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Flavio Hafner on F", "cover": "/_astro/fosdem-2026-observations-and-key-takeawa-55dcce06.l9YVToEZ.jpg", "readingMinutes": 16, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/fosdem-2026-observations-and-key-takeaways-6afbfb50dc58" }, { "id": "2026-03-26---bring-your-own-backend", "title": "Bring Your Own Backend", "author": "eScience Editorial Team", "authorSlug": "escience-editorial-team", "date": "2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2026-03-26---bring-your-own-backend", "tags": [ "API", "Collaboration", "Git", "Machine Learning", "Python", "RSE" ], "excerpt": "A pattern for sustainable research software collaboration By Stefan Verhoeven. 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Our collaborator, prof. Eric-Jan Wagenmakers will tell you why. 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His project “A community-supported workflow connecting microbia", "cover": "/_astro/scientific-community-building-through-wo-0741307b.Cd4Yi41s.jpeg", "readingMinutes": 6, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/scientific-community-building-through-workshops-the-nplinker-escience-experience-651e067a8f75" }, { "id": "2025-03-25---introduction-to-deep-learning-with-python", "title": "Introduction to Deep Learning with Python", "author": "eScience Editorial Team", "authorSlug": "escience-editorial-team", "date": "2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2025-03-25---introduction-to-deep-learning-with-python", "tags": [ "Collaboration", "Community", "Deep Learning", "Git", "Neural Networks", "Open Source" ], "excerpt": "Written by Sven van der Burg, Carsten Schnober, Sarah M. Brown and Toby Hodges Engineers and instructors at the eScience Center have developed lots of open source lesson materials for the workshops we teach. One example", "cover": "/_astro/introduction-to-deep-learning-with-pytho-6c0721f9.BkgMA3vv.jpg", "readingMinutes": 6, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/introduction-to-deep-learning-with-python-ded77718141b" }, { "id": "2025-01-16---my-experience-of-getting-codechecked", "title": "My experience of getting codechecked", "author": "eScience Editorial Team", "authorSlug": "escience-editorial-team", "date": "2025-01-16T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2025-01-16---my-experience-of-getting-codechecked", "tags": [ "Community", "Git", "R", "Reproducibility", "Workflows" ], "excerpt": "6 By eScience Fellow Eduard Klapwijk This year I was finalizing and publishing one of my own research projects. My coauthors and I took many steps to make the project as reproducible as possible. Because I am setting up", "cover": "/_astro/my-experience-of-getting-codechecked-fd5cf777.CFP8GMsa.jpg", "readingMinutes": 6, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/my-experience-of-getting-codechecked-39cf612cfd35" }, { "id": "2024-12-20---out-of-office-holiday-mode-activated", "title": "Out of office: holiday mode activated", "author": "eScience Editorial Team", "authorSlug": "escience-editorial-team", "date": "2024-12-20T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2024-12-20---out-of-office-holiday-mode-activated", "tags": [ "Open Science", "Research Software", "Workflows" ], "excerpt": "As the year winds down, the Netherlands eScience Center editorial team will be taking a short hiatus for the holidays to recharge and prepare for an exciting year ahead. 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During the Open Science Festival in Maastr", "cover": "/_astro/how-much-research-output-is-really-open--20fe968e.cQyvYruU.jpg", "readingMinutes": 9, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/how-much-research-output-is-really-open-and-how-can-we-tell-422013cc93ab" }, { "id": "2024-12-05---how-is-research-software-managed-at-umcs-insights-from-a-fir", "title": "How is research software managed at UMCs? Insights from a first meetup", "author": "eScience Editorial Team", "authorSlug": "escience-editorial-team", "date": "2024-12-05T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2024-12-05---how-is-research-software-managed-at-umcs-insights-from-a-fir", "tags": [ "Collaboration", "FAIR", "Git", "Health", "Privacy", "RSE" ], "excerpt": "Written by eScience Center Fellow Thomas Pronk On October 7th, 2024, the Digital Competence Centers (DCCs) of the seven Dutch University Medical Centers (UMCs) had a meetup, joined by representatives from Health-RI, ELIX", "cover": "/_astro/how-is-research-software-managed-at-umcs-df70a4a2.DUuGwGrS.jpg", "readingMinutes": 3, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/how-is-research-software-managed-at-umcs-insights-from-a-first-meetup-4181e9626a60" }, { "id": "2024-12-03---tackling-advent-of-code", "title": "Tackling Advent of Code", "author": "eScience Editorial Team", "authorSlug": "escience-editorial-team", "date": "2024-12-03T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2024-12-03---tackling-advent-of-code", "tags": [ "API", "Community", "Python", "RSE", "Security" ], "excerpt": "By Ewan Cahen Advent of Code 2024 has started this week! If you are not familiar with Advent of Code, it’s an annual coding challenge created by Eric Wastl. It’s like an advent calendar for coding challenges containing 2", "cover": "/_astro/tackling-advent-of-code-b3260b36.C86THPBM.jpg", "readingMinutes": 6, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/tackling-advent-of-code-8d4fb719e2b7" }, { "id": "2024-12-03---the-do-it-yourself-computed-tomography-scanner", "title": "The ‘do-it-yourself’ Computed Tomography scanner", "author": "eScience Editorial Team", "authorSlug": "escience-editorial-team", "date": "2024-12-03T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2024-12-03---the-do-it-yourself-computed-tomography-scanner", "tags": [ "3D", "Collaboration", "Git", "RSE" ], "excerpt": "By Francien Bossema Researchers developed a method to use existing X-ray imaging facilities for Computed Tomography (CT) scanning Photo by Cara Shelton on Unsplash This is a cross-post from our fellow Dr. Francien Bossem", "cover": "/_astro/the-do-it-yourself-computed-tomography-s-7f9418ba.CA__ftPK.jpg", "readingMinutes": 4, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/the-do-it-yourself-computed-tomography-scanner-e9e666ea4789" }, { "id": "2024-11-26---from-pandemic-response-to-package-development", "title": "From Pandemic Response to Package Development", "author": "eScience Editorial Team", "authorSlug": "escience-editorial-team", "date": "2024-11-26T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2024-11-26---from-pandemic-response-to-package-development", "tags": [ "Collaboration", "Data Science", "Environment", "Git", "Health", "Python" ], "excerpt": "By Fenne Riemslagh We had the pleasure of sitting down with Kirsten Bulsink, a data scientist at the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). Our discussion covered her journey from pandemic", "cover": "/_astro/from-pandemic-response-to-package-develo-32f8ae64.B6ocEb2n.jpg", "readingMinutes": 5, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/from-pandemic-response-to-package-development-52aba8e249c3" }, { "id": "2024-11-14---why-should-you-care-about-reproducible-code-and-how-to-get-s", "title": "Why should you care about reproducible code — and how to get started?", "author": "eScience Editorial Team", "authorSlug": "escience-editorial-team", "date": "2024-11-14T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2024-11-14---why-should-you-care-about-reproducible-code-and-how-to-get-s", "tags": [ "Bayesian", "Biology", "Community", "Containers", "Environment", "Git" ], "excerpt": "On 23 April 2024, the first ‘National Research Software Day’ took place in Hilversum, the Netherlands. During the unconference part of the program, Eduard Klapwijk ran the session about the importance of reproducible cod", "cover": "/_astro/why-should-you-care-about-reproducible-c-984b86bd.CiHwM2go.jpeg", "readingMinutes": 6, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/why-should-you-care-about-reproducible-code-and-how-to-get-started-1e944bb920a4" }, { "id": "2024-10-30---beyond-research", "title": "Beyond research", "author": "eScience Editorial Team", "authorSlug": "escience-editorial-team", "date": "2024-10-30T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2024-10-30---beyond-research", "tags": [ "Collaboration", "RSE", "Training" ], "excerpt": "Beyond research ‘Beyond research’ is a new mini-series we are starting on the eScience Center blog. We want to give you some insight into the interests, hobbies and accomplishments of our colleagues. Learn more about the", "cover": "/_astro/beyond-research-1f31515b.pyM2re2S.jpeg", "readingMinutes": 6, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/beyond-research-e220eb18f8b4" }, { "id": "2024-10-24---from-corridor-coincidences-to-cellular-cartography-the-grlc-", "title": "From Corridor Coincidences to Cellular Cartography: The grlc Story", "author": "eScience Editorial Team", "authorSlug": "escience-editorial-team", "date": "2024-10-24T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2024-10-24---from-corridor-coincidences-to-cellular-cartography-the-grlc-", "tags": [ "API", "Collaboration", "Community", "Databases", "Digital Humanities", "Git" ], "excerpt": "1 This is the story of grlc, a tool that transforms complex linked data queries into user-friendly web interfaces. We interviewed grlc’s developers Albert Meroño-Peñuela and Carlos Martinez-Ortiz, to explore grlc’s origi", "cover": "/_astro/from-corridor-coincidences-to-cellular-c-cec5731c.3PE2AEFD.jpg", "readingMinutes": 6, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/from-corridor-coincidences-to-cellular-cartography-the-grlc-story-25988a65541d" }, { "id": "2024-09-19---national-research-software-day-national-infrastructures-for-", "title": "National Research Software Day: National Infrastructures for Sustainable Software", "author": "eScience Editorial Team", "authorSlug": "escience-editorial-team", "date": "2024-09-19T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2024-09-19---national-research-software-day-national-infrastructures-for-", "tags": [ "API", "Accessibility", "Collaboration", "Environment", "Git", "Open Science" ], "excerpt": "Written by Luisa Orozco, Daniela Gawehns, and Carlos Martinez-Ortiz The first National Research Software Day already took place more than five months ago in Hilversum, on 23 April 2024. Following an inspiring keynote by", "cover": "/_astro/national-research-software-day-national--8a937220.BjtgdaL6.jpg", "readingMinutes": 9, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/national-research-software-day-national-infrastructures-for-sustainable-software-f5e20ec3eeff" }, { "id": "2024-08-22---research-software-is-critical-to-the-future-of-ai-driven-res", "title": "Research software is critical to the future of AI-driven research", "author": "eScience Editorial Team", "authorSlug": "escience-editorial-team", "date": "2024-08-22T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2024-08-22---research-software-is-critical-to-the-future-of-ai-driven-res", "tags": [ "Collaboration", "Community", "FAIR", "GenAI", "Git", "Machine Learning" ], "excerpt": "By Michelle Barker, Kim Hartley, Daniel S. 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Maybe it’s a single script that cleans", "cover": "/_astro/navigating-research-software-policies-in-ea981e66.xiUpiGH6.jpg", "readingMinutes": 6, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/navigating-research-software-policies-insights-from-the-dutch-research-community-1157b05d22bd" }, { "id": "2023-11-02---investing-in-people-anticipating-the-future-of-research-soft", "title": "Investing in people: anticipating the future of research software", "author": "eScience Editorial Team", "authorSlug": "escience-editorial-team", "date": "2023-11-02T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2023-11-02---investing-in-people-anticipating-the-future-of-research-soft", "tags": [ "Citation", "Collaboration", "Community", "Git", "Research Software", "Sustainability" ], "excerpt": "Authored by Kim Hartley and Michelle Barker Photo credit: ADORE.Software at the International Research Software Funders WorkshopThis article was cross-posted on Adore.software and reports on the progress of the Amsterdam", "cover": "/_astro/investing-in-people-anticipating-the-fut-708c46e1.d9EqJ9Ja.jpg", "readingMinutes": 8, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/investing-in-people-anticipating-the-future-of-research-software-ba973331796e" }, { "id": "2023-09-21---do-you-have-50000-annotators", "title": "Do you have 50.000 annotators?", "author": "eScience Editorial Team", "authorSlug": "escience-editorial-team", "date": "2023-09-21T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2023-09-21---do-you-have-50000-annotators", "tags": [ "Data Science", "Git", "Open Science", "RSE", "Reproducibility", "Workshop" ], "excerpt": "Do you have 50.000 annotators? Written by eScience Center Fellow, Daniela Gawehns Photo by Shutterstock During ICT.open 2023, I organized a workshop for 40 computer scientists on reproducibility in computer science. This", "cover": "/_astro/do-you-have-50000-annotators-9925b35a.DQcEXpIh.jpeg", "readingMinutes": 4, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/do-you-have-50-000-annotators-47ed4bff7e6e" }, { "id": "2023-07-10---summer-is-here-and-so-are-large-language-models", "title": "Summer is here, and so are large language models.", "author": "eScience Editorial Team", "authorSlug": "escience-editorial-team", "date": "2023-07-10T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2023-07-10---summer-is-here-and-so-are-large-language-models", "tags": [ "3D", "Health", "LLM", "Parallel Computing" ], "excerpt": "Welcome to the technological revolution of 2023, where the landscape of communication and information processing has been forever transformed. 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Their team’s project: predictin", "cover": "/_astro/0_b6gDKVX25ZdxuAHl-4d41c263.CMh6ba9d.webp", "readingMinutes": 3, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/minds-for-mobile-agents-speeding-up-social-distancing-simulations-62d3fb412ff6" }, { "id": "2023-01-19---why-internships-have-a-large-impact", "title": "Why internships have a large impact", "author": "eScience Editorial Team", "authorSlug": "escience-editorial-team", "date": "2023-01-19T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2023-01-19---why-internships-have-a-large-impact", "tags": [ "RSE" ], "excerpt": "Photo by Scott Graham on Unsplash One and a half years ago I finished my internship at the eScience Center. Based on my own experiences and those of others around me, I think that internships are a unique moment in anyo", "cover": "/_astro/0_LDbeTgeB_nX3mscs-40d92b52.CXCwdMj2.webp", "readingMinutes": 3, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/why-internships-have-a-large-impact-21f50358bfb8" }, { "id": "2023-01-12---the-data-science-centre-digital-expertise-hub-at-uva", "title": "The Data Science Centre: Digital expertise Hub at UvA", "author": "eScience Editorial Team", "authorSlug": "escience-editorial-team", "date": "2023-01-12T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2023-01-12---the-data-science-centre-digital-expertise-hub-at-uva", "tags": [ "Collaboration", "Community", "Data Science", "Git", "RSE", "Training" ], "excerpt": "This week, we interviewed Lisa Yu, Community Manager of the Data Science Center (DSC). The DSC is a coordinating hub within the University of Amsterdam (UvA) Library, launched in 2021. The need for software and skills th", "cover": "/_astro/1_yEpWKc90PA3cJ3R-ZL1KjQ-4bc4c1fe.jieQD0mY.png", "readingMinutes": 4, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/the-data-science-centre-digital-expertise-hub-at-uva-444787a3fe6b" }, { "id": "2022-12-16---machine-learning-as-a-tool-for-political-speech-analysis", "title": "Machine Learning