Sign up for a 20-hour interactive workshop to strengthen your use of Open Educational Resources in your training practices. The workshop is taught by Angelos Konstantinidis , educational advisor at the University of Groningen. Registration is open now - only 25 spots available: buff.ly/JsmYVj1
โ๏ธ Don't forget to sign up for the GPU Programming workshop on 17 + 18 March. Registration closes on Tuesday 9 March. www.esciencecenter.nl/event/gpu-pr...
๐ข Are you joining us?
Our information session for the Open eScience Center 2026 call starts at 14:00! Ask all your burning questions and learn more about what itโs like to work with the eScience Center on your research project. Sign up: buff.ly/DTxrV76
@opensciencenl.bsky.social has awarded funding to 45 projects aimed at building and enhancing national research infrastructure. The Research Software Directory will play a major role in five of these projects, reflecting the growing role of research software!
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If you are considering submitting a proposal for the Open eScience Call 2026 and are new to the eScience Center, we strongly recommend attending the online information event on 5 March. There, we will inform you about the specific aims of the Open eScience Call.
Register now๐ buff.ly/DTxrV76
LLMs can be genuinely useful tools when theyโre 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 Garcรญa:
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 ๐
blog.esciencecenter.nl/5-tips-for-w...
๐ 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!
๐๏ธ 19 March from 13:00 โ 17:00
๐ SURF Utrecht
Register:
www.surf.nl/en/agenda/hi...
๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต: ๐๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ข๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ
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!
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โฏ"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.โฏ" Whatโs 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 ๐ buff.ly/3dwRDRP
๐ฃ The Open eScience Call 2026 is launched!
Theโฏcallโฏis aimed at researchersโฏthat 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 training@esciencecenter.nl!
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!
Peterย Kalverlaย is the new Programme Officer at the eScienceย Center! He is a familiar face, having been a core part of our community as Senior Research Software Engineer.ย He willย be responsible forย the full lifecycle of our call programme. buff.ly/vFlCD57%E2%8...
#Vacancy We are looking for a Business Operations Manager.
๐นIf you combine strategic insight with hands-on leadership
๐นhave a strong background in operations and finance
๐นenjoy 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 โก๏ธ jasp-stats.org/2026/01/27/a...
๐ฃ 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
๐ข 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.
๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ โ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒโ: ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฌ% ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ! 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).
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We are thrilled to receive this โฌ5.4M grant from Open Science NL! ๐
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 ourโฏmission to empower researchers through innovative software.
Please fill in the 2026 International RSE Survey.
You donโt 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
