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We are the Dutch national centre of expertise for research software.

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ODISSEI @odissei.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Registration is open for the ODISSEI Conference 2026 🎉 A special edition marking 10 years! Join us 24 Nov, 09:00–18:00 at Jaarbeurs, Utrecht. Admission is free 🆓 Keynotes by @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social (EUI) & Ana-Andreea Stoica ( Max Planck Institute) 🎤 👉 odissei-data.nl/event/odisse...
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ODISSEI Conference 2026 - Special Edition: 10 Years of ODISSEI - ODISSEI – Open Data Infrastructure for Social Science and Economic Innovations
ODISSEI is hosting its next live conference on 24 November 2026, bringing together the computational social science community in the Netherlands and beyond.
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Are you struggling to train machine learning models because of insufficient data? Check out Simone Ciarella's guide on how synthetic data generated by readily available diffusion models can get you out of a pickle! blog.esciencecenter.nl/posts/2026-0...
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Using diffusion models for generating synthetic training data
And why you might want to do it in the first place
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Join the @opensciencenl.bsky.social online orientation session for the upcoming Open Science Infrastructure call on 26 October 2026. The session will provide practical information about the call, with plenty of opportunity to ask questions: www.openscience.nl/en/calendar/...
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Online orientation session for the new Open Science Infrastructure call | Open Science NL
The proposed new Open Science Infrastructure call for proposals is due to open in autumn 2026. To prepare potential applicants for this funding round, Open Science NL is organising an online…
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Deep Learning workshop was a success, thanks to our participants and teachers Robin, @carschno.bsky.social, Angel and Alexander. Would you like to take this course as well? Subscribe to our newsletter and to know when we offer it again: esciencecenter.us8.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Only a few days left to nominate a researcher or research team for the Dutch Data Prize. This year it's not just about FAIR data but also FAIR software! 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝟯𝟬 𝘀𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿. researchdata.nl/en/dutch-dat...
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Join the highly interactive, 2-day workshop at the Netherlands eScience Center in Amsterdam on parallel programming in #Python on Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 October. Deadline for registration is 7 October: www.esciencecenter.nl/event/parall...
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Yesterday our director Menno Rasch and community manager @neocarlitos.bsky.social had a great meeting with #TDCC-LSH at #Health-RI. We quickly discovered that there are quite a few opportunities to work together and will definitely continue our conversation in the future.
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
𝗡𝗟-𝗥𝗦𝗘 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁-𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟴𝘁𝗵: 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝘀! On 8 October 2026, on the 6th International RSE Day, we are organising a local @nl-rse.bsky.social meet-up. Have a look at the preliminary programme and book your spot here: nl-rse.org/events/2026-...
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Lorentz Center @lorentzcenter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Lorentz Center and the @esciencecenter.bsky.social invite researchers to join the eScience Center-Lorentz Competition 2026. This year the focus is on: -Digital sovereignty in research- Moren information: www.lorentzcenter.nl/escience-cen...
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A fruitful day at the @opensciencenl.bsky.social network event for granted projects for Research on open science. We are involved in one project in particular, GUIDE-ME, but are very interested in hearing about other initiatives and to see how we can support other projects. @neocarlitos.bsky.social
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
RSE Faruk Diblen released rseng-agent-skills: 67 Research Software Engineering practices packaged into native agent skills so AI coding agents follow the research software best practices and open-science standards while writing code, not after the fact. Check it out: github.com/fdiblen/rsen...
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GitHub - fdiblen/rseng-agent-skills: Research Software Engineering skills for AI coding agents
Research Software Engineering skills for AI coding agents - fdiblen/rseng-agent-skills
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
What would a sovereign digital research landscape look like and what does it take to enable, build and sustain it? The eScience - Lorentz Center Competition call is for a workshop with a focus on Digital Sovereignty: www.lorentzcenter.nl/escience-cent
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Limestones hold crucial records of Earth’s climate history. But gaps in the fossil record may affect our inference on the natural succession of the species found in limestone strata. eScience Center RSEs developed CarboKitten jl. to solve this problem: www.esciencecenter.nl/news/carboki...
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The WeatherGenerator Service Call 2026 is now open! Awarded projects will receive up to three Person-Months of time from Netherlands eScience Engineers. Deadline for application is 16 October, 14:00 CET. Apply here 👉 www.esciencecenter.nl/calls-for-pr...
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
8 October: International RSE Day Celebration! On the sixth International RSE Day NL-RSE is organising a local event for the Dutch RSE community. Join us for a day with talks by Jannette Steyn and Elisa Chiarotto, and a lot of community building. Registration is free 👉 nl-rse.org/events/2026-...
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We had a meetup with Research Software Management (RSM) professionals across the Dutch University Medical Centers (UMCs). Read all about it here: blog.esciencecenter.nl/posts/2026-0...