as a tool for political speech analysis", "author": "eScience Editorial Team", "authorSlug": "escience-editorial-team", "date": "2022-12-16T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2022-12-16---machine-learning-as-a-tool-for-political-speech-analysis", "tags": [ "Machine Learning", "Research Software", "Workflows" ], "excerpt": "The following example of a sentence from Putin’s invasion-speech may clarify what CM annotation of texts involves: ‘The purpose of this operation is to protect people Effect who, for eight years now, have been facing hum", "cover": "/_astro/machine-learning-as-a-tool-for-political-2655339b.COYs2_-X.png", "readingMinutes": 3, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/machine-learning-as-a-tool-for-political-speech-analysis-c8abf5cd8c0d" }, { "id": "2022-11-23---the-future-of-research-software", "title": "The Future of Research Software", "author": "eScience Editorial Team", "authorSlug": "escience-editorial-team", "date": "2022-11-23T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2022-11-23---the-future-of-research-software", "tags": [ "Astronomy", "Collaboration", "Community", "Environment", "Ethics", "Research Software" ], "excerpt": "By Michelle Barker (Research Software Alliance (ReSA)), Neil Chue Hong (Software Sustainability Institute UK), Maria Cruz (Dutch Research Council), Daniel S. 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The Software Management Plan Working Group developed the Guide with input from many members of the national an", "cover": "/_astro/1_rUSMM8nk_zee36V9BS3rXw-6914b60c.BSvvjQ_p.png", "readingMinutes": 5, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/how-to-manage-your-software-327c8ac8a937" }, { "id": "2022-08-16---our-favourite-high-performance-programming-tools", "title": "Our favourite high performance programming tools", "author": "eScience Editorial Team", "authorSlug": "escience-editorial-team", "date": "2022-08-16T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2022-08-16---our-favourite-high-performance-programming-tools", "tags": [ "C++", "FPGA", "GPU", "Performance" ], "excerpt": "Does your code need a performance boost? Ask us! Photo by Alenka Skvarc on Unsplash We hope you are relaxed and enjoying your holiday period. We really do. 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Fog consists of droplets so small that the", "cover": null, "readingMinutes": 2, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/using-machine-learning-to-tell-apart-rain-snow-hail-and-fog-from-cell-tower-data-6ab856c99f8b" }, { "id": "2022-04-11---can-machine-learning-help-us-improve-stroke-rehabilitation-a", "title": "Can machine learning help us improve stroke rehabilitation? A step towards personalized therapy", "author": "eScience Editorial Team", "authorSlug": "escience-editorial-team", "date": "2022-04-11T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2022-04-11---can-machine-learning-help-us-improve-stroke-rehabilitation-a", "tags": [ "Machine Learning", "RSE", "Research Software", "Training" ], "excerpt": "Along the way, the biggest issue was our data set itself. Because data collection of human movements is a job that takes time and our patient group is small, we only have a limited amount of data available. At the same t", "cover": "/_astro/can-machine-learning-help-us-improve-str-99a7ce23.Dh8iiFLS.png", "readingMinutes": 1, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/can-machine-learning-help-us-improve-stroke-rehabilitation-a-step-towards-personalized-therapy-386efb3caf05" }, { "id": "2022-03-31---how-machine-learning-could-help-simone-to-play-ludo", "title": "How machine learning could help Simone to play Ludo", "author": "eScience Editorial Team", "authorSlug": "escience-editorial-team", "date": "2022-03-31T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2022-03-31---how-machine-learning-could-help-simone-to-play-ludo", "tags": [ "Environment", "Git", "Machine Learning" ], "excerpt": "Simone is a 12 year old girl. She loves to play Ludo with her mum, dad and her little brother. However, when she pushes the dice switch in the middle of the Ludo board game, she cannot properly control her movements and", "cover": "/_astro/1_PTuJhzxNcKIFmheeUzrJ-Q-d856fa57.Ce9bToPd.png", "readingMinutes": 3, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/how-machine-learning-could-help-simone-to-play-ludo-fab95721580a" }, { "id": "2022-03-11---how-to-find-your-rubber-duck-using-machine-learning-to-under", "title": "How to find your rubber duck: Using machine learning to understand a changing sea", "author": "eScience Editorial Team", "authorSlug": "escience-editorial-team", "date": "2022-03-11T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2022-03-11---how-to-find-your-rubber-duck-using-machine-learning-to-under", "tags": [ "Containers", "Machine Learning", "Neural Networks" ], "excerpt": "To get a quick start, they applied for the eScience Center Small-Scale Initiative (SSI), and were awarded consultancy on their project titled “Machine Learning for the complex response of the Wadden Sea”. 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My C++ web app is not responding", "author": "eScience Editorial Team", "authorSlug": "escience-editorial-team", "date": "2020-10-09T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2020-10-09---help-my-c-web-app-is-not-responding", "tags": [ "C++", "Git", "Parallel Computing", "Visualization" ], "excerpt": "By Stefan Verhoeven, Christiaan Meijer, Faruk Diblen, Jurriaan H. Spaaks, and Adam Belloum. In an earlier blogpost we discussed how to run C++ code on the web using JavaScript. 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Never", "cover": "/_astro/1_dC65WeOXSSMeMyLsB9Ey5Q-b01d2f53.JGhy6-Dp.png", "readingMinutes": 3, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/managing-the-crowd-a-big-data-approach-cf2f053b2235" }, { "id": "2019-11-28---optimizing-plasma-sources-through-numerical-simulation", "title": "Optimizing plasma sources through numerical simulation", "author": "eScience Editorial Team", "authorSlug": "escience-editorial-team", "date": "2019-11-28T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2019-11-28---optimizing-plasma-sources-through-numerical-simulation", "tags": [ "C++", "Collaboration", "Community", "Physics", "Testing" ], "excerpt": "Optimizing plasma sources through numerical simulation Cold plasma sources are promising devices for the transformation of carbon dioxide into methane and other value-added chemicals. 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FAIR data, FAIR software, … It may sound as another extra, new responsi", "cover": "/_astro/fair-principles-5000-years-of-common-sen-e12a18c3.CXM7Q9rk.jpg", "readingMinutes": 4, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/fair-principles-5000-years-of-common-sense-ba85086ba79c" }, { "id": "2024-02-13---differentiation-without-subtraction", "title": "Differentiation without subtraction", "author": "Pablo Rodríguez-Sánchez", "authorSlug": "pablo-rodriguez-sanchez", "date": "2024-02-13T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2024-02-13---differentiation-without-subtraction", "tags": [ "3D", "Training" ], "excerpt": "54 A surprising application of complex numbers Photo by charlesdeluvio on Unsplash Some time ago I came across one of those ideas that makes you wonder: “why nobody told me about this before?” Those of you with mathemati", "cover": "/_astro/differentiation-without-subtraction-b1f93adc.BE4fSPB9.png", "readingMinutes": 2, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/differentiation-without-subtraction-e21b4975f1cf" }, { "id": "2023-11-09---automatic-differentiation-from-scratch", "title": "Automatic differentiation from scratch", "author": "Pablo Rodríguez-Sánchez", "authorSlug": "pablo-rodriguez-sanchez", "date": "2023-11-09T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2023-11-09---automatic-differentiation-from-scratch", "tags": [ "Julia", "Performance", "Python" ], "excerpt": "A