Samantha Wittke
@samumantha.bsky.social
Research Software Engineer at CSC- IT Center for Science, Finland / CodeRefinery.org / Elixir-FI / Geoinformatics & Earth Observation / Open Science, Training and RSE community enthusiast / 🌲 Outdoorsy / ⚒️🖌️🧶Crafty
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Dr. Heidi Seibold is speaking at TEDxTUM 2025! 🎤
She’s asking: How do we make science serve its purpose again?
If you care about Open Science & better research culture — this talk is for you.
📅 Nov 8, 2025
🎟️ Discounted tickets:
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#TEDxTUM #OpenScience #ResearchCulture
She’s asking: How do we make science serve its purpose again?
If you care about Open Science & better research culture — this talk is for you.
📅 Nov 8, 2025
🎟️ Discounted tickets:
buff.ly/UGx2t6t
#TEDxTUM #OpenScience #ResearchCulture
November 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Dr. Heidi Seibold is speaking at TEDxTUM 2025! 🎤
She’s asking: How do we make science serve its purpose again?
If you care about Open Science & better research culture — this talk is for you.
📅 Nov 8, 2025
🎟️ Discounted tickets:
buff.ly/UGx2t6t
#TEDxTUM #OpenScience #ResearchCulture
She’s asking: How do we make science serve its purpose again?
If you care about Open Science & better research culture — this talk is for you.
📅 Nov 8, 2025
🎟️ Discounted tickets:
buff.ly/UGx2t6t
#TEDxTUM #OpenScience #ResearchCulture
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Now I'm also looking for a research software engineer to implement a pile of research results to R packages loo, posterior, bayesplot, projpred, priorsense, brms or/and Python packages ArviZ, Bambi and Kulprit. Apply by email with no specific deadline (see contact info at users.aalto.fi/~ave/)
I'm now also looking for a postdoc with strong Bayesian background and interest in developing Bayesian cross-validation theory, methods and software. Apply by email with no specific deadline (see contact information at users.aalto.fi/~ave/).
Others, please share
Others, please share
I'm looking for a doctoral student with Bayesian background to work on Bayesian workflow and cross-validation (see my publication list users.aalto.fi/~ave/publica... for my recent work) at Aalto University.
Apply through the ELLIS PhD program (dl October 31) ellis.eu/news/ellis-p...
Apply through the ELLIS PhD program (dl October 31) ellis.eu/news/ellis-p...
November 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Now I'm also looking for a research software engineer to implement a pile of research results to R packages loo, posterior, bayesplot, projpred, priorsense, brms or/and Python packages ArviZ, Bambi and Kulprit. Apply by email with no specific deadline (see contact info at users.aalto.fi/~ave/)
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🚀 Build sustainable, reproducible research software!
Learn principles & hands-on practices of open, high-quality, scientific software development at the S³ School 🗓️ 14–21 January 2026, #LAPP, Annecy🇫🇷
📅 Apply by 14 Nov: indico.in2p3.fr/event/36319
Supported by #EVERSE & @oscarsproject.bsky.social
Learn principles & hands-on practices of open, high-quality, scientific software development at the S³ School 🗓️ 14–21 January 2026, #LAPP, Annecy🇫🇷
📅 Apply by 14 Nov: indico.in2p3.fr/event/36319
Supported by #EVERSE & @oscarsproject.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🚀 Build sustainable, reproducible research software!
Learn principles & hands-on practices of open, high-quality, scientific software development at the S³ School 🗓️ 14–21 January 2026, #LAPP, Annecy🇫🇷
📅 Apply by 14 Nov: indico.in2p3.fr/event/36319
Supported by #EVERSE & @oscarsproject.bsky.social
Learn principles & hands-on practices of open, high-quality, scientific software development at the S³ School 🗓️ 14–21 January 2026, #LAPP, Annecy🇫🇷
📅 Apply by 14 Nov: indico.in2p3.fr/event/36319
Supported by #EVERSE & @oscarsproject.bsky.social
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🎉 Happy international RSE day from the Nordics!
