LLMs can be genuinely useful tools when they’re pointed at the right problems, with the right constraints and the right human oversight. Scientific communication is one of those problems. Check out this blog piece by our engineer Jesse García: blog.esciencecenter.nl/making-llms-...

Planning on submitting a proposal for Open eScience Call 2026? Read Peter Kalverla's blog first to set your project up for success 👇 blog.esciencecenter.nl/5-tips-for-w...

📝 Sign up for our #HPC with #Python and RS-DAT workshop! Learn how to scale your data analyses in Python to clusters and supercomputers using the RS-DAT framework using #Dask, #Jupyter and #Pydata tooling! 🗓️ 19 March from 13:00 – 17:00 📍 SURF Utrecht Register: www.surf.nl/en/agenda/hi...

𝟱 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵: 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 OEC26 is open to researchers from all disciplines to receive in-kind support from eScience Center research software engineers. Interested? Register now for our information event on 5 March! www.eventbrite.nl/e/online-inf...

On 16 and 17 February, the #JASP team organised a #hackathon where 27 participants from 6 countries learned how to contribute to their own modules to the JASP ecosystem! Special thanks to @ejwagenmakers.bsky.social, @pabrod.bsky.social, Stefan Verhoeven & Zowi Mens for making the event a success!

Achieve incredible computing capabilities with our #GPU Programming workshops. We will teach you the basics knowledge of #Numba and #CuPy required to start a journey in the world of GPUs. Registration for our GPU Programming workshop is now open! 👉 buff.ly/gHllLb1

 "If I had to describe the eScience Center's culture I would say: social anomaly. I enjoy the freedom and the way we interact and inspire each other. " What’s it like to work at the eScience Center? Hear it from the people who work here. Read Pablo's story: www.esciencecenter.nl/our-stories/...

How to choose the best way of making your research code and data available? Roel Janssen, Jason Maassen and Carlos Martinez-Ortiz present an automated way of synchronizing 4TU.ResearchData with the Research Software Directory. Read the blog 👉 buff.ly/3dwRDRP

📣 The Open eScience Call 2026 is launched! The call is aimed at researchers that require the development and application of advanced research software. - Deadline for submitting project propositions: 30 March - Deadline for full proposals: 8 June For details, see

We had planned on 8 proposals to be granted for OEC 25, but we managed 11 grants instead. We're happy to announce the grants for the projects below and can't wait to start working on them, all of which have the potential to have a significant social impact: www.esciencecenter.nl/news/awarded...

If you would like to join our workshop as an observer or if we can help you implement any of our trainings, please don't hesitate to reach out to [email protected]!

These are the happy faces of satisfied participants who have completed the Reproducible Research Through Reusable Code Workshop! Next to training researchers, we also had a few software trainers joining from different institutes across NL, who are considering to start offering this training locally!

Peter Kalverla is the new Programme Officer at the eScience Center! He is a familiar face, having been a core part of our community as Senior Research Software Engineer. He will be responsible for the full lifecycle of our call programme. buff.ly/vFlCD57%E2%8...

#Vacancy We are looking for a Business Operations Manager. 🔹If you combine strategic insight with hands-on leadership 🔹have a strong background in operations and finance 🔹enjoy working in a research-driven environment this could be the role for you: www.esciencecenter.nl/careers/prog...

#ICYMI: The seats for the Build Your Own #JASP Module #hackathon are quickly running out. It is not only free, we are even offering travel grants! Want to join us in Amsterdam on 16 and 17 February? Register here ➡️ jasp-stats.org/2026/01/27/a...

📣 The Netherlands eScience Center has a new Director: @Menno Rasch. He brings extensive management experience and deep expertise in Research Software, gained within the academic community. Welcome to our organisation, Menno! www.esciencecenter.nl/news/menno-r...