surprisingly simple and elegant way to teach your computer how to perform derivatives, with some Julia (and Python) examples Photo by Crissy Jarvis on Unsplash First, a disclaimer Automatic differentiation is a well-kn", "cover": "data:image/jpeg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAHAAAAAZCAYAAADpG6rZAAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAAtGVYSWZJSSoACAAAAAYAEgEDAAEAAAABAAAAGgEFAAEAAABWAAAAGwEFAAEAAABeAAAAKAEDAAEAAAACAAAAEwIDAAEAAAABAAAAaYcEAAEAAABmAAAAAAAAAEgAAAABAAAASAAAAAEAAAAGAACQBwAEAAAAMDIxMAGRBwAEAAAAAQIDAACgBwAEAAAAMDEwMAGgAwABAAAA//8AAAKgBAABAAAAcAAAAAOgBAABAAAAGQAAAAAAAADeQpc6AAADQElEQVR4nN1ajXXiMAyW7rFAV+BGSEeAEXIjcCNwI4QRygjtCM0IzQhkhDKC+j4i94xjJzblJ/H3HhAcx7ItS5Y+h0WEcgMzl0RUi8iRZgJm3hDRioj+mn4zM/63ItKGnvtFmYG7iSjmpDzFloiw8JZWWUNEL8xchB7inCyQO8srReQPzQiqoA/1Gmvn3hMRvRPR2rcos7FA7gZawQXR/ICFB+zcG6q0PSwxawtkZgzwKCL/aGZgZljfk4j8Hqhz0P2xtssXlAGYGfsG9r7gBEy870WE59jrPlnn6EJLbPhD0drE+45IEwoawhuiVFV4lgqsaZ4oVDmD0MXZWPulX4GI5OBvmflTQ3JTXjAzTHiKwUsxpkCMhZkrZn63x+WM71Xbu7QvSTL0d+ULXgJotP5/IIgxH735qWHrh16XWv5q153Kh7q+4WI5UAdj2Oo1ItVPT51qrJ2RflwkQ3PWWBm9dt0g5hQIWEzAUicIDz6nrETX1BOBPSE2HVjha2T/21j5Fcbks7JR1mMEF8kQEVhVLNpeu5Faj14lD7DAqhtG8H5hWQYGj4sXp463PKEPN5cR8jbBNEL9M3KrXeIqmRSk67vpv/EK7n5pypupynAACz9Z8WKM1ZghpziElSb7btRnuMZ6JjK+sQjwctufKE/3zrN8JRHHG1l9qQmxi+KKeeQ9ZDReBaryvGQwwuMEmgrt9MLoBGDhxBLSbUwlPZrp1bfSkJ0duEUk1o+QYQK2Y0+BqjxMek9Jqfmfuo/R5PRKaM3kuTxhAK5lu5N+ihQ987JP8ApJMhJx1vbCCVhqPX/CCjGTUSjRGp1G3BMiUjMzRbhsM2Hf9XTcW+d+4VhGpROOeXi+kYxYnNywXWAs0AQsjcXsG6FQ5NkZ1QTxZgUJXmDvYWbklmBL4IKMW1srcQGesTdBFvsxytD8QEYs8Oy54kNsgFaebP7n9HVDRIfIuoa+Ohublg2xOVVCfy6SMdJm6WN3cjoPPPjOy67YfkoQd7fzzizOAxU733nZNeAe4dwbKr/0nXfmcpxEJijQ92KujW3CicEtECRVsnGhMS8AXQJdEO2j6ETrLTsvuZ+VAsnJZ+dOA1rESnDv/QJBeKCfziT5nwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==", "readingMinutes": 10, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/automatic-differentiation-from-scratch-23d50c699555" }, { "id": "2023-03-16---the-bike-and-the-laptop", "title": "The bike and the laptop", "author": "Pablo Rodríguez-Sánchez", "authorSlug": "pablo-rodriguez-sanchez", "date": "2023-03-16T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2023-03-16---the-bike-and-the-laptop", "tags": [ "Environment", "RSE", "Training" ], "excerpt": "Reflections on machines that help you Photo by Cale Weaver on Unsplash Students pay attention (sometimes) I was 17, my face was covered in acne and my hair was (awkwardly) long. I was sitting in a high school lecture roo", "cover": "/_astro/0_JHZz_VHUJPss2HCC-d181572b.BCi5rSHQ.webp", "readingMinutes": 3, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/the-bike-and-the-laptop-c7f32eddd07d" }, { "id": "2023-01-26---an-applied-mathematician-meets-software-engineering", "title": "An applied mathematician meets software engineering", "author": "Pablo Rodríguez-Sánchez", "authorSlug": "pablo-rodriguez-sanchez", "date": "2023-01-26T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2023-01-26---an-applied-mathematician-meets-software-engineering", "tags": [ "Biology", "Git", "Parallel Computing", "RSE", "Software Engineering", "Workshop" ], "excerpt": "How software engineering practices helped me bridge the gap between mathematics and other fields Photo by Mick Haupt on Unsplash From industry to academia Let’s go backward to 2015. Back then, I had a degree in theoretic", "cover": "/_astro/1_iF9f0KmFW_0FjvLyLi6Eww-b4c83a7e.BeTM0UEr.png", "readingMinutes": 5, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/an-applied-mathematician-meets-software-engineering-987e94c5b0e7" }, { "id": "2022-10-12---mathematics-and-biology-a-symbiosis", "title": "Mathematics and biology: a symbiosis?", "author": "Pablo Rodríguez-Sánchez", "authorSlug": "pablo-rodriguez-sanchez", "date": "2022-10-12T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2022-10-12---mathematics-and-biology-a-symbiosis", "tags": [ "Biology", "Physics", "Science Communication", "Software Engineering", "Visualization" ], "excerpt": "Lessons learned, from a mathematician among biologists. 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When formulated like this, this question makes us think of crystal balls, palm reading, fort", "cover": "/_astro/0_nCQRZRSdypw2jmuH-8bc780bd.7sAvCYMP.webp", "readingMinutes": 5, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/can-mathematical-models-predict-the-future-c362a0fbced2" }, { "id": "2020-10-22---how-is-the-end-of-daylight-saving-time-going-to-affect-me", "title": "How is the end of daylight saving time going to affect me?", "author": "Pablo Rodríguez-Sánchez", "authorSlug": "pablo-rodriguez-sanchez", "date": "2020-10-22T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2020-10-22---how-is-the-end-of-daylight-saving-time-going-to-affect-me", "tags": [ "3D", "Git" ], "excerpt": "Photo by insung yoon on Unsplash It happens every year. Twice. And it can be pretty annoying. I am talking about the clock shift to re-adapt our schedules to wintertime or summertime. But did you know that this October", "cover": "/_astro/1_3FqjKUwigVDSvM02muy99A-75be3bb6.D2_OnLzj.png", "readingMinutes": 5, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/how-is-the-end-of-daylight-saving-time-going-to-affect-me-2e6e51f96952" }, { "id": "2020-08-17---parallel-r-in-a-nutshell", "title": "Parallel R in a nutshell", "author": "Pablo Rodríguez-Sánchez", "authorSlug": "pablo-rodriguez-sanchez", "date": "2020-08-17T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2020-08-17---parallel-r-in-a-nutshell", "tags": [ "Linux", "Parallel Computing", "Performance", "RSE" ], "excerpt": "Photo by Marvin Meyer on Unsplash Loops are, by definition, repetitive tasks. Although it is not part of the definition, loops also tend to be boring. Luckily for us, computers are good at performing repetitive tasks, a", "cover": "/_astro/1_3qaXCEcKBHIVpQkMcmtvvg-493b492c.BQH382dC.png", "readingMinutes": 2, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/parallel-r-in-a-nutshell-4391d45b5461" }, { "id": "2020-03-18---a-mathematician-in-quarantine", "title": "A mathematician in quarantine", "author": "Pablo Rodríguez-Sánchez", "authorSlug": "pablo-rodriguez-sanchez", "date": "2020-03-18T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2020-03-18---a-mathematician-in-quarantine", "tags": [ "Biology", "Git", "Health", "Nix" ], "excerpt": "Flattening the curve, and why you should stay at home Photo by History in HD on Unsplash I write this entry at the beginning of the COVID19 crisis in Europe. I am not a medical expert and, thus, the reader will not find", "cover": "/_astro/1_Aw1pBPik3w-O0MuO9vLxaw-35ad8edf.CMkwtjIX.png", "readingMinutes": 4, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/a-mathematician-in-quarantine-4555cfbf9f60" }, { "id": "2020-01-08---some-things-that-scientists-can-learn-from-the-arts", "title": "Some things that scientists can learn from the arts", "author": "Pablo Rodríguez-Sánchez", "authorSlug": "pablo-rodriguez-sanchez", "date": "2020-01-08T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2020-01-08---some-things-that-scientists-can-learn-from-the-arts", "tags": [ "Data Visualization", "Health", "RSE", "Training", "Visualization" ], "excerpt": "Artists and scientists have more in common than you may think Ascidiacea (1899) by Dr. Ernst Haeckel via Wikipedia Knowledge isn’t easy to classify. Where does mathematics finish and physics begin? What about the boundar", "cover": "/_astro/0_wNaFhH5r5r7f0FL1-89ccb634.q6TGNtP2.webp", "readingMinutes": 5, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/some-things-that-scientists-can-learn-from-the-arts-5af4921bf9ff" }, { "id": "2019-12-16---are-you-a-researcher-you-may-not-know-it-yet-but-good-softwa", "title": "Are you a researcher? You may not know it yet, but good software skills are just what you need", "author": "Pablo Rodríguez-Sánchez", "authorSlug": "pablo-rodriguez-sanchez", "date": "2019-12-16T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2019-12-16---are-you-a-researcher-you-may-not-know-it-yet-but-good-softwa", "tags": [ "Biology", "Git", "Open Source", "Testing" ], "excerpt": "The previous example may look like (and actually is) quite silly. But remember that code is alive. Something that today is a simple function tomorrow may be more complicated. Imagine that a collaborator edits your functi", "cover": "/_astro/are-you-a-researcher-you-may-not-know-it-27eabb68.Cba5TgGu.jpeg", "readingMinutes": 3, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/you-dont-know-it-yet-but-software-engineering-is-just-what-you-need-7666d5e36fc9" }, { "id": "2019-12-16---experiences-of-a-computational-evangelist", "title": "Experiences of a computational evangelist", "author": "Pablo Rodríguez-Sánchez", "authorSlug": "pablo-rodriguez-sanchez", "date": "2019-12-16T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2019-12-16---experiences-of-a-computational-evangelist", "tags": [ "Biology", "Git", "Python", "Testing" ], "excerpt": "What I’ve learned spreading the gospel of computational best practices among scientists Photo by NESA by Makers on Unsplash Just a few days ago, I gave a talk at the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable", "cover": "/_astro/0_U-HMVgB8PS9IQXF0-845426ce.DM0BbbUC.webp", "readingMinutes": 6, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/experiences-of-a-computational-evangelist-4cae135fa829" } ] }, { "name": "Florian Huber", "slug": "florian-huber", "url": "/authors/florian-huber", "bio": "Research Software Engineer specializing in machine learning, mass spectrometry, and scientific Python.", "postCount": 16, "latestPostDate": "2023-06-26T00:00:00.000Z", "topics": [ { "name": "Deep Learning", "slug": "deep-learning", "count": 8, "url": "/topics/deep-learning" }, { "name": "Git", "slug": "git", "count": 8, "url": "/topics/git" }, { "name": "RSE", "slug": "rse", "count": 8, "url": "/topics/rse" }, { "name": "Machine Learning", "slug": "machine-learning", "count": 7, "url": "/topics/machine-learning" }, { "name": "Training", "slug": "training", "count": 4, "url": "/topics/training" }, { "name": "FAIR", "slug": "fair", "count": 3, "url": "/topics/fair" }, { "name": "Python", "slug": "python", "count": 3, "url": "/topics/python" }, { "name": "Workflows", "slug": "workflows", "count": 3, "url": "/topics/workflows" }, { "name": "GPU", "slug": "gpu", "count": 3, "url": "/topics/gpu" }, { "name": "Performance", "slug": "performance", "count": 2, "url": "/topics/performance" } ], "posts": [ { "id": "2023-06-26---mcfly-an-easy-to-use-tool-for-deep-learning-for-time-series-", "title": "Mcfly: An easy-to-use tool for deep learning for time series classification", "author": "Florian Huber", "authorSlug": "florian-huber", "date": "2023-06-26T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2023-06-26---mcfly-an-easy-to-use-tool-for-deep-learning-for-time-series-", "tags": [ "Deep Learning", "Git", "Performance", "Training", "Visualization" ], "excerpt": "A new mcfly 3.0 release is out. 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Florian Huber·Jun 24, 2022 Philosophically and legally they will", "cover": null, "readingMinutes": 4, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/welcome-to-the-ai-imitation-crisis-9c61f60503eb" }, { "id": "2022-06-24---welcome-to-the-ai-imitation-crisis", "title": "Welcome to the AI imitation crisis", "author": "Florian Huber", "authorSlug": "florian-huber", "date": "2022-06-24T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2022-06-24---welcome-to-the-ai-imitation-crisis", "tags": [], "excerpt": "The next generation language models will still just be enormeous parrot-systems that imitate intelligent behavior. But they will feel like much more to us. Let’s get this straight out of the way: Current deep learning ap", "cover": "/_astro/1_R6VYtoKbGvbJ-rH4epKEUg-ffede344.BYy7S8Az.jpeg", "readingMinutes": 7, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": null }, { "id": "2020-11-10---being-a-minority-in-fancy-coding-land-a-windows-user", "title": "Being a minority in fancy coding land: a Windows user.", "author": "Florian Huber", "authorSlug": "florian-huber", "date": "2020-11-10T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2020-11-10---being-a-minority-in-fancy-coding-land-a-windows-user", "tags": [ "Containers", "Git", "Linux", "R", "Workflows" ], "excerpt": "How I slowly went from my imposter-syndrome hiding to accepting what I am. A Windows user, at least most of the time. (Don’t worry, this is NOT one of those Linux vs. Windows posts!) I work at the Netherlands eScience Ce", "cover": "/_astro/1_omI5G0XyVglCsQpBFmgf9A-744fa126.DLyAPxQw.png", "readingMinutes": 7, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/being-a-minority-in-fancy-coding-land-a-windows-user-d853d80a6ef9" }, { "id": "2020-09-01---machine-learning-for-research-use-it-or-refuse-it-two-flowch", "title": "Machine learning for research — use it or refuse it? Two flowcharts to help you decide.", "author": "Florian Huber", "authorSlug": "florian-huber", "date": "2020-09-01T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2020-09-01---machine-learning-for-research-use-it-or-refuse-it-two-flowch", "tags": [ "Collaboration", "Deep Learning", "Machine Learning", "RSE" ], "excerpt": "Machine learning (in particular deep learning) started to become extremely hot 5–10 years ago. Now, this trend has fully reached most academic fields outside computer science as well. But will it also help you with your", "cover": "/_astro/machine-learning-for-research-use-it-or--f9966393.-fBK-ogb.png", "readingMinutes": 3, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/machine-learning-ai-for-research-use-it-or-refuse-it-43ab2344a7c9" }, { "id": "2020-09-01---machine-learningai-for-research-use-it-or-refuse-it", "title": "Machine learningAI for Research — use it or refuse it", "author": "Florian Huber", "authorSlug": "florian-huber", "date": "2020-09-01T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2020-09-01---machine-learningai-for-research-use-it-or-refuse-it", "tags": [], "excerpt": "Machine learning (in particular deep learning) started to become extremely hot 5–10 years ago. Now, this trend has fully reached most academic fields outside computer science as well. But will it also help you with your", "cover": "/_astro/1_QAhUoMJk3ocCBlzK1TKvzQ-e23d3602.CpXhBJ1x.jpeg", "readingMinutes": 6, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": null }, { "id": "2020-02-11---workshop-machine-learning-for-research-2020", "title": "Workshop Machine Learning for Research 2020", "author": "Florian Huber", "authorSlug": "florian-huber", "date": "2020-02-11T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2020-02-11---workshop-machine-learning-for-research-2020", "tags": [ "Bayesian", "Deep Learning", "GPU", "Machine Learning", "Neural Networks", "Physics" ], "excerpt": "For one full week we worked with 6 research teams from different disciplines to explore if and how machine learning could help them answer their research question(s). Here is a brief summary of what we did, how it went,", "cover": null, "readingMinutes": 4, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/workshop-machine-learning-for-research-2020-39c4fc8218e8" }, { "id": "2020-02-11---workshop-machine-learning-for-research-2020-did-it-work", "title": "Workshop Machine Learning for Research 2020 … did it work?", "author": "Florian Huber", "authorSlug": "florian-huber", "date": "2020-02-11T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2020-02-11---workshop-machine-learning-for-research-2020-did-it-work", "tags": [ "Deep Learning", "GPU", "Machine Learning", "Python", "RSE", "Training" ], "excerpt": "Evaluating our one-week hands-on workshop on applying machine learning to research. 