Call 2025 is open for submissions to researchers from all disciplines for in-kind support from eScience Center research software engineers: www.esciencecenter.nl/calls-for-pr... Interested?`Register now for our information event on September 4th: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-inf...

We’d love to work on smart, impactful, and fun projects – but we depend on you to write a great proposal. So here are 5 tips to help make your project one we’re all excited to work on 👇 medium.com/@peter.kalve...

We have a new open call!! Apply now before the deadline (www.esciencecenter.nl/calls-for-pr...)! 🎉

OPEN CALL! We're thrilled to be announcing the 2025 Open eScience Call. If you are a researcher looking for support from a Research Software Engineer (RSE) for your research project, submit your proposal by 13 October. Learn more here: www.esciencecenter.nl/calls-for-pr...

In our newest blog, Carsten reminds us: FAIR principles still matter — maybe more than ever. AI can sound smart, but if we can’t find, check or reuse what it spits out, is it science or just a fancy remix? Read the full breakdown here:

In this blog post, @jjjvanderhooft.bsky.social reflects on the challenges and lessons learned from organizing a computational omics workshop in @w-u-r.bsky.social

How can we verify privacy in data releases? Flavio Hafner's series on privacy and machine learning continues: Part 2 shows how differential privacy constrains the extent to which a hacker can find out about single records from a private data release: blog.esciencecenter.nl/empirically-...

For our latest #SoftwareSpotlight, we're featuring MUSCLE3, a software that helps scientists connect computer models to work together. This is useful when studying complex systems—like climate change, energy grids or the human body. Learn more here: research-software-directory.org/software/mus...

Are your research datasets eating up terabytes of valuable storage space? In our latest blog, our RSE, Bart, explains compression techniques for NetCDF files that can reduce storage needs. Learn how these methods can save space and reduce your carbon footprint: blog.esciencecenter.nl/keeping-your...

In his second installment of our investigative series, Suvayu delves deeper into the enigmatic case of missing symbols that can perplex developers. 🕵️‍♂️ Discover how advanced debugging tools can shed light on these elusive issues. Read the full blog here:

In our last #FellowFeature, we are showcasing the project from @ppmzwetsloot.bsky.social. Peter-Paul is exploring whether a federated learning infrastructure is feasible for the future national cardiomyopathy register. Learn more about his project here.

In the latest blog, we learn how the open-source benchmark compares training speed across different supercomputers, including secure environments. Key takeaways? Hardware differences drive performance gaps and multi-GPU scaling is efficient. Learn more:

We are excited to share Dr. Henk Cremers as the latest #FellowFeature. As an Asst. Prof. at the @uva.nl Clinical Psychology program, Henk's focuses project focuses on mental health research software that makes data more accessible. Read more about his project:

Over the past years, eScience Center RSEs have worked on lesson materials for the 'Introduction to Deep Learning course. Now, the lesson is published in The @carpentries Lab. Read about the lesson and our experience with the process in this blog! #deeplearning

What if you could analyze sensitive data without ever moving it? 🤯 That’s exactly what Vantage6 does! This powerful tool sends the analysis to where the data lives—keeping everything secure and private. Developed by experts at IKNL, Maastricht University and the eScience Center!

Curious about the main challenges and opportunities for RSEs in the Netherlands? Eager to support the professionals in these roles? Join the NL-RSE webinar tomorrow!

Faced with a buggy library, most people will just give up and wait for a patch to be released. Certainly not our engineers. Check out RSE Suvayu's debugging journey in our latest blog:

On 21 March, KB Lab will host a conference in collaboration with the Semantics of Sustainability project. RSEs Carsten Schnober and Angel Daza have helped develop advanced machine learning applications for the analysis of historical data in this project.

Meet Stefan Kirsch, an eScience Center Fellow dedicated to making research software more sustainable! In his fellowship, he focuses on improving software best practices in the scientific community.

Still using MATLAB but want to make your models more shareable? In our latest blog, Bart Schilperoort explores how containerizing MATLAB Runtime with Docker makes it easier to run and share MATLAB applications—without needing a MATLAB license! Check it out: blog.esciencecenter.nl/sharing-matl...

Why would anyone tell a researcher truthfully about breaking the law? 'Randomized response' uses coin flips to provide plausible deniability. Check out this blog by Flavio Hafner on how differential privacy protects sensitive data while enabling researchers to gain insights!

Meet Tina Rozsos! From championing Open Science to bridging the gap between research and technology, Tina is making waves in the scientific community! In our latest #FellowFeature, she shares insights on her work, passion for reproducible research and the impact of collaboration.

Meet Rosemary! This web-based application, developed by the eScience Center in collaboration with CLARIAH, provides an accessible interface to explore public Linked Data—no SPARQL knowledge needed. #SoftwareSpotlight

Making your data and code FAIR may sound like a new extra responsibility. But, is it new? Check out what Pablo Rodríguez-Sánchez has to say in our most recent blog.

Registration closes 3 March! Don't miss the opportunity to take this workshop taught by experts on Machine learning in python with scikit-learn. Sign up today!

🚀 Ready to dive into Machine Learning with Python? Join us for the Machine Learning in Python with scikit-learn workshop! Enhance your skills with practical learning and expert guidance. Don't miss out—register now! 👉 buff.ly/41nKsMn #MachineLearning #Python #DataScience"

Meet Mara Bialas in this week's #FellowFeature. She is leading Turtle and Hare Workshops (TAHWS), a platform connecting beginner software users ("turtles") with advanced users ("hares") to exchange open-source software skills.🐢 🐰

Meet Yorben Lodema, our next #FellowFeature and a PhD candidate at Utrecht UMC! Yorben is on a mission to make electroencephalography (EEG) processing more accessible to clinical researchers. Read more:

The @turingway.bsky.social is collecting positive impact stories - here's ours, written by Carlos Martinez. If you would like to share your own positive impact story, you can do that here: https://buff.ly/4aNIwQl

We've got another #FellowFeature coming your way. This time, we're highlighting the project from Anne Mickan, a research software engineer at Radboud UMC. Learn more about how she is making medical diagnostics accessible to the public!

Interested in becoming a certified Carpentries Instructor? Join the training from 4-5 March! The training will be held online and registration closes 24 February!

In this month's #SoftwareSpotlight, we're featuring Speckcn2, a Python package designed by the eScience Center and TU Delft to revolutionize laser-based satellite communications. Using machine learning to analyse star twinkling patterns, it estimates atmospheric turbulence. https://buff.ly/3E91yo2

A big thank you to everyone who joined our Introduction to Deep Learning workshop! 🧠💻 It was a fantastic session filled with learning, collaboration and curiosity. We're grateful to have such an engaged group of participants!