We have got some exciting events brewing for the future, including the Nordic Basic Scientific Computing days (No BS Computing) in Otaniemi, FI, in February and the 3rd Nordic-RSE conference in Tromsø, NO in June.
We have got some exciting events brewing for the future, including the Nordic Basic Scientific Computing days (No BS Computing) in Otaniemi, FI, in February and the 3rd Nordic-RSE conference in Tromsø, NO in June.
October 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
🎉 Happy international RSE day from the Nordics!
We have got some exciting events brewing for the future, including the Nordic Basic Scientific Computing days (No BS Computing) in Otaniemi, FI, in February and the 3rd Nordic-RSE conference in Tromsø, NO in June.
We have got some exciting events brewing for the future, including the Nordic Basic Scientific Computing days (No BS Computing) in Otaniemi, FI, in February and the 3rd Nordic-RSE conference in Tromsø, NO in June.
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A nice shift in perceived colour between central and peripheral vision. The fixated disc looks purple while the others look blue.
The effect presumably comes from the absence of S-cones in the fovea.
From Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt:
arxiv.org/pdf/2509.115...
The effect presumably comes from the absence of S-cones in the fovea.
From Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt:
arxiv.org/pdf/2509.115...
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
A nice shift in perceived colour between central and peripheral vision. The fixated disc looks purple while the others look blue.
The effect presumably comes from the absence of S-cones in the fovea.
From Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt:
arxiv.org/pdf/2509.115...
The effect presumably comes from the absence of S-cones in the fovea.
From Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt:
arxiv.org/pdf/2509.115...
Reposted by Samantha Wittke
📣 Registration for the CodeRefinery workshop starting September 9th is still open.
🤝 Dive into Git and other tools for more reproducible research, with setup support and a shell crash course in the mix - designed for researchers, by researchers.
More info: coderefinery.github.io/2025-09-09-w...
🤝 Dive into Git and other tools for more reproducible research, with setup support and a shell crash course in the mix - designed for researchers, by researchers.
More info: coderefinery.github.io/2025-09-09-w...
CodeRefinery workshop September/October 2025
Free workshop on git, testing, documentation, and more in a workshop - for researchers and scientists.
coderefinery.github.io
August 27, 2025 at 5:54 AM
📣 Registration for the CodeRefinery workshop starting September 9th is still open.
🤝 Dive into Git and other tools for more reproducible research, with setup support and a shell crash course in the mix - designed for researchers, by researchers.
More info: coderefinery.github.io/2025-09-09-w...
🤝 Dive into Git and other tools for more reproducible research, with setup support and a shell crash course in the mix - designed for researchers, by researchers.
More info: coderefinery.github.io/2025-09-09-w...
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🇸🇪 The second Nordic-RSE in-person conference took place in Gothenburg, Sweden, at the end of May. Find out more about the event through the words of #SSIFellow @samumantha.bsky.social in this blog originally posted on the Nordic RSE website: www.software.ac.uk/blog/nordic-...
August 1, 2025 at 7:58 AM
🇸🇪 The second Nordic-RSE in-person conference took place in Gothenburg, Sweden, at the end of May. Find out more about the event through the words of #SSIFellow @samumantha.bsky.social in this blog originally posted on the Nordic RSE website: www.software.ac.uk/blog/nordic-...
Thank you for having me! It was an exciting visit and great pleasure to talk about @coderefinery.org and @nordic-rse.bsky.social and all the discussions around training, HPC and Research Software!
In her new article on our website, SSI Fellow Samantha Witte of @csc.fi writes about her visit to EPCC to discuss @CodeRefinery.org and Nordic-RSE: edin.ac/4lZk3fd
@softwaresaved.bsky.social
@softwaresaved.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Thank you for having me! It was an exciting visit and great pleasure to talk about @coderefinery.org and @nordic-rse.bsky.social and all the discussions around training, HPC and Research Software!
Great first day!
First Minisymposium on Research Software quality showed how work done within Elixir can reach beyond life science communities via projects like @eosc-everse.bsky.social ! Can't wait to see where this is going 🤩
First Minisymposium on Research Software quality showed how work done within Elixir can reach beyond life science communities via projects like @eosc-everse.bsky.social ! Can't wait to see where this is going 🤩
We’re in Thessaloniki preparing for the 2025 ELIXIR All Hands meeting! We look forward to seeing you all soon.🎉
👉 Don’t forget to check the programme and decide which workshop or mini-symposium you want to attend:
elixir-events.eventscase.com/EN/ahm2025/A...
