Lezingenreeks Studium Generale: Wie is er bang voor AI? Komend najaar organiseert Studium Generale de lezingenreeks Wie is er bang voor AI? waarin ze ingaan op de vraag of de angst voor Artificial Intelligence terecht is. Gedurende drie avonden vertellen zeven wetenschappers over AI met betrekking tot werk, kunst en democratie. De voertaal is Nederlands. […] Read more
Weekly CDH Walk-in Hours resuming on September 7th Starting Thursday, September 7th, from 14:00 to 15:00 hrs, we’re resuming our CDH Walk-in Hours. During these weekly consultation sessions, all humanities staff and students are welcome to ask their Digital Humanities (DH) questions, ranging from beginner to advanced levels. Our advisory team comprises a scientific developer from the Research Software Lab, a member from Research Data Management […] Read more
Now accepting submissions: NWO Open Science & HAI funding calls We’d like to bring your attention to two recently opened calls: the Open Science Fund 2023 call offers an opportunity to propose grants of up to €50.000, dedicated to supporting projects aimed at implementing and advancing open science practices. NWO aims to encourage open science by providing incentives and rewards to researchers who are already […] Read more
Data School joins Katapult consortium Data and Knowledge Hub Healthy Urban Living Over the next four years, Data School will be participating in the Katapult consortium Data and Knowledge Hub Healthy Urban Living. The hub is an independent and open public-private platform initiated by Utrecht University, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) and the Economic Board Utrecht. Together with several other partners, as well as […] Read more
Vacancy: postdoc in Wording Repair: Digitally Unveiling the History of Reparative Justice in the Words of a Forgotten Diary Would you like to help connect the field of digital humanities to historical research on twentieth-century German history? The Department Of History and Art History at Utrecht University is seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to join the project of Dr. Lorena De Vita as a part-time Postdoctoral Researcher in the field of Digital Humanities for […] Read more
Heise.de features Data School’s Data Ethics Decision Aid (DEDA) In the recent article Künstliche Intelligenz: Drei Beispiele für das Scheitern von Algorithmen (Artificial Intelligence: Three Examples of Algorithm Failures) on Heise.de, a prominent German ICT news site, the importance of regulating Artificial Intelligence is discussed. Mirko Schäfer, the Faculty of Science Lead at Data School, shares insights into the Data Ethics Decision Aid (DEDA). […] Read more
Interview with Jeroen Bakker and Sander Prins: A simple way of harvesting and analyzing social media data with 4CAT In this series of interviews the FAIR Research IT Innovation Fund shows what contribution projects can make to FAIR research IT. The research teams of the projects have received a grant from them. Good news for scientists whose technological skills are limited, but who want to work with social media data in their research: now […] Read more
CLARIN is looking for a student assistant Are you a student with an academic background and/or interest in digital humanities, language study corpus linguistics, and natural language processing? CLARIN ERIC is looking to hire a student assistant (on average 0.3 – 0.4 FTE depending on availability) during the period of August-November 2023, with a possible extension after this period. The tasks will […] Read more
Interview Jeroen Salman: “The network allows researchers to learn about each other’s expertise” Between 2016 and 2018, Jeroen Salman led the EDPOP project. What digital techniques has he used in the project? What role did Utrecht University Library and the Research Software Lab of the Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH) play in EDPOP? And are such roles ever played out? The EDPOP project (European Dimensions of popular print culture) is […] Read more
Invitation to participate in Summer School 2023 ‘Exploring Culture Through Data’ Are you a (humanities) student or (beginning) researcher seeking a hands-on introduction to digital methods? Join the Summer School week Exploring Culture Through Data, organized by Data School from August 14th to 18th, 2023. This engaging week-long summer school offers a comprehensive program with hands-on workshops and prominent guest lecturers. The team of hosts comprises […] Read more
CDH presents its Fall staff education program The Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH) is pleased to announce its education program for the upcoming Fall 2023, catering all staff and students of the Faculty of Humanities at Utrecht University. Staff education program We offer a diverse range of workshops and lectures, covering digital humanities (DH) topics such as network visualization, Python for beginners, an introduction […] Read more
Data School participates in Responsible AI Panel at CPDP Conference in Brussels Helsinki Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities (HSSH) visiting professor Mirko Schäfer, along with his colleague Iris Muis from Data School, took part in a panel discussion at the Conference for Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP) in Brussels. The panel focused on the practicalities of responsible AI and data practices, informed by the latest […] Read more
Article by Data School and De Groene on the sources of ChatGPT Violations of copyright, private data and fake news: for Dutch texts, OpenAI’s filter is of rather poor quality, conclude Joris Veerbeek (Data School) and Eva Hofman (De Groene Amsterdammer). In this article they investigate which Dutch sources are used to train chatbots such as ChatGPT. Read article (in dutch) The Utrecht Data School (UDS) regularly collaborates with De […] Read more
Cancelled: Digital Humanities Walk-In Hours on Thursday of June 1 Due to circumstances, the Digital Humanities (DH) Walk-in Hours of Thursday June 1 is cancelled. On June 8, 2023, the last DH Walk-in Hours of this academic year will take place. We will resume the DH Walk-in Hours on Thursday September 7, 2023. In the meantime, all staff and students of the Faculty of Humanities with questions […] Read more
Antal van den Bosch new chair Domain SSH and member of NWO’s Executive Board Professor Antal van den Bosch, Strategic Advisor at the Centre for Digital Humanities, is appointed new chair of the Domain Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) and also a member of the Dutch Research Council (NWO) Executive Board as of 1 July, 2023. Read more […] Read more
Trouw interviews with Iris Muis In December 2022, the Algorithm Register (Algoritmeregister) was established in the Netherlands to map all automated selection processes used by the government. However, it still doesn’t work as intended. The Dutch newspaper Trouw spoke with Iris Muis, Lead Operation at Data School, about data ethics and the Fundamental Rights & Algorithms Impact Assessment (FRAIA), a […] Read more
New name for Digital Humanities Lab: Research Software Lab From 1 May 2023 onwards, the Digital Humanities Lab, part of the Centre for Digital Humanities, will continue under the name: Research Software Lab. Why ‘Research Software Lab’? The reason for the new name is to provide more clarity about the various parts that fall under the Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH) of Utrecht University. […] Read more
New name for Utrecht Data School: Data School From 1 May 2023 onwards, the Utrecht Data School will have a new name and logo. Utrecht Data School will continue under the name Data School and the logo will be adapted to Utrecht University’s latest style guidelines. Why ‘Data School’? Utrecht University’s brand policy stipulates that names of organisational units may no longer contain the […] Read more
Mirko Schäfer member of new advisory committee for governmental institutions On March 17, 2023, the Analytics Advisory Committee (Adviescommissie Analytics) has officially started. This committee, consisting of academics and experts, will provide solicited and unsolicited advice to the Ministry of Finance, the Tax Administration, Customs and Service Surcharges on how to deal with risk models and algorithms. Risk models and algorithms can increase efficiency and […] Read more
Research Software Lab collaborates on new interactive platform for researching historical Jewish migration data To further map the mechanisms and underlying structures of Jewish migration in Europe, the new project ‘Interactive Geo-Spatial Platform for Modelling Jewish Historical Migration’ has been launched. This project has been awarded a FAIR IT Grant. Professor of Late Antiquity Leonard Rutgers, master’s student Stefan Dingemans and developer Tijmen Baarda (Centre for Digital Humanities) will together shape the new […] Read more