5 Stimulate diverse teams and be aware of (gender-)biases.We wanted to attract diverse teams and in particular avoid gender-biases since", "cover": null, "readingMinutes": 3, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/workshop-machine-learning-for-research-2020-did-it-work-4c178f9dbb14" }, { "id": "2020-02-07---monopolizing-ai", "title": "Monopolizing AI", "author": "Florian Huber", "authorSlug": "florian-huber", "date": "2020-02-07T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2020-02-07---monopolizing-ai", "tags": [ "Community", "Computer Vision", "Deep Learning", "GPU", "Git", "Machine Learning" ], "excerpt": "The field of machine learning and AI is facing an increasing divide. Florian Huber·Feb 4, 2020 16 Last edit: 07/02/2020 It seems contradictory at first. On the one hand, deep learning has become incredibly accessible. Fe", "cover": null, "readingMinutes": 5, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/monopolizing-ai-8c87e00b854d" }, { "id": "2019-09-24---highlights-from-the-european-conference-on-machine-learning-", "title": "Highlights from the European Conference on Machine Learning 2019", "author": "Florian Huber", "authorSlug": "florian-huber", "date": "2019-09-24T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2019-09-24---highlights-from-the-european-conference-on-machine-learning-", "tags": [ "Benchmarking", "Computer Vision", "Deep Learning", "Git", "Machine Learning", "RSE" ], "excerpt": "ML highlights and trends as seen at ECML-PKDD 2019 (16–20 September, Würzburg, Germany) The conference’s cryptic name is due to the fact that it is a merger of two conferences: the European Conference on Machine Learning", "cover": "/_astro/1_7HGhLaTTZyvTt9OsKb4FUQ-f2fd70ee.CQ-qyFVt.jpeg", "readingMinutes": 6, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/highlights-from-the-european-conference-on-machine-learning-2019-3537900d0557" }, { "id": "2019-07-15---king-man-woman-king", "title": "King - Man + Woman = King ?", "author": "Florian Huber", "authorSlug": "florian-huber", "date": "2019-07-15T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2019-07-15---king-man-woman-king", "tags": [ "Benchmarking", "FAIR", "Git", "NLP", "RSE", "Testing" ], "excerpt": "Some of the best known examples used to explain the power of prominent Natural Language Processing tools (like Word2Vec) only seem to work with some cheating. One of the most important fields for applying modern machine-", "cover": "/_astro/1_WZsoh-HYxhXEEf5Q_gsQsw-dc557f8b.qKHizdzM.png", "readingMinutes": 6, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/king-man-woman-king-9a7fd2935a85" }, { "id": "2019-06-24---derse-2019-first-conference-for-research-software-engineers-in-germany", "title": "derse 2019 first conference for research software engineers in germany", "author": "Florian Huber", "authorSlug": "florian-huber", "date": "2019-06-24T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2019-06-24---derse-2019-first-conference-for-research-software-engineers-in-germany", "tags": [ "Community", "Git", "RSE", "Research Software", "Software Engineering", "Statistics" ], "excerpt": "written by Carlos Martinez-Ortiz and Florian Huber Facts What: First Conference for Research Software Engineers (RSE) in Germany When: 4-6 June 2019 Where: Albert Einstein Science Park in Potsdam But wait… what is a RSE", "cover": "/_astro/1_v-AmdN95tAiNrpO9EMc86g-a52b179e.vFyDQZ3a.jpeg", "readingMinutes": 5, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": null }, { "id": "2019-06-14---big-questions-small-data", "title": "big questions — small data.", "author": "Florian Huber", "authorSlug": "florian-huber", "date": "2019-06-14T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2019-06-14---big-questions-small-data", "tags": [ "Deep Learning", "FAIR", "Git", "Health", "NLP", "Neural Networks" ], "excerpt": "At the eScience Center our mission is to “digitally enhance science”. How to do this other than by the biggest tech-superpowers of our time: super-computing, big-data, and of course: deep learning! But are these technolo", "cover": "/_astro/0_kuv6purwbawIwU37-22aa1350.CnbCuf6_.webp", "readingMinutes": 6, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": null }, { "id": "2019-03-04---superhuman-blog-post", "title": "superhuman blog post", "author": "Florian Huber", "authorSlug": "florian-huber", "date": "2019-03-04T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2019-03-04---superhuman-blog-post", "tags": [ "Machine Learning", "Performance", "RSE", "Training" ], "excerpt": "#demystifyAI series (this small series aims at putting important AI-related aspects into perspective) Why you shouldn’t be afraid of AI tools occasionally performing superhuman in some tasks. And why you are the true sup", "cover": "/_astro/1_G3vAyVSVlYS3BapnW-Og3g-ebe36034.Xbenv8M4.jpeg", "readingMinutes": 11, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": null } ] }, { "name": "Patrick Bos", "slug": "patrick-bos", "url": "/authors/patrick-bos", "bio": "Research Software Engineer working on high-performance computing, C++, and build systems.", "postCount": 15, "latestPostDate": "2025-09-25T00:00:00.000Z", "topics": [ { "name": "Git", "slug": "git", "count": 8, "url": "/topics/git" }, { "name": "RSE", "slug": "rse", "count": 6, "url": "/topics/rse" }, { "name": "Python", "slug": "python", "count": 5, "url": "/topics/python" }, { "name": "Physics", "slug": "physics", "count": 3, "url": "/topics/physics" }, { "name": "API", "slug": "api", "count": 3, "url": "/topics/api" }, { "name": "C++", "slug": "c", "count": 3, "url": "/topics/c" }, { "name": "Performance", "slug": "performance", "count": 3, "url": "/topics/performance" }, { "name": "Environment", "slug": "environment", "count": 2, "url": "/topics/environment" }, { "name": "Workflows", "slug": "workflows", "count": 2, "url": "/topics/workflows" }, { "name": "Astronomy", "slug": "astronomy", "count": 2, "url": "/topics/astronomy" } ], "posts": [ { "id": "2025-09-25---be-like-jurriaan", "title": "Be like Jurriaan", "author": "Patrick Bos", "authorSlug": "patrick-bos", "date": "2025-09-25T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2025-09-25---be-like-jurriaan", "tags": [ "Environment", "Git", "Open Source", "Python", "RSE", "Workflows" ], "excerpt": "Write copy-pasteable READMEs for developers The main message of this post is short: Thank you, Jurriaan H. 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In pa", "cover": "/_astro/0_JECSe723rgCyyHyK-48ff0ae8.CC1T0dJb.jpg", "readingMinutes": 5, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/automate-chores-with-github-actions-73153a6c85d3" }, { "id": "2021-02-19---twitter-bots-for-science", "title": "Twitter Bots, for Science!", "author": "Patrick Bos", "authorSlug": "patrick-bos", "date": "2021-02-19T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2021-02-19---twitter-bots-for-science", "tags": [ "API", "Git", "Python", "Workflows" ], "excerpt": "How to build a bot to show Covid-19 vaccination progress Twitter bots have a really bad rep. Troll armies, spam, fake news… You name it, a bot’s done it. But what if we could harness their powers for good? 