Are you going to be at @fosdem.org as well on 31 January and 1 February? We'd love to see you there! Get in touch with your contact person at the eScience Center to see which of our colleagues are attending so you can plan to meet up. #FOSDEM

#Vacancy We are looking for a Programme and Education Coordinator to play a key role in developing, coordinating, and sustainably embedding the RS-engD track: a high-quality training and professional development programme for Research Software Engineers (RSEs). Read more and apply: buff.ly/ERlSwt1

📢 A shout out to our Community Managers Carlos, Fenne and Jason for Community Manager Appreciation Day! You have made the Research Software community a vibrant, innovative, and welcoming space for everyone. Thank you for all the hard work you do to foster connection, collaboration, and growth.

𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 “𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲”: 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝟱𝟬% 𝗼𝗳𝗳! To remove road blocks and to stimulate open and reproducible code development, we now reduce the costs for this workshop on 4 February. (People that already registered will get a 50% refund). buff.ly/OcbtjJC

We are thrilled to receive this €5.4M grant from Open Science NL! 🎉 Research *needs* research software. This funding allows us to give research software the attention it deserves. With this grant, we'll be able to support our mission to empower researchers through innovative software.

Please fill in the 2026 International RSE Survey. You don’t need to be called an RSE to complete the survey. Your formal job title does not matter: if you develop software for academic research as part of your work, we want to hear from you. @nl-rse.bsky.social

The 2026 International RSE Survey is now live! This survey will help us better understand what RSEs need and how we can advocate for the community with policymakers and funders. We'd really appreciate your input. Please share with your networks. #RSEng www.software.ac.uk/news/2026-in...

Fun to teach on FAIR in practice #DataDays #VilniusUniversity. Slides: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... Resources: @elixir-europe.org rdmkit.elixir-europe.org & #Health-RI @elixir-nl.bsky.social fairmetroline.org With session by @esciencecenter.bsky.social #FenneRiemslagh on reproducible research software

27 & 28 January: Introduction to Deep Learning. This workshop covers the basics of deep learning in a practical and hands-on manner. Upon completion, you will be able to train your first neural network and understand what next steps to take to improve the model. Register now! buff.ly/vr9Tdi8

Join us for the 1-day workshop Reproducible Research through Reusable Code and create more impact with your software! Bring your own code and learn how to use GitHub and write clear documentation. You will enable others to use your code, and also your future self. buff.ly/e4pZeso

If you didn't receive our quarterly Training and Workshops Newsletter last week, you've missed updates on our new workshops and upcoming events. Our next newsletter will be sent out in April: subscribe now and be the first to know about our workshops. Read the newsletter: mailchi.mp/esciencecent...

“The eScience Center is a friendly and inspiring place to work. People from different backgrounds share knowledge, exchange ideas and support each other. Everyone has the chance to keep learning and growing.” What’s it like to work at the eScience Center? www.esciencecenter.nl/our-stories/...

Do you need code to be fast and portable? Consider using Julia to write code that can run fast, anywhere. In this blog, Bart Schilperoort explains how to write Julia code than can run on any GPU, and why you would want to do that. 👉 blog.esciencecenter.nl/3710cc8362da...

Are you familiar with machine learning, but intimidated to explore deep learning on your own? 👉 On 27 January we are hosting a hands-on 'Introduction to Deep Learning' workshop. Get more information and register here: www.esciencecenter.nl/event/introd...

Do you want to develop your own module in #JASP? Join our free hackathon on 16-17 February 2026 in Amsterdam! For more information and registration see 👉 jasp-stats.org/2025/11/21/a... @jaspstats.bsky.social

We are wishing everyone a fantastic new year! We'd also like to take the opportunity to thank all our partners, including the anonymous people who reviewed our #OpeneScienceCall2025! We couldn't have done it without you! 🥂 🫶

We developed a new training in Fundamentals of Natural Language Processing in Python and we would appreciate your feedback. Please have a look at our new lesson materials and help us improve them: carpentries-incubator.github.io/Natural-lang...

