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Carsten Schnober @carschno.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

As RSEs, we are in a constant identity crisis. I have asked my colleagues how they see themselves.

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Carsten Schnober @carschno.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I am happy to be part of the teaching team!

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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The irony has not escaped us: our organization advocates for open science, and yet we publish our blog in a closed platform... Do we? Well, not any more! blog.esciencecenter.nl/posts/2026-0...

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New, refurbished blog

Goodbye, Medium! Our blog is now self-hosted! Dear readers, In the spirit of open science, we decided to leave Medium as our blogging platform. Since today, our blog is fully owned by us and 100%…

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Carsten Schnober @carschno.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

@geschichte.fm Ich habe eine interaktive Visualisierung der Named Entities von euren Folgenbeschreibungen gemacht, als kleinen Dank für euren schönen Podcast: carschno.github.io/gag/

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Analysis: Geschichten aus der Geschichte - Carsten Schnober

Software Engineer, NLP and Machine Learning Research, Information Retrieval and Search

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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

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...

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Open eScience Call 2025 (OEC 2025) - eScience Center

Summary of this call: Purpose of this call This call for proposals supports research that requires the development and application of advanced research software. Each proposal should address an…

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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

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:

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Could AI be (in) FAIR?

Open Science is driven by FAIR principles. Made for data, adapted for software, how can they survive the current wave of "Artificial…

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

"A primary requirement for being a leader in AI... is to be a herald of the impending arrival of our digital messiah: superintelligent AI... Before you get nervous about all the times you were rude to Alexa, know this: A growing cohort of researchers...aren’t buying [it]" www.wsj.com/tech/ai/arti...

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Why Superintelligent AI Isn’t Taking Over Anytime Soon

Despite claims from top names in AI, researchers argue that fundamental flaws in reasoning models mean bots aren’t on the verge of exceeding human smarts.

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Carsten Schnober @carschno.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

PublicSpaces Conferentie in Amsterdam, June 2025: Shaping our Digital Future & Hyperlink: conference.publicspaces.net

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PublicSpaces Conferentie

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Carsten Schnober @carschno.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Ein Artikel von mir über OpenAI, ChatGPT (in German): www.golem.de/news/trainin... @golemde.bsky.social

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Golem.de: IT-News für Profis

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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Learn the basics of deep learning, including deep neural networks, data preparation, and convolutional layers during our (deep learning) workshop on 28-29 January in Amsterdam Science Park! buff.ly/3BZTMw6..

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Introduction to Deep Learning

This workshop gives an introduction to deep learning for researchers who are familiar with the basics of (non-deep) machine learning.

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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Hot tip: check out, if you can subscribe to: www.the-syllabus.com They slog through, curate, and surface worthwhile writing etc, delivered weekly out of the ocean of internet slop. Such a truly useful resource in this scattered, threadbare info environment ❤️🙏

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The Syllabus

The good content is already here; it’s just not evenly distributed

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Carsten Schnober @carschno.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

In particular, a replacement for SentenceBert. Which is even cooler!

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Tom Aarsen @tomaarsen.com · 19/12/2024

Links: - Blogpost: huggingface.co/blog/modernb... - ModernBERT-base: huggingface.co/answerdotai/... - ModernBERT-large: huggingface.co/answerdotai/... - Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2412.13663 - Transformers Documentation: huggingface.co/docs/transfo...

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Finally, a Replacement for BERT: Introducing ModernBERT

We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.

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Carsten Schnober @carschno.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

"Not being important is not the same as being mediocre."

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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Last week, several colleagues from the eScience Center attended the @odissei.bsky.social conference in Utrecht - a conference that brings together over 400 participants to connect, share ideas and explore cutting-edge research in computational social sciences.

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Jeroen Clemens 📚🌱🇺🇦🇵🇸 @jeroencl.eurosky.social · 06/12/2024

HSN conferentie 2024 Op 22 en 23 november vond de inmiddels 37ste HSN Conferentie Onderwijs Nederlands plaats in Brussel. Karolien Vertriest en ik waren de leiders van de kolom Digitale geletterdheid & didactiek. Kijk hier naar de presentaties www.jeroenclemens.nl/hsn-conferen...

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HSN conferentie 2024 Digitale Geletterdheid – Jeroen Clemens Edublog

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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Can we use weather models to render a video-game-like image of our city? The answer is yes! Check out how in today's blog post by Peter Kalverla. medium.com/@peter.kalverla/b609a340cde4?source=friends_link&sk=c222c50d99e817c3d8211a6753db49df

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Amsterdam as seen by a weather model

Visualizing local climate zones in 3D with the Cityblocks package

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Carsten Schnober @carschno.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

I saw @meredithmeredith.bsky.social yesterday @debalie.bsky.social, brilliant! There was no time, though, to ask a slightly tangential question: how do their objectives impact the way the (tech) team of @signal.org works, compared to generic tech companies?

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Computational Humanities Research @comphumresearch.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

🔍 The full program for #CHR2024 is now available! Join us for cutting-edge computational humanities research and discussions. See the complete schedule at: 2024.computational-humanities-research.org/programme/

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Computational Humanities Research 2024

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Computational Humanities Research @comphumresearch.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Our proceedings are out! 🚨 They include no less than 78 papers that reflect the diverse and innovative research happening within the Computational Humanities. Take a dive here: ceur-ws.org/Vol-3834/

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CEUR-WS.org/Vol-3834 - Computational Humanities Research 2024

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Carsten Schnober @carschno.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

@emilymbender.bsky.social do you (or anyone else) have a tip for a paper or talk specifically addressing the short-comings and risks of RAG? You address it in your great ChatGP-why talk, but I am looking for something more specific to RAG. Any hints or references?

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