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Today, t", "cover": "/_astro/a-special-gift-december-5th-d7100f1d.BgmdqWgn.jpeg", "readingMinutes": 3, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/a-special-gift-december-5th-69f12753581d" }, { "id": "2025-08-28---5-tips-for-writing-a-successful-escience-center-proposal", "title": "5 tips for writing a successful eScience Center proposal", "author": "Peter Kalverla", "authorSlug": "peter-kalverla", "date": "2025-08-28T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2025-08-28---5-tips-for-writing-a-successful-escience-center-proposal", "tags": [ "Collaboration", "Community", "Sustainability", "Workflows" ], "excerpt": "22 Over the years, we’ve worked on a wide range of collaborative projects through our open calls. The most successful ones? They tend to have a few things in common right from the proposal stage. Here are five tips to he", "cover": "/_astro/5-tips-for-writing-a-successful-escience-f7ee65e6.DCBqA6Y7.png", "readingMinutes": 2, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/5-tips-for-writing-a-successful-escience-center-proposal-1247bc44a5fd" }, { "id": "2024-12-10---amsterdam-as-seen-by-a-weather-model", "title": "Amsterdam as seen by a weather model", "author": "Peter Kalverla", "authorSlug": "peter-kalverla", "date": "2024-12-10T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2024-12-10---amsterdam-as-seen-by-a-weather-model", "tags": [ "3D", "Climate", "Git", "Physics", "Python", "RSE" ], "excerpt": "Visualizing local climate zones in 3D with the Cityblocks package What sets a weather model apart from a video game? While video games prioritize stunning visuals over strict realism, weather models focus entirely on phy", "cover": "/_astro/1_l4MLhZBrZbnuEC8AjIcJuQ-6d434fb4.BITi-oSW.png", "readingMinutes": 9, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/amsterdam-as-seen-by-a-weather-model-b609a340cde4" }, { "id": "2024-09-05---unwieldy-workflows-with-wrf", "title": "(Un)wieldy workflows with WRF", "author": "Peter Kalverla", "authorSlug": "peter-kalverla", "date": "2024-09-05T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2024-09-05---unwieldy-workflows-with-wrf", "tags": [ "Community", "Environment", "Git", "Parallel Computing", "Python", "Research Software" ], "excerpt": "(Un)wieldy workflows with WRF Streamlining experiments with the Weather Research and Forecasting model The Weather Research and Forecasting model, WRF for short, is a beautiful piece of research software with a large com", "cover": "/_astro/unwieldy-workflows-with-wrf-b6e59d0c.B5Z5PUNe.jpg", "readingMinutes": 14, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/un-wieldy-workflows-with-wrf-4a4947b88a98" }, { "id": "2024-06-21---henry-the-city-tweaker", "title": "Henry, the City Tweaker", "author": "Peter Kalverla", "authorSlug": "peter-kalverla", "date": "2024-06-21T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2024-06-21---henry-the-city-tweaker", "tags": [ "Climate", "Collaboration", "Git", "RSE" ], "excerpt": "Imagining the future of urban planning 5 > This blogpost is our (winning 🎉) submission to Destination Earth’s challenge to envision the future use of their platform. The story is set in 2050, when “urban sims” have come", "cover": "/_astro/henry-the-city-tweaker-19e1aa94.DzQkJD1P.png", "readingMinutes": 6, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/henry-the-city-tweaker-8977b3cce10f" }, { "id": "2023-11-21---cracking-the-moisture-tracking-code", "title": "Cracking the (moisture) tracking code", "author": "Peter Kalverla", "authorSlug": "peter-kalverla", "date": "2023-11-21T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2023-11-21---cracking-the-moisture-tracking-code", "tags": [ "Climate", "Collaboration", "Community", "Optimization", "Performance", "Python" ], "excerpt": "An exclusive interview with our project partners This post is part of a series on our 2021 Small Scale Initiative Call in Software Performance Optimization. This week’s highlight: “Optimizing tracking of moisture in the", "cover": "/_astro/cracking-the-moisture-tracking-code-e7c68a7c.D1PgIWpw.png", "readingMinutes": 6, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/cracking-the-moisture-tracking-code-5849b0001911" }, { "id": "2023-10-05---analysis-ready-climate-data-with-esmvalcore", "title": "Analysis-ready climate data with ESMValCore", "author": "Peter Kalverla", "authorSlug": "peter-kalverla", "date": "2023-10-05T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2023-10-05---analysis-ready-climate-data-with-esmvalcore", "tags": [ "Climate", "Git", "Statistics", "Workflows" ], "excerpt": "The “Easy IPCC” blog done differently Co-authored by Bouwe Andela In a recent blog post, Tom Nicholas presented a nice walkthrough of reproducing a famous IPCC figure with xarray-datatree. Here, we attempt to achieve the", "cover": "/_astro/analysis-ready-climate-data-with-esmvalc-75688b5f.B_CK0meh.png", "readingMinutes": 12, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/easy-ipcc-powered-by-esmvalcore-19a0b6366ea7" }, { "id": "2023-09-11---esmvaltool-recipes-for-solid-climate-science", "title": "ESMValTool: Recipes for solid climate science", "author": "Peter Kalverla", "authorSlug": "peter-kalverla", "date": "2023-09-11T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2023-09-11---esmvaltool-recipes-for-solid-climate-science", "tags": [ "Climate", "Community", "FAIR", "Git", "Open Science", "RSE" ], "excerpt": "ESMValTool: Recipes for solid climate science This story was coauthored by Peter Kalverla and Bouwe Andela Like an artisan chef can improvise a delicious meal, so too can a scientist create new insights from raw data and", "cover": "/_astro/esmvaltool-recipes-for-solid-climate-sci-9ecc0726.TI0_OHJi.jpg", "readingMinutes": 8, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/esmvaltool-recipes-for-solid-climate-science-da5b33814f69" }, { "id": "2023-08-21---lilio-a-calendar-package-for-machine-learning-with-time-seri", "title": "Lilio — a calendar package for machine learning with time series data", "author": "Peter Kalverla", "authorSlug": "peter-kalverla", "date": "2023-08-21T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2023-08-21---lilio-a-calendar-package-for-machine-learning-with-time-seri", "tags": [ "Climate", "Community", "Git", "Machine Learning", "Pandas", "R" ], "excerpt": "Designed with the S2S community, available for everyone These are just some of the questions that scientists in the field of sub-seasonal to seasonal (S2S) weather and climate prediction have to deal with on a daily basi", "cover": "/_astro/lilio-a-calendar-package-for-machine-lea-42268afa.DQXZijBm.png", "readingMinutes": 4, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/lilio-a-calendar-package-for-machine-learning-with-time-series-data-5c197830f4ce" }, { "id": "2023-03-09---ewatercycle-anecdotes-of-a-fair-expedition", "title": "eWaterCycle: Anecdotes of a FAIR expedition", "author": "Peter Kalverla", "authorSlug": "peter-kalverla", "date": "2023-03-09T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2023-03-09---ewatercycle-anecdotes-of-a-fair-expedition", "tags": [ "Environment", "FAIR", "Workflows" ], "excerpt": "The journey of a group of hydrologists and research software engineers after FAIRer research software. A grand challenge This story begins in April, 2019. A group of hydrologists and research software engineers had gathe", "cover": "/_astro/1_VVhO3G5VtX4HqlFP6LaJvQ-1f1f952a.eX_J8oUt.png", "readingMinutes": 6, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/ewatercycle-anecdotes-of-a-fair-expedition-274d1e8e3bba" }, { "id": "2022-02-21---storyboards-for-science-communication", "title": "Storyboards for science communication", "author": "Peter Kalverla", "authorSlug": "peter-kalverla", "date": "2022-02-21T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2022-02-21---storyboards-for-science-communication", "tags": [ "API", "Databases", "Git", "Python", "RSE", "Science Communication" ], "excerpt": "A modern publication format for the hybrid metaverse Originally used by movie directors, a storyboard consists of a series of images that, together, form a story. In the European Climate Prediction system (EUCP) project", "cover": "/_astro/1_MPvM6F_5-YEzGciSngjnzg-f2940a5b.0avJ_3dz.png", "readingMinutes": 10, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/storyboards-for-science-communication-85e399e5c1b5" }, { "id": "2021-09-21---pandemic-proof-shaping-the-future-of-scientific-exchange", "title": "Pandemic-proof: shaping the future of scientific exchange", "author": "Peter Kalverla", "authorSlug": "peter-kalverla", "date": "2021-09-21T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2021-09-21---pandemic-proof-shaping-the-future-of-scientific-exchange", "tags": [ "API", "Accessibility", "Climate", "Containers", "Environment", "Git" ], "excerpt": "The 2021 (virtual) meeting of the European Meteorological Society started off with the collaborative Future Science Cafe. Inspired by the rapid developments in remote collaboration forced upon us