Wanted: Examples of data and AI literacy support in education The NPuls pilot hub Data and AI is looking for practical examples that support teachers and students in developing data and AI literacy. This could be training courses, teaching materials or projects that you have experienced or developed. Your input can help the Data and AI pilot hub explore the possibilities for a toolkit to […] Read more
ERC Starting Grant awarded for UU research into data diversity in Natural Language Processing In September, Dong Nguyen received an ERC Starting Grant of €1.5 million for her research on the impact of data diversity on the quality of language models. In her DataDivers project, she aims to develop methods to accurately measure the diversity of a dataset and investigate how this diversity influences the behavior of a language model. The […] Read more
Vacancy: Postdoctoral position in NLP for Historical Research (Copenhagen) The Saxo Institute, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen (UCPH), has announced an opening for a Postdoctoral Researcher in the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP) with a focus on multilingual historical texts from 1600 to 1900. The position is full-time and fixed-term for 2 years starting from 1 February 2025, or as soon as […] Read more
CFP: Applied Data Science research grants The focus area Applied Data Science (ADS) at Utrecht University (UU) again provides funding to finance research projects within the Special Interest Groups (SIGs) of Applied Data Science. The aim is to foster the application of data science techniques in research areas where they are not yet applied and to accelerate the development of data science techniques […] Read more
Appointment AI Governance Officer Education at UU From 1 August 2024, Yvette Roman has been appointed AI Governance Officer Education at the Student & Academic Affairs Office (SO&O). Previously, she was AI policy officer at faculty REBO. There, she created a Code of Conduct on Artificial Intelligence (SolisID login required) for faculty REBO. In her new role, there is an opportunity to draft it […] Read more
UU knowledge base ‘Responsible use of AI in teaching’ updated Utrecht University (UU) has updated the knowledge base on ‘Responsible use of AI in your teaching’ for humanities teachers. You can find the information on Intranet (UU staff login required). The material consists of three informative documents: two presentations (or slide decks) and a white paper. You will also find the template for the allowed […] Read more
CDH Newsletter September 2024 The Centre for Digital Humanities’ newsletter for September 2024 has been published. You can read the newsletter in your browser by clicking the button below. Read the CDH Newsletter September 2024 Would you like to receive the monthly CDH newsletter directly in your inbox? Sign up for the newsletter by clicking the button below and […] Read more
Interview with CDH director Hugo Quené: past, present and future of the CDH In 2020, the Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH) at Utrecht University was officially launched. In this interview, prof. dr. Hugo Quené, Professor of Quantitative Methods of Empirical Research in the Humanities and CDH founding director, reflects on the past four years since its inception, and shares his thoughts on the future. How should digital humanities evolve […] Read more
Report publication: FRAIA in action The report ‘FRAIA in action‘ summarises the results of the pilot in which Data School (Centre for Digital Humanities, Utrecht University) collaborated with the Rijks ICT Gilde (RIG) for the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. Over the Fall of 2023 and Spring of 2024, a range of government bodies applied the FRAIA to […] Read more
Book publication: Collaborative Research in the Datafied Society In Collaborative Research in the Datafied Society: Methods and Practices for Investigation and Intervention, Mirko Schäfer and Karin van Es (both Data School, Centre for Digital Humanities, Utrecht University), together with Tracey P. Lauriault (Carleton University), provide concrete tools for conducting collaborative academic research. The volume is available in open access. Societal engagement of universities “Today’s universities seek to appear, or actually be, […] Read more
Humanities researchers: SSHOC-NL Task 3.1 survey The Social Science and Humanities Open Cloud for the Netherlands project (SSHOC-NL) invites humanities researchers to fill out a survey (5 mins) on which types of data enrichment tools are being used. Within the SSHOC-NL project, such information will enable them to provide tailored support and information to users as part of Task 3.1 on methodologically sound data […] Read more
Call for Abstracts: AlgoSoc International Conference 2025: The Future of Public Values in the Algorithmic Society A call for abstracts has been published for ‘The Future of Public Values in the Algorithmic Society’, a two-day international conference hosted by AlgoSoc, taking place at Felix Meritis in Amsterdam on 10 & 11 April 2025. The submission deadline is 30 September 2024. Public Values in the Algorithmic Society (AlgoSoc) is an interdisciplinary research programme which […] Read more
CFP: BNAIC/BeNeLearn 2024 A call for papers has been announced for the upcoming BNAIC/BeNeLearn 2024 conference, the reference conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) for the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. This year’s combined 36th BNAIC and 33rd BeNeLearn conference will be held from 18-20 November 2024 in Utrecht (Jaarbeurs). The organizers invite researchers to submit their […] Read more
CFP: Open Science Infrastructure The Dutch national programme for Open Sciene (Open Science NL) has opened a call for funding of Open Science Infrastructure. This call focuses on the development of digital infrastructures that support open science practices. It covers the entire spectrum of open science and is deliberately broad in scope to be inclusive of the community’s diverse […] Read more
CFP: USO Education Innovation 2025 Interfaculty projects at Utrecht University (UU) that innovate and improve education are made possible annually by the Utrecht Education Incentive Fund (USO, ‘Utrechts Stimuleringsfonds Onderwijsvernieuwing’ in Dutch). USO Innovation projects: Themes This year, three themes have been defined in which projects up to €250,000 can be applied for: Terms and conditions These cross-faculty USO projects […] Read more
New CDH Education Program open to staff & students: register now! We are pleased to present the Fall Education Program 2024 of the Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH). Take your first steps into the world of digital humanities or refine your existing skills. Registration is now open! Every six months, we launch a new series of workshops and lectures within the field of Digital Humanities (DH). The sessions in […] Read more
CFP Data School: Impact Projects Data School has published a call to action for Impact Projects: support for impact-focused research projects in the humanities with societal partners. For the past 10 years, Data School has been at the forefront of researching the impact of AI in society. Working across disciplines and in close collaboration with external partners we conduct research around […] Read more
Data School research in the media Data School often appears in the media with innovative and news-worthy data research. PhD candidate Joris Veerbeek (Data School) regularly shares interesting findigs from his data research in the independent and progressive Dutch weekly news magazine De Groene Amsterdammer. Recently, two more articles based on his research were published: More Data School in the media […] Read more
Blog post: Data School at CPDP 2024 Authors Julia Straatman and Lysa Ngouateu have published a (Dutch) blog post on the Data School website about Data School‘s visit to the yearly Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP) conference. This year, the conference took place in Brussels (Belgium) from 22-24 May. Data School moderated two panels and hosted an interactive workshop. Data School at CPDP 2024 […] Read more
Interview with Tijmen Baarda (CDH), Leonard Rutgers & Stefan Dingemans: interactive map of Jewish migration in Europe in Roman times “Digital research is the future, also in humanities” Professor Leonard Rutgers and his colleagues research how Jewish migrants spread over Europe in Roman times. Thanks to a grant of the FAIR Research IT programme, the team was able to digitise a large number of sources and incorporate them into an interactive map. Other scholars can now use […] Read more