As another year of innovation and collaboration comes to a close, we look back at the wonderful opportunities we’ve had to support the scientific community through open and sustainable research software. We look forward to continuing this journey with you in the coming year! Happy holidays!

Read our December newsletter with updates on projects and workshops, new blogs and of course the December Roundup. mailchi.mp/esciencecent.... Do you want to stay up to date? Subscribe! esciencecenter.us8.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

Are you interested in developing your own module in #JASP? Join our free hackathon on 16-17 February 2026. More information and registration: jasp-stats.org/2025/11/21/a... @jaspstats.bsky.social

New blog! ✍️ The DReaMS community is committed to advancing research software management (RSM) through training, and emphasising the importance of sustainability, version control, and FAIR and Open Science. Read the account of the community meetup: blog.esciencecenter.nl/strengthenin...

🎁✨ This Sinterklaas, the eScience Center unwraps a poetic tribute to research software engineers — the quiet heroes behind FAIR, reliable science. Read our festive ode! blog.esciencecenter.nl/a-special-gi...

In a pilot workshop this week we taught our new lesson materials about Natural Language Processing for the first time. We thank all the participants for the positive and constructieve feedback we received. We will be offering the workshop in 2026. We'll keep you posted!

November was filled with seminars, conferences and workshops and the eScience Center was very busy gathering and disseminating knowledge. In our November Roundup we share just a few of the interesting events organised in the research software community. 👉 www.esciencecenter.nl/news/novembe...

NRSD 2025 was a great success, thanks to the professional organisation by TU Delft and NL-RSE and the funding provided by TU Delft, LCRDM and Open Science NL. There was substantial input from the eScience Center, and we took home many insights and much inspiration! Read our account: buff.ly/bNB26sh

National Research Software Day was a succes in itself, but an especially memorable day for Fenne Riemslagh: she won 2000 euros of TDCC-NES funding for starting-up a soft skill training in 2026. We will share more about the details of her plan next year!

At the eScience Center we pride ourselves on sharing stories about our work and our projects. We sometimes need a little push to get started, especially when you have a lot of ideas in you head. RSE @pabrod.bsky.social has just the scheme to remove that writers block. buff.ly/1UyCaD9

"Thought provoking discussions, and role playing grumpy researchers who do not want to fill in an software management plan". 👆 A quote from our Research Software Support Training. Sounds interesting? Subscribe to our Training Newsletter for 2026 workshop updates: buff.ly/MKdAoeo

🎙️ New ODISSEI Podcast episode! Flavio Hafner & @maltelueken.bsky.social from @esciencecenter.bsky.social discuss how Research Software Engineers support social science research, share examples from projects, and explore collaboration and future opportunities. 🎧 Listen: edu.nl/8bf7m

What’s it like to work at the eScience Center? Hear it directly from the people who work here. 👉 check out Jason's story: www.esciencecenter.nl/our-stories/

Grateful to @odissei.bsky.social for having us on their podcast! 🎙️ We enjoyed diving into this hot topic: making science more reproducible, sustainable, and efficient! Check out the episode here 👇: odissei.transistor.fm/episodes/dat...

The Netherlands eScience Center is looking for an Executive Director. Interested candidates are invited to contact Holtrop Ravesloot via [email protected] or view the vacancy on our website buff.ly/o3ku6BO (in Dutch). Apply by 23 November via [email protected]

𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱, 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱! On 25 November, we celebrate National Research Software Day with 🔸 Keynote talks: Prof. Eric-Jan Wagenmakers and Dr. Connie Clare 🔸 Parallel sessions 🔸 Unconference sessions 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁𝘀! For more info and registration 👉 nl-rse.org/pages/nrsd-2...

"What I created during my time at the eScience Center is not limited to one specific purpose but can immediately be deployed in other people's research. I’m proud to have made an impact in that way." @fjwillemsen.bsky.social about his time as a PhD student at the eScience Center: buff.ly/NhZrOqk