As part of the FAIR acronym, interoperability is a key consideration when writing research software! I am looking forward to learning all about interoperability at the @rug.nl, @umcgroningen.bsky.social and beyond on the 20th of October. Hope to see many of you there! @citrug.bsky.social

UG Digital Competence Centre@ug-dcc.bsky.social · 4d ago

#FAIRdata without borders Researchers across disciplines, data professionals, and support staff are invited to discuss how #interoperability can transform #research 📆 Tuesday, October 20, 2026 🕑 From 12:30 to 17:00 📍 House of Connections, Groningen Sign up now! 🔗 edu.nl/epu4w #Openscience

🔊 "Open data... creates a sense of community, because it fosters collaboration and trust." In this interview, Canan Çakırlar explores how #FAIR and #opendata can make archaeological collections more accessible and useful to researchers. 🔗 edu.nl/xdgfv #openscience @facultyofartsug.bsky.social

Making the past FAIR: an interview with Canan Çakırlar on open data and archaeological collections

How can we make archaeological collections and research data accessible and reusable, while also protecting the physical materials and the communities they...

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Important information for everybody at the @rug.nl that is currently using or planning to use qualtrics!

UG Digital Competence Centre@ug-dcc.bsky.social · 2w ago

The @rug.nl is exploring alternatives to #Qualtrics in light of data protection concerns, rising financial costs, and Qualtrics focus on commercial parties. It remains available at the UG for now, while we aim to propose an alternative survey tool by the end of 2026. 🔗 www.rug.nl/digital-comp...

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...

Are you a student, PhD candidate, or staff member at the UG/UMCG working on a research project that involves coding? Today is the last chance to register for tomorrows Code Café! 👉Register here: libcal.rug.nl/event/4567509 @ug-dcc.bsky.social @citrug.bsky.social @rug.nl

UG/UMCG Code Café

Are you a student, PhD candidate, or staff member at the UG/UMCG working on a research project that involves coding/research software? Join our Code Café, a supportive space...

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The @esciencecenter.bsky.social is looking for a Developer and a Community Manger to further develop the Research Software Directory (see research-software-directory.org). A great place to make an impact on #ResearchSoftware across the world!

Netherlands eScience Center@esciencecenter.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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/

FAIR data starts with collaboration. Dutch Data Prize 2020 winner Antica Culina shows how shared standards and community efforts help make ecological data easier to understand, compare, and reuse. Know a researcher/team contributing to FAIR data? Nominate them for Dutch Data Prize 2026: edu.nl/6mhtd

📢 We're hiring! @4turesearchdata.bsky.social is looking for a Software Engineer to contribute to two projects funded by @opensciencenl.bsky.social that advance reproducibility and transparency of research software and ML/AI models. Read more and apply here: careers.tudelft.nl/job/Delft-So...

We have 2 vacancies with deadlines in mid-August! PhD on farmers' motivations to contribute to sustainable transitions: werkenbij.rug.nl/vacature/phd... Teacher/researcher for a temporary position on projects related to electric vehicle (EV) adoption: werkenbij.rug.nl/vacature/tea...

Great opportunity for researchers and support staff to enhance your #ResearchSoftware Skills!

Netherlands eScience Center@esciencecenter.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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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Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in Intelligent Software Systems - Rijksuniversiteit Groningen | Kerstin Bunte

🎉 We offer a 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 position at the Bernoulli Institute (BI) at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands.  We are looking for a creative researcher working in on...

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Great news: a total of 21 (!) UG affiliated researchers receive an NWO Veni grant of up to €320k 🏆 Congratulations to the recipients! The Veni grants are designed for outstanding researchers who have recently gained a PhD. More about the recipients and their research 👇 www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat...

