The eScience Center offers a range of workshops and training courses, open to all researchers affiliated with Dutch research organizations. They organize workshops covering digital skills needed to put reproducible research into practice. These include online collaboration, writing reproducible code and implementing good programming practices. The eScience Center also offers more advanced workshops such as GPU Programming, Parallel Programming and Deep Learning.

Upcoming workshops in February

Introduction to Deep Learning
This is a hands-on introduction to the first steps in deep learning, intended for researchers who are familiar with machine learning in general.
Date: 5-8 February
Format: online
More information and registration here.

Good Practices in Research Software Development
In this workshop, you will learn skills to facilitate open and reproducible research. The workshops focus on best practices to build modular, reusable, maintainable, sustainable, reproducible, testable and robust software.
Date: 26-29 February
Format: online
More information here, registration opens on 5 February.

Upcoming workshops in March

Image Processing with Python
In this workshop participants will use Python to understand and manipulate images.
Date: 11-13 March
Format: online
More information here, registration opens on 19 February.

Parallel Programming with Python
Intermediate level course teaching the basics of Parallel Programming in Python using Numba, Dask and Asyncio.
Date: 19-20 March
Format: in-person, Amsterdam
More information here, registration opens on 27 February.

Upcoming workshops in April

Good Practices in Research Software Development
‘Good Practices in Research Software Development’ workshops introduce practices, tools and skills used in research software development.
Date: 8-11 April
Format: online
More information here, registration opens on 18 March.

Intermediate Research Software Development with Python
This course teaches a core set of intermediate-level software development skills and best practices.
Date: 15-17 April
Format: in-person, Amsterdam
More information here, registration opens on 25 March.

Machine learning in Python with scikit-learn
This workshop will provide participants with the basics of machine learning in Python.
Date: 22-25 April
Format: online
More information here, registration opens on 1 April.

More information

Read more on the eScience Center Training & Workshops page or get an overview of what’s coming up on the Events page. To get notified when registration opens, follow Netherlands eScience Center Digital Skills on Eventbrite.

Participating in the eScience workshops is equivalent to 1-2 ECTS points, depending on the duration. You can email training@esciencecenter.nl after attending the full workshop to request a certificate of participation.

Note that as of February 2024, a registration fee is applicable for the workshops. When signing up for the eScience workshops, you agree to their cancellation and no-show policy.