#ELIXIR25
👉 Don’t forget to check the programme and decide which workshop or mini-symposium you want to attend:
elixir-events.eventscase.com/EN/ahm2025/A...
#ELIXIR25
June 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Great first day!
First Minisymposium on Research Software quality showed how work done within Elixir can reach beyond life science communities via projects like @eosc-everse.bsky.social ! Can't wait to see where this is going 🤩
First Minisymposium on Research Software quality showed how work done within Elixir can reach beyond life science communities via projects like @eosc-everse.bsky.social ! Can't wait to see where this is going 🤩
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It's great to see that a national research evaluation organization, the Finnish Publication Forum (JUFO), has rated @joss-openjournals.bsky.social as level 1, recognizing its scholarly value
Frankie Robertson helped make this happen, with Nordic-RSE, & wrote about it: nordic-rse.org/blog/joss-ju...
Frankie Robertson helped make this happen, with Nordic-RSE, & wrote about it: nordic-rse.org/blog/joss-ju...
JOSS re-evaluated as JUFO 1 in Finland, expands its definition - Nordic RSE
We bring together the community of people writing and contributing to
research software from Nordic universities, research institutes, companies and
other organizations to share knowledge, to organize...
nordic-rse.org
May 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
It's great to see that a national research evaluation organization, the Finnish Publication Forum (JUFO), has rated @joss-openjournals.bsky.social as level 1, recognizing its scholarly value
Frankie Robertson helped make this happen, with Nordic-RSE, & wrote about it: nordic-rse.org/blog/joss-ju...
Frankie Robertson helped make this happen, with Nordic-RSE, & wrote about it: nordic-rse.org/blog/joss-ju...
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📢 The Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS) has been re-evaluated as JUFO 1 in Finland! 🎉
This change makes it easier for researchers in Finland to get credit for their software contributions.
Read more about this significant change on the Nordic-RSE blog at nordic-rse.org/blog/joss-ju...
This change makes it easier for researchers in Finland to get credit for their software contributions.
Read more about this significant change on the Nordic-RSE blog at nordic-rse.org/blog/joss-ju...
JOSS re-evaluated as JUFO 1 in Finland, expands its definition - Nordic RSE
We bring together the community of people writing and contributing to
research software from Nordic universities, research institutes, companies and
other organizations to share knowledge, to organize...
nordic-rse.org
May 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Engaging talks and a lovely crowd. So happy to have found "my people" that I get to learn so much from every day ❤️
Thanks to other organizers and all participants for making this a fantastic event!
Blog posts and some pictures will follow ✨
Thanks to other organizers and all participants for making this a fantastic event!
Blog posts and some pictures will follow ✨
It's a wrap!
We had a good time in Göteborg with 45 registered participants, one keynote, 14 talks, four posters, two tutorials and three discussions on various topics around Research (Software) Engineering!
❤️ Thank you to everyone and see you next year June 9-10 2026 in Tromsø, Norway! ☀️
We had a good time in Göteborg with 45 registered participants, one keynote, 14 talks, four posters, two tutorials and three discussions on various topics around Research (Software) Engineering!
❤️ Thank you to everyone and see you next year June 9-10 2026 in Tromsø, Norway! ☀️
May 22, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Engaging talks and a lovely crowd. So happy to have found "my people" that I get to learn so much from every day ❤️
Thanks to other organizers and all participants for making this a fantastic event!
Blog posts and some pictures will follow ✨
Thanks to other organizers and all participants for making this a fantastic event!
Blog posts and some pictures will follow ✨
Reposted by Samantha Wittke
The Nordic-RSE conference 2025 #NRSE25 has officially started!!! ✨
We are excited to welcome ~45 delegates from all over the Nordics (and even beyond) at Göteborg university!
We are excited to welcome ~45 delegates from all over the Nordics (and even beyond) at Göteborg university!