Good research data management is not only about data, tools and infrastructure. It is also about people. Together with Sonraí and CaSDaR, DANS organised a Masterclass on advocacy skills for data stewards and research data professionals. Watch the recording and view the slides: edu.nl/cmfu6

New paper led by Emma Postolec, her first as lead author, PhD student at @kapteynastro.bsky.social 🌋 "Atmospheric evolution through outgassing and escape on young molten rocky exoplanets" Read the paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.15011 #Exoplanets #PlanetaryScience

New paper led by Ioannis Panagiotou, his first as lead author, on arXiv ten days after he defended his MSc with us 🌋 "Sulfur photochemistry observationally traces mantle redox states of rocky planets" Read the paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.15204 #Exoplanets #PlanetaryScience

Good news! The @nwonieuws.bsky.social just announced the results for their Veni-grants and 21 researchers from the @rug.nl have received a grant! Congratulations to all the laureates! www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat...

Veni-beurzen voor 21 RUG-onderzoekers

Aan elf onderzoekers van de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen en het UMCG is een Veni-beurs van maximaal 320.000 euro toegekend

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A great example of the power #Opensource #Researchsoftware by the @formingworlds.space lab See also: proteus-framework.org

Forming Worlds Lab@formingworlds.space · 3mo ago

New paper led by Lorenzo Cesario, his second first-author paper from his MSc 🌍 Some close-in super-Earths puff their atmospheres back up late in life instead of only shrinking. We call it reflation. Read the paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.13793 #Exoplanets #PlanetaryScience

A word of warning to consider #Privacy & #Security when uploading papers to arXiv, especially when sharing LaTex source files! Also when sharing your #researchsoftware on @github.com ! See: www.nature.com/articles/d41... #Research @ug-dcc.bsky.social

Whoops! Most arXiv papers contain information never meant to be shared

Passwords, GPS coordinates and private conversations have all been found in the metadata and source files of millions of preprint submissions.

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Save the date! Really looking forward to this event all about #interoperability at the @rug.nl, @umcgroningen.bsky.social and beyond. Great to explore the possibilities to maximize the reuse of #data & #researchsoftware.

UG Digital Competence Centre@ug-dcc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🚨 Save the date 🚨 #FAIRdata without borders Researchers across disciplines, data professionals, and support staff are invited to discuss how #interoperability can transform #research 📆 Tuesday, October 20, 2026 🕑 From 12:30 to 17:00 📍 House of Connections, Groningen 🔗 edu.nl/epu4w #Openscience

Dutch signatories of the Amsterdam Declaration on Funding Research Software Sustainability – NWO (@opensciencenl.bsky.social), ZonMw, CIT-RUG (@rug.nl) & @esciencecenter.bsky.social – met to reflect on progress made and work still ahead. Read the ReSA blog post: doi.org/10.59350/0q7...

How does wrestling with AI to write poetry teach us about AI in Education? Good question! I spent more time trying to figure that out this year than I should have. But I sure am happy with the results. (What do you think?) mindwise-groningen.nl/experimentin...

Experimenting with AI and poetry | Mindwise

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RUG-historicus Mark L. Thompson laat je chatten met Founding Fathers. Wat zou Donald Trump moeten vragen? ’Hier moet ik even over nadenken’

RUG-historicus Mark L. Thompson laat je chatten met Founding Fathers. Wat zou Donald Trump moeten vragen? ’Hier moet ik even over nadenken’

De Verenigde Staten viert zaterdag het 250-jarig bestaan. Voor RUG-historicus en Amerikaan Mark L. Thompson hét moment om de wereld nader kennis te laten maken met de Founding Fathers. Vijf vragen over Thompsons uitvinding: chatten met George Washington en co.

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FoundersChat: a new #AI tool made by @mark-l-thompson.bsky.social, covered in @dvhn.nl this weekend! Try chatting with the #FoundingFathers yourself: edu.nl/jwdpq @citrug.bsky.social @ug-dcc.bsky.social @rug.nl @facultyofartsug.bsky.social #America #USA250 #America250 #researchsoftware

AI geeft grondleggers van VS hun stem terug

Chatten met Founding Fathers George Washington of James Madison. Dankzij AI klinken opnieuw de stemmen van George Washington, Thomas Jefferson en James...

