Podcasts
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The collaboration utopia episode 3: what does it take?
That Big Tech is not putting the interests of our education system first is now clear. How do we become more independent? What role do European alliances play in this? And what responsibility do you have as an institution? In the final episode of this podcast special: Jan Haarhuis (founder Charm-EU), Evelien Renders (president EUNIS) and Christien Bok (SURF).
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What you need to know about... open science
17 years ago, John Doove, open science programme manager at SURF, started thinking about the possibilities of open science with a small idealistic group. Where are we now and why should open science be the norm? Listen now to the new episode of SURFshort. -
What you need to know about brain-computing interfaces
What is it? And what opportunities does this new technology offer for education? Listen to the podcast now. -
What you need to know about... GPT-NL
The American ChatGPT had great impact upon release. Now TNO, the Netherlands Forensic Institute and SURF are working on a Dutch language model; GPT-NL. Why that is badly needed and how we are approaching it tells Thomas van Osch, machine learning advisor at SURF. -
What you need to know about... hype navigation
Hype always seems to come out of nowhere. Blockchain, AI: suddenly it's there, and seems to be everywhere. But is this actually the case? -
What you need to know about... supercomputing
Supercomputing is indispensable in much research in the Netherlands. Why actually? What does the national supercomputer Snellius bring to our scientists? And why should we not run after Big Tech in the race to the fastest supercomputer? -
What you need to know about... purple teaming
SURF conducted a purple team exercise in late 2023 to test SURFconext's ability to withstand an attack by hackers. How did this go, what was the result, and how can you as an institution deal with it yourself? -
What you need to know about... open source
Proponents have long agreed. Open source applications are the future for maintaining freedom and control in a digital world. But what exactly is it? And why is it so important? -
What you need to know about... education interoperability
Did you know that interoperability has a major impact on students' opportunities for development? What is the necessary improvement of processes at the 'back end' so that students at the 'front end' can choose and develop as freely as possible?