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DReaMS Community Gathers Again in Utrecht: Building Momentum on Research Software Management
Following the success of our previous in-person DReaMS meetups, it became clear that there was both enthusiasm and a genuine need for continued exchange between Research Software Management (RSM)…
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Research Software Alliance @researchsoftware.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It’s a wrap for the International #ResearchSoftware Conference. Thanks to our 110+ attendees, presenters & sponsors: @amazonwebservices.bsky.social, @softwaresaved.bsky.social, US NIH, @ncsaatillinois.bsky.social, @esciencecenter.bsky.social, NWO, @schmidtsciences.bsky.social, @society-rse.org.
Audience members in a conference room listening to the keynote speakers present in front of their slides.
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Only one week left to sign up for our on-site workshop Introduction to Deep Learning on 22 September. Deadline is Wednesday 16 September!
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Registration for the Research Software Support Training closes 11 September! Participants affiliated with Dutch research institutions pay just €50 for 5 online sessions on consecutive Tuesday mornings; participants from industry pay just €200. 👇
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Last chance! The deadline for application is 𝟲 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 2026.
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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 · 03/09/2026
Are you attending the International Research Software Conference (IRSC) on 7 and 8 September? We would love to meet you there. If you haven't registered yet, do so here 👉 www.researchsoft.org/irsc/about/
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About IRSC
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The eScience Center is based on the work of its Research Software Engineers. But how do they see their work exactly: as research, engineering, or both? We have asked them! blog.esciencecenter.nl/posts/2026-0... By bsky.app/profile/cars...
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Research Software Engineers: Between Academia and Industry
What is exactly a Research Software Engineer? A Representative Survey The definition of Research Software Engineers (RSEs) is, according to the website of the international RSE community: > Research…
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Are you intimidated to explore deep learning on your own? 👉 On 22 September 2026 we are hosting a hands-on introduction to the first steps in deep learning, intended for researchers who are familiar with traditional machine learning. Registration is open now! www.esciencecenter.nl/event/introd...
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Introduction to Deep Learning - eScience Center
Details Date: September 22 Time: 09:30 am - 05:00 pm Event Category: Workshops Click to Register: https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/introduction-to-deep-learning-tickets-1994646482323 Organizer eScience…
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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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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We are #hiring an Office & Training Assistant to join our team! You'll ensure the smooth running of training sessions, courses, and office processes. We offer attractive benefits, including 42 holidays on a fulltime basis and fitness plan! Apply here: www.esciencecenter.nl/careers/offi...
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Office & Training Assistant (24-32 uur) - eScience Center
The Netherlands eScience Center is looking for a new colleague to support the community of the Research Software Directory (RSD).
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We're #hiring a #Developer and a #CommunityManager to join our team to further develop our Research Software Directory. We offer attractive benefits, including 42 holidays on a fulltime basis, personal development budget, fitness and bicycle plan, and more! Visit: www.esciencecenter.nl/vacancies/
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Community Manager – Research Software Directory (0.8–1.0 FTE)  - eScience Center
The Netherlands eScience Center is looking for a new colleague to support the community of the Research Software Directory (RSD).
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀! Prices for Dutch research institute participants are 25 euros for in-person workshops, and 10 euros for online workshops. For industry participants, tickets will be 4 times the price. For more information, see: www.esciencecenter.nl/news/we-are-...
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Registration is open for our Research Software Support Training! In the course of 5 Tuesdays in September and October you will learn how to manage software better and help researchers manage their research software and code. Register now: www.esciencecenter.nl/event/resear...
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Research Software Support Training (RST-NL) - eScience Center
Details Date: September 15 Time: 09:00 am - 01:00 pm Event Category: Workshops Click to Register: https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/research-software-support-training-rst-nl-tickets-1994652372942 Organizer…
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Check out this position post to find out why closer collaboration between research software engineers, data stewards, and other digital Research Technical Professionals is essential for enabling robust, reproducible, and future-ready research.👇 blog.esciencecenter.nl/9d85f699cbbe...
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What does research look like in a world where data, software, and AI are an integral part of the research process?
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Research Software Alliance @researchsoftware.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The International Research Software Conference program is live & registration is open! #IRSC26 keynotes: @rivaquiroga.bsky.social and Stefano Zacchiroli. Join the global research software community 7-8 Sep 2026 in Sheffield, UK, or online. Co-located with #RSECon26. www.researchsoft.org/irsc/
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Follow the tutorial given by NLeSC Stijn Heldens and Alessio Sclocco at the ISC-HPC conference on how to extract 'more science per watt' from your GPU! 📜 Context: blog.esciencecenter.nl/8d6780210427... 🔧 KernelTuner tutorial: github.com/KernelTuner/...
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Green GPU computing is gaining importance - and momentum
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
We live in a three-dimensional world, yet so much of our scientific data remains trapped on two-dimensional screens. NLeSC RSE Thijs van Lankveld explains how 3DLab can help! 👇 blog.esciencecenter.nl/1dac22c89d6f...
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Learn how 3DLab makes it a breeze to render photorealistic 3D scenes
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Want to join our team or know someone who may be interested in applying to our Policy & Compliance Officer position? The deadline to apply is on 27 June 2026! Questions about this position? Reach out to hr@esciencecenter.nl
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
We are proud to announce that our experts Sarah Alidoost and Pablo López Tarifa, have been selected for the SCIANCE AI in Science Working Groups! They will bring critical RSE perspectives to help shape Europe’s strategic AI roadmap. 👉️ www.esciencecenter.nl/news/driving...
