A few notes on the moment of translation between epistemologies and ontologies in software.

We have just updated our preprint on using LLMs for evidence decision support with more evaluation results and corrections from peer review. See also the fantastic EEG seminar talk that the student group who worked on this over the summer gave towards the end of last year.

Academic home pages are a special genre. Publication lists are a key part of it: our published scholarly work pretty much defines us (at least as far as our academic persona is concerned). I think every academic should have a full publication list somewhere —why do some universities make this so hard?— but home pages often just have a list of selected papers. How do people make this selection?

Ya está disponible la colección de la bibliografía para el curso de Fundamentos de biología comparada de la licenciatura de Biología del nuevo plan de estudios de la Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM aprobado en el 2024.

References are an essential element of scholarly publications.

Vom 26. bis 28. November fand die sechste Open Access Staff Week an der Universitätsbibliothek Regensburg statt. Sie war geprägt von spannenden Einblicken und kollegialem Austausch. Die nördlichste Stadt Italiens - wie wir bei der Stadtführung lernen durften - hieß die Teilnehmenden der 6. Open Access Staff Week unter dickem Nebel willkommen.

The 32nd Plant and Animal Genomes (PAG) Conference 2025 was a whirlwind of fascinating talks and innovative research! As in previous years (see previous blog posts here & here), the event spanned 5 complete days, this time the organisers reporting 2349 registered attendees from 64 countries. The top 5 represented countries were (highest number of participants first); USA, Canada, UK, Germany and China.

Die CC BY-Lizenz ermöglicht es, mit ihr versehene Werke kostenlos unbegrenzt zu nutzen, solange die Urheberin genannt wird. Auch Portraitfotos von Personen können mit einer CC BY-Lizenz versehen sein. Doch was sagt die Lizenz darüber aus, ob die abgebildete Person mit der Verbreitung „ihres“ Fotos einverstanden war?

In 2024, we remained committed to open science and open source software.We continued to build a welcoming andinclusive community, through innovation and collaboration. Here are the highlights of the year: 🔗R-Universe R-Universe, rOpenSci’s platform for finding and publishing R packages,saw major advancements in 2024,making it an increasingly useful and trusted resource for the wider R community.

Get a glimpse into the captivating world of mutualistic relationships in nature and discover how these partnerships shape ecosystems.

I remember the first time I heard the term sovereign AI . It was one of those buzzwords that feels equal parts thrilling and ominous—a promise of autonomy wrapped in the shadow of isolation. Now, it’s a concept reshaping not just how nations think about technology but how they define themselves in a world where identity increasingly lives in code. The United States just made its stance clear.