As a good habit, I write a blog before starting my summer holidays. Last year was all about working as Director General of the KB | National Library of The Netherlands, so it would make sense for me to reflect on that. And I do so in part. Partly, because a short piece on the concept of identity does not sum up everything I have experienced this year, let me be clear about that.

By the end of July 2025, we are expecting delivery of a compute server/workstation capable of running large language models (LLMs) efficiently. This machine will allow for local LLM deployment to support development and use of artificial intelligence workflows in-house. This is part of Oxford IHTM’s efforts to support its current students and its alumni in learning and applying modern tools for global health projects.

There’s a curious terminological schism that nobody talks about at what passes for dinner parties for the AI crowd.

Ten years ago, almost to the day, Matt and I were having a conversation vie Google chat. We got onto the evergreen topic of scholarly publishing. Let’s ignore the somewhat dated references to Twitter and Skype, and listen in on those two starry-eyed youngsters … Matt : People will continue to publish papers (as currently understood) beyond the natural lifespan of the medium, because papers are easy to count.

I started my academic career in biomedical research as faculty in the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine. After eight years I jumped to industry &

I work on homomorphic encryption (HE or FHE for “fully” homomorphic encryption) and I have written a lot about it on this blog (see the relevant tag). This article is a collection of short answers to questions I see on various threads and news aggregators discussing FHE. Facts If a service uses FHE and can respond to encrypted queries, can’t the service see your query? How is it possible to operate on encrypted data without seeing it?

I’m thrilled to share the publication of our new paper published today in Nature Reviews Biodiversity : You can read the paper (free) here: https://rdcu.be/ewG5R.Read the paper (free) This Perspective paper was a global collaboration between Colossal Biosciences, the University of East Anglia, the Globe institute at the University of Copenhagen, the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, the government of

Hey there, Three weeks ago, I hit send on one of the most personal announcements I’ve ever shared. On July 1, I announced the debut of my first science fiction novel— On the Wings of a Pig . The response was overwhelming. I expected a few nods of support, maybe some curiosity.

The Spotify version of today’s episode can be found at this link.

The threshold of originality is the linchpin for determining whether an intellectual achievement is considered a work and therefore enjoys copyright protection. Several myths are surrounding this concept, and its application depends on the individual case. However, there are clear criteria and examples to help with this. The ‘threshold of originality’ is an undefined legal term, i.e. it is not defined in the legal text itself.

After the Lower House elections in Japan last October, I wrote a note that emphasised the mounting and cumulative stresses on the country.