by the COVID-19 pandemic", "cover": "/_astro/1_35Fq6kF4xD76Z2aHlSNsXA-3a846000.7RnXy5WL.jpeg", "readingMinutes": 9, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/pandemic-proof-shaping-the-future-of-scientific-exchange-8eec8444d021" }, { "id": "2021-09-20---plotting-gridded-data-on-a-web-map-python-andor-javascript", "title": "Plotting gridded data on a web map: Python and/or Javascript?", "author": "Peter Kalverla", "authorSlug": "peter-kalverla", "date": "2021-09-20T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2021-09-20---plotting-gridded-data-on-a-web-map-python-andor-javascript", "tags": [ "Climate", "Git", "NetCDF", "Performance", "Python", "RSE" ], "excerpt": "But what if you want to plot your own data? While there are many resources on how to use existing tile or web-map services, I struggled to find out how to make my own. Eventually, I found a nice example using GeoTrellis,", "cover": "/_astro/plotting-gridded-data-on-a-web-map-pytho-7102366f.CCo91M-J.png", "readingMinutes": 7, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/plotting-gridded-data-on-a-web-map-python-and-or-javascript-b38b44dd3c9d" }, { "id": "2020-03-25---6-months-of-escience-6-lessons-worth-sharing", "title": "6 months of eScience: 6 lessons worth sharing", "author": "Peter Kalverla", "authorSlug": "peter-kalverla", "date": "2020-03-25T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2020-03-25---6-months-of-escience-6-lessons-worth-sharing", "tags": [ "Citation", "Climate", "Code Review", "Collaboration", "Community", "FAIR" ], "excerpt": "On the road towards FAIR and reproducible science. Ever find yourself hesitating to send that important email, cursor hovering over the send button? For me, it’s grown into a curious habit. I particularly recall the time", "cover": "/_astro/0_bqZuEZ4aKevZpJVu-b09ef874.LTKy3FVl.jpg", "readingMinutes": 9, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/6-months-of-escience-6-lessons-worth-sharing-4fc925a1e376" }, { "id": "2019-12-11---between-pencil-and-paper", "title": "Between pencil and paper", "author": "Peter Kalverla", "authorSlug": "peter-kalverla", "date": "2019-12-11T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2019-12-11---between-pencil-and-paper", "tags": [ "Git", "RSE", "Science Communication" ], "excerpt": "How artistic elements can enrich scientific writing I did a similar thing with figures. Matplotlib has this awesome package that let’s you render all plots in a sketchy style, as shown below. Example figure from my PhD t", "cover": "/_astro/between-pencil-and-paper-8b9596bf.CtS1YNYk.png", "readingMinutes": 2, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/between-pencil-and-paper-65b9650b0284" } ] }, { "name": "Lourens Veen", "slug": "lourens-veen", "url": "/authors/lourens-veen", "bio": "Research Software Engineer with interests in programming languages, software sustainability, and design.", "postCount": 9, "latestPostDate": "2024-11-27T00:00:00.000Z", "topics": [ { "name": "RSE", "slug": "rse", "count": 5, "url": "/topics/rse" }, { "name": "Python", "slug": "python", "count": 4, "url": "/topics/python" }, { "name": "Research Software", "slug": "research-software", "count": 3, "url": "/topics/research-software" }, { "name": "Containers", "slug": "containers", "count": 2, "url": "/topics/containers" }, { "name": "Environment", "slug": "environment", "count": 2, "url": "/topics/environment" }, { "name": "Open Source", "slug": "open-source", "count": 2, "url": "/topics/open-source" }, { "name": "Health", "slug": "health", "count": 2, "url": "/topics/health" }, { "name": "Reproducibility", "slug": "reproducibility", "count": 1, "url": "/topics/reproducibility" }, { "name": "Workflows", "slug": "workflows", "count": 1, "url": "/topics/workflows" }, { "name": "C++", "slug": "c", "count": 1, "url": "/topics/c" } ], "posts": [ { "id": "2024-11-27---is-scientific-software-the-new-land-grab", "title": "Is scientific software the new land grab?", "author": "Lourens Veen", "authorSlug": "lourens-veen", "date": "2024-11-27T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2024-11-27---is-scientific-software-the-new-land-grab", "tags": [ "Containers", "Environment", "Open Source", "Reproducibility", "Research Software", "Workflows" ], "excerpt": "3 Scientific software platforms are not always as open as they look at first sight. Avoid getting locked in with this advice! “Do you know what CodeOcean is? Should I do this?” As a Research Software Engineer you often a", "cover": "/_astro/is-scientific-software-the-new-land-grab-d0106fc2.-gtIOeaw.jpg", "readingMinutes": 9, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/is-scientific-software-the-new-land-grab-25e5e76cc323" }, { "id": "2024-11-07---variables-records-values-and-objects", "title": "Variables, Records, Values and Objects", "author": "Lourens Veen", "authorSlug": "lourens-veen", "date": "2024-11-07T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2024-11-07---variables-records-values-and-objects", "tags": [ "Python", "RSE" ], "excerpt": "14 The Engineering Corner A blog-within-a-blog on the transition from writing simple scripts for yourself to writing larger programs with and for others. 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In R for example, you can write down a statistical model equation, for which it has a special syn", "cover": null, "readingMinutes": 5, "source": "medium", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/scripting-vs-programming-8d7d276f3ba3" }, { "id": "2024-07-18---what-research-software-engineers-can-learn-from-taylor-swift", "title": "What Research Software Engineers can learn from Taylor Swift", "author": "Lourens Veen", "authorSlug": "lourens-veen", "date": "2024-07-18T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2024-07-18---what-research-software-engineers-can-learn-from-taylor-swift", "tags": [ "Julia", "Research Software", "Software Engineering" ], "excerpt": "14 It’s Friday night, 5 July 2024. After some out-of-this-world pizza and a couple of drinks with colleagues, I’m on my way to catching a late train home. I get to the station just in time to park my bike. 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It’s understandable that researchers, who juggle multiple projects and deadlines, do not have the time, energy or resources to become coding experts. 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Builds tools, dashboards, and enjoys reducing, reusing, and recycling code.", "postCount": 3, "latestPostDate": "2023-06-20T00:00:00.000Z", "topics": [ { "name": "Git", "slug": "git", "count": 3, "url": "/topics/git" }, { "name": "Python", "slug": "python", "count": 3, "url": "/topics/python" }, { "name": "3D", "slug": "3d", "count": 2, "url": "/topics/3d" }, { "name": "API", "slug": "api", "count": 2, "url": "/topics/api" }, { "name": "Climate", "slug": "climate", "count": 1, "url": "/topics/climate" }, { "name": "Environment", "slug": "environment", "count": 1, "url": "/topics/environment" }, { "name": "Machine Learning", "slug": "machine-learning", "count": 1, "url": "/topics/machine-learning" }, { "name": "RSE", "slug": "rse", "count": 1, "url": "/topics/rse" }, { "name": "Optimization", "slug": "optimization", "count": 1, "url": "/topics/optimization" }, { "name": "Performance", "slug": "performance", "count": 1, "url": "/topics/performance" } ], "posts": [ { "id": "2023-06-20---reduce-reuse-recycle-save-the-planet-one-github-action-at-a-", "title": "Reduce, reuse, recycle: save the planet one GitHub action at a time", "author": "Stef Smeets", "authorSlug": "stef-smeets", "date": "2023-06-20T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "/posts/2023-06-20---reduce-reuse-recycle-save-the-planet-one-github-action-at-a-", "tags": [ "Climate", "Environment", "Git", "Machine Learning", "Python", "RSE" ], "excerpt": "Reduce, reuse, recycle: save the planet one GitHub action at a time 53 Written by Stef Smeets and Sander van Rijn. 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