May 20, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The Nordic-RSE conference 2025 #NRSE25 has officially started!!! ✨
We are excited to welcome ~45 delegates from all over the Nordics (and even beyond) at Göteborg university!
We are excited to welcome ~45 delegates from all over the Nordics (and even beyond) at Göteborg university!
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📯 Free online workshop announcement!
Successful & Beautiful Poster Presentations, Tina Lang
"Scientific posters are an integral part of presenting your research. However, condensing all findings on just one canvas is truly challenging...
Successful & Beautiful Poster Presentations, Tina Lang
"Scientific posters are an integral part of presenting your research. However, condensing all findings on just one canvas is truly challenging...
Successful & Beautiful Poster Presentations
Scientific posters are an integral part of presenting your research. However, condensing all findings on just one canvas is truly challenging. This 1h crash course is designed for graduate and post gr...
events.digital-research.academy
May 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
📯 Free online workshop announcement!
Successful & Beautiful Poster Presentations, Tina Lang
"Scientific posters are an integral part of presenting your research. However, condensing all findings on just one canvas is truly challenging...
Successful & Beautiful Poster Presentations, Tina Lang
"Scientific posters are an integral part of presenting your research. However, condensing all findings on just one canvas is truly challenging...
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"If someone has opened the door for you, make sure to keep it open."
@malvikasharan.bsky.social #CollabW25
Really enjoyed the opening panel this morning, thank you to all the panellists for their insights!
@malvikasharan.bsky.social #CollabW25
Really enjoyed the opening panel this morning, thank you to all the panellists for their insights!
🛣️ The panel on the importance of EDI for the future of research software is about to start. Log in via zoom or join us in Blair Atholl to listen to our speakers' discussion.
May 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
"If someone has opened the door for you, make sure to keep it open."
@malvikasharan.bsky.social #CollabW25
Really enjoyed the opening panel this morning, thank you to all the panellists for their insights!
@malvikasharan.bsky.social #CollabW25
Really enjoyed the opening panel this morning, thank you to all the panellists for their insights!
Last call, especially for people in the area around Göteborg:
Join us on 20.+21.05.2025 for the second in-person Nordic-RSE conference to meet fellow research software enthusiasts and hear about cool tools and projects.
Join us on 20.+21.05.2025 for the second in-person Nordic-RSE conference to meet fellow research software enthusiasts and hear about cool tools and projects.
Last chance to register for Nordic-RSE conference 2025!
Meet the Nordic Research Software Engineering community in Gothenburg, get inspired, and grow your network.
Schedule’s live: nordic-rse.org/nrse2025/#sc...
Register before April 30, noon CEST: nordic-rse.org/nrse2025/#re...
#RSEng #NRSE25
Meet the Nordic Research Software Engineering community in Gothenburg, get inspired, and grow your network.
Schedule’s live: nordic-rse.org/nrse2025/#sc...
Register before April 30, noon CEST: nordic-rse.org/nrse2025/#re...
#RSEng #NRSE25
2025 Nordic-RSE conference
2025 Nordic-RSE conference
nordic-rse.org
April 29, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Last call, especially for people in the area around Göteborg:
Join us on 20.+21.05.2025 for the second in-person Nordic-RSE conference to meet fellow research software enthusiasts and hear about cool tools and projects.
Join us on 20.+21.05.2025 for the second in-person Nordic-RSE conference to meet fellow research software enthusiasts and hear about cool tools and projects.
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April 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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"But the most highly cited papers generally aren’t the most famous scientific discoveries. Rather, these works tend to describe scientific methods or software, the workhorses on which scientists depend."
From doi.org/10.1038/d415...
#ResearchSoftware
From doi.org/10.1038/d415...
#ResearchSoftware
Exclusive: the most-cited papers of the twenty-first century
A Nature analysis reveals the 25 highest-cited papers published this century and explores why they are breaking records.
doi.org
April 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
"But the most highly cited papers generally aren’t the most famous scientific discoveries. Rather, these works tend to describe scientific methods or software, the workhorses on which scientists depend."
From doi.org/10.1038/d415...