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Dagblad van het Noorden@dvhn.nl · 3mo ago

RUG-historicus Mark L. Thompson laat je chatten met Founding Fathers. Wat zou Donald Trump moeten vragen? ’Hier moet ik even over nadenken’

I literally walked into the Code Cafe at 4:00 on a Thursday afternoon at the end of February, talked to DCC data steward Bjorn Bakker for half an hour (turns out, he's a big Hamilton fan!), and within weeks Timo and I were working to bring this project to light. And here it is!

timovaneldijk.bsky.social@timovaneldijk.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A Code Cafe (sign up for today: edu.nl/raw4y) success story: very happy to have been part of this project! Bringing the Founding Fathers back to life with AI, all hosted on @rug.nl infrastructure! @ug-dcc.bsky.social @mark-l-thompson.bsky.social @facultyofartsug.bsky.social @citrug.bsky.social

Today is the last Code Café before the summer holiday, you can still sign up!👇🏼

timovaneldijk.bsky.social@timovaneldijk.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A Code Cafe (sign up for today: edu.nl/raw4y) success story: very happy to have been part of this project! Bringing the Founding Fathers back to life with AI, all hosted on @rug.nl infrastructure! @ug-dcc.bsky.social @mark-l-thompson.bsky.social @facultyofartsug.bsky.social @citrug.bsky.social

A Code Cafe (sign up for today: edu.nl/raw4y) success story: very happy to have been part of this project! Bringing the Founding Fathers back to life with AI, all hosted on @rug.nl infrastructure! @ug-dcc.bsky.social @mark-l-thompson.bsky.social @facultyofartsug.bsky.social @citrug.bsky.social

Center for Information Technology, University of Groningen@citrug.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📣 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟰 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮'𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀! 🇺🇸 Check out 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁: a tool that brings to life the sources relating to the collected papers of seven US Founders. Thanks to the Code Café of @ug-dcc.bsky.social! ℹ️ edu.nl/jwdpq #AI #code #researchsupport

📣 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟰 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮'𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀! 🇺🇸 Check out 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁: a tool that brings to life the sources relating to the collected papers of seven US Founders. Thanks to the Code Café of @ug-dcc.bsky.social! ℹ️ edu.nl/jwdpq #AI #code #researchsupport

AI geeft grondleggers van VS hun stem terug

Chatten met Founding Fathers George Washington of James Madison. Dankzij AI klinken opnieuw de stemmen van George Washington, Thomas Jefferson en James...

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Many thanks to CIT & Timo van Eldijk @timovaneldijk.bsky.social of the Digital Competence Centre @ug-dcc.bsky.social , who was able to turn concept into action within the space of only a few months: a real doorzetter.

Center for Information Technology, University of Groningen@citrug.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📣 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟰 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮'𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀! 🇺🇸 Check out 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁: a tool that brings to life the sources relating to the collected papers of seven US Founders. Thanks to the Code Café of @ug-dcc.bsky.social! ℹ️ edu.nl/jwdpq #AI #code #researchsupport

The @ug-dcc.bsky.social just released its annual report, showcasing the support we provide throughout the @rug.nl very proud of our team! 🎉🎉🎉 @citrug.bsky.social

UG Digital Competence Centre@ug-dcc.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Our Annual Report 2025 is out! 🎉 See how the UG Digital Competence Centre supported researchers through data and software management, Open Science, training, infrastructure and national collaborations. 🔗 www.rug.nl/digital-comp... #OpenScience #FAIRData

#Waarneming ontstaat wanneer de hersenen in aanraking komen met de buitenwereld. Elke denker geeft via waarneming op zijn of haar eigen manier betekenis aan de wereld. #EenWereldVolDenkers #biologie #psychologie #wetenschap