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Driving the Future of AI in Research: eScience Center Experts Selected for SCIANCE AI Working Groups - eScience Center
We are proud to contribute two members to the SCIANCE AI in Science Working Groups with the aim to develop a framework for AI in Science.
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
We're #hiring a Policy & Compliance Officer! Are you or do you know someone who may be interested? Please help us spread the news to your networks! More info: www.esciencecenter.nl/careers/poli... #vacancy #job
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Policy & Compliance Officer - eScience Center
We are expanding seeking a Policy & Compliance Officer to professionalize our governance, privacy, and information security frameworks.
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
📣 11 June: deadline for our call for eScience Center Fellows! Apply now: www.esciencecenter.nl/calls-for-pr...
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Call for Research Software Sustainability Fellows (RSSF 2026) - eScience Center
Apply to our Fellowship Programme! Together with Open Science NL, we are seeking 20 professionals who are passionate about research software and able to act as an ambassador for research software…
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
12 June: Open Science Festival Limburg Eva Lekkerkerker (eScience Center), Bjorn Bartholdy (TU-Delft) and Charles Greene (VU) are hosting a session 'Brewing Collaboration: Building a Network of Programming CAFEs'. Register here 👉 www.openscience-maastricht.nl/12-june-2026/ #osflimburg
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12 June 2026 | Open Science Maastricht
Register now! ABSTRACTS Morning sessions 1A Roundtable – Rethinking Legal Frameworks for Open Source: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Open Science Governance by Gabriele Cifrodelli, Assistant…
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The closing date for the submission of written applications for the 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 is 11 June 2026, 14:00 CET. Improve you chances and (re)watch the information session about the call: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf_u...
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Meet us @ the National onboarding day on June 4 in Utrecht! At 13:30 hrs Eva Lekkerkerker, our Network Coordinator for RST-NL, will give a presentation, and it's a good opportunity to meet up with our Training Programme Coordinator, @Fenne Riemslagh. See you there! buff.ly/OsJ6E9l
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National onboarding day - Make the connection - LCRDM.nl
Are you new to the world of Research Software Management or Interoperability? Are you looking to navigate the Dutch landscape and expand your professional network? We warmly invite you to the…
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Generative AI has brought about a seismic shift in the entire software landscape, with the potential to both disrupt and empower. Find out what this means for the research software engineering community!👇 medium.com/@eScienceCen...
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Research Software Engineers in the Age of GenAI: Same Value, Changing Practice
While GenAI is changing - perhaps considerably - how RSEs work in practice, their value and the value of their work for research remains steady and likely to increase.
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Our colleagues are at the NWO Life conference, the annual scientific conference for Life scientists! If you're a researcher with open-source software challenges, be sure to stop by our booth! We'd love to provide some free advice. 😉
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
In this #summerschool, you will improve your coding skills by learning how to create and integrate software into your research by developing the foundational programming skills needed in the digital research domain. 🗓️29 June to 3 July 🕙10:00 to 17:00 📍Utrecht Apply ⬇️ cdh.uu.nl/event/resear...
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Research Software Summer School: Going beyond Notebooks - Centre for Digital Humanities
Have you started your coding journey, but want to move beyond Jupyter Notebooks? In this summer school, you will learn how to create and integrate software into your research by developing the…
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
FINAL REMINDER: Ticket sales for the 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 closes 𝟮𝟬 May. Receive a 25% discount on your participation fee! 📅 May 26 & 27 📍 Amsterdam For more information and registration see 👉 www.esciencecenter.nl/event/fundam...
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Our new Director, Menno Rasch, joined us on 1 May. Reflecting on his first week at the Netherlands eScience Center, he has this to say:
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Do you want to promote or improve the use of open and sustainable research software within your organization or discipline? Then you should apply to be a Research Software Sustainability Fellow! Join the online information event on 18 May 2026, 15:00 to 16:30 CEST. Reserve your spot buff.ly/UYVnKKq
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
14 May 2026: Deadline project proposals for Open and Sustainable Research Software Call 2026. For research teams that want to improve the sustainability of existing research software: this is your chance to receive dedicated Research Software Engineer (RSE) support. More info: buff.ly/T27my8f
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Checkout today's blogpost from our partners in the Digital Competence Centres: blog.esciencecenter.nl/ed488ba70cd6...
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Co-Designing a Roadmap for Training on Research Software Templates and Code Auditing
Training materials are most effective when they are created hand-in-hand with the communities who will actually use them.
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Working on text-based research projects? Join our workshop Fundamentals of natural language processing in Python on 26 and 27 May, now offered with a '𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴' 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝟮𝟱%! Sign up now! www.eventbrite.nl/e/fundamenta...
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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Meet Eva Lekkerkerker, our Network Coordinator for Research Software Training NL. In her role, Eva will connect research software training communities at a national level, supports instructors, and facilitates knowledge exchange across institutions. More info: researchsoftwaretraining.nl/about/
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