#ResearchSoftware
From doi.org/10.1038/d415...
#ResearchSoftware
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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
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So happy to see our work come together this way! 🤩✨🚀
LiPheStream: 458 single tree #LiDAR point cloud time series from Hyytiälä, Finland (doi.org/10.1038/s415...)
Browse and download single tree data via pytreedb : pytreedb.geog.uni-heidelberg.de
Big thanks to everyone making this possible 🙌
LiPheStream: 458 single tree #LiDAR point cloud time series from Hyytiälä, Finland (doi.org/10.1038/s415...)
Browse and download single tree data via pytreedb : pytreedb.geog.uni-heidelberg.de
Big thanks to everyone making this possible 🙌
April 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
So happy to see our work come together this way! 🤩✨🚀
LiPheStream: 458 single tree #LiDAR point cloud time series from Hyytiälä, Finland (doi.org/10.1038/s415...)
Browse and download single tree data via pytreedb : pytreedb.geog.uni-heidelberg.de
Big thanks to everyone making this possible 🙌
LiPheStream: 458 single tree #LiDAR point cloud time series from Hyytiälä, Finland (doi.org/10.1038/s415...)
Browse and download single tree data via pytreedb : pytreedb.geog.uni-heidelberg.de
Big thanks to everyone making this possible 🙌
Reposted by Samantha Wittke
📢 Abstract submissions for the Nordic-RSE Conference 2025 are now closed—thank you to everyone who submitted! 🎉
But it's not too late to contribute — poster submissions are still open until April 18th!
Share your work with the community.
Info on website: nordic-rse.org/nrse2025/
#NRSE25 #RSEng
But it's not too late to contribute — poster submissions are still open until April 18th!
Share your work with the community.
Info on website: nordic-rse.org/nrse2025/
#NRSE25 #RSEng
2025 Nordic-RSE conference
2025 Nordic-RSE conference
nordic-rse.org
April 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
📢 Abstract submissions for the Nordic-RSE Conference 2025 are now closed—thank you to everyone who submitted! 🎉
But it's not too late to contribute — poster submissions are still open until April 18th!
Share your work with the community.
Info on website: nordic-rse.org/nrse2025/
#NRSE25 #RSEng
But it's not too late to contribute — poster submissions are still open until April 18th!
Share your work with the community.
Info on website: nordic-rse.org/nrse2025/
#NRSE25 #RSEng
Reposted by Samantha Wittke
Week 1 of the workshop is done—on to week 2!
Missed a session? Catch up on YouTube; all materials on our website (see comments)
Next week:
⚡ Tue: Reproducible research & social coding
⚡ Wed: Jupyter & documentation
⚡ Thu: Modular code & automated testing
Each session is self-contained. Join us!
Missed a session? Catch up on YouTube; all materials on our website (see comments)
Next week:
⚡ Tue: Reproducible research & social coding
⚡ Wed: Jupyter & documentation
⚡ Thu: Modular code & automated testing
Each session is self-contained. Join us!
March 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Week 1 of the workshop is done—on to week 2!
Missed a session? Catch up on YouTube; all materials on our website (see comments)
Next week:
⚡ Tue: Reproducible research & social coding
⚡ Wed: Jupyter & documentation
⚡ Thu: Modular code & automated testing
Each session is self-contained. Join us!
Missed a session? Catch up on YouTube; all materials on our website (see comments)
Next week:
⚡ Tue: Reproducible research & social coding
⚡ Wed: Jupyter & documentation
⚡ Thu: Modular code & automated testing
Each session is self-contained. Join us!
Reposted by Samantha Wittke
We are now live on twitch: twitch.tv/coderefinery
You can still register to interact with the instructors via collaborative notes: coderefinery.github.io/2025-03-25-w...
You can still register to interact with the instructors via collaborative notes: coderefinery.github.io/2025-03-25-w...
March 25, 2025 at 8:49 AM
We are now live on twitch: twitch.tv/coderefinery
You can still register to interact with the instructors via collaborative notes: coderefinery.github.io/2025-03-25-w...
You can still register to interact with the instructors via collaborative notes: coderefinery.github.io/2025-03-25-w...