I'm very honoured to be among this year's NWO (Dutch Research Council) Veni research grant recipients, for my proposal "Finding Variables that Matter"!

I cannot quite believe it, but I'm excited to get started on the actual research.

Many congratulations to all of my colleagues who received their Veni grants. Over the last few months, I was lucky enough to get to know them and their research, and I can't wait to see what they do with the funds.

I'm grateful to Delft University of Technology and all my colleagues and trainers for their support and trust. The Veni application process was part of my life for almost a year. Could not have done it without their encouragement and wisdom. Many thanks also to NWO and all reviewers and committee members!

https://www.tudelft.nl/en/2025/tu-delft/record-number-veni-grants-for-leading-tu-delft-researchers

#AcademicMastodon#AcademicLife#NWO#Veni#ResearchFunding#AI#AcademicChatter#TUDelft#Research#Grateful#GoodNews

Wen das nicht aufschreckt, dem kann nicht mehr geholfen werden.

“Wissenschaft als datafizierter Raum”

von Renke Siems @RenkeSiems

https://www.melusinapress.lu/read/1981-5838-wadr/section/ad2cc559-1a30-4f43-972b-0957993a6528

#datafication #academicchatter #surveillance#überwachung

I am hiring!

I have a fully funded PhD position available for someone with an interest in logic and statistics, at Delft University of Technology (Netherlands).

Application deadline: 31 August 2025

https://careers.tudelft.nl/job/Delft-PhD-Position-Symbolic-AI-and-Reasoning-Under-Uncertainty-2628-CD/824585702/

#AcademicJobs#AcademicMastodon#GetFediHired#AcademicJob#SymbolicAI#Statistics#AI#ConstraintProgramming#CombinatorialOptimisation #SensitivityAnalysis#FormalMethods#CombinatorialOptimization#Delft#TUDelft#AcademicChatter

The slings and arrows of academic publishing when you are a "romantic weirdo":

What happens if you don’t want to pay to publish?
https://euromathsoc.org/magazine/articles/215

#academicchatter #publishing #academia #oa #openaccess

"We worry that, in the not-too-distant future, the title of this essay will become a declarative statement that there is no need to write at all."

COMMENTARY by Adrian Lenardic and Johnny Seales, “Why Write?”

https://futureu.education/uncategorized/commentary-by-adrian-lenardic-and-johnny-seales-why-write/

#academicchatter

There's a new Alternative Social Media researcher interview! This time it's with @kfrostarnold, who is philosopher studying social epistemology.

https://www.socialmediaalternatives.org/2025/07/14/frost-arnold.html

#alternativeSocialMedia #academicchatter #research

An email landed in my inbox today promoting a faculty retreat for my college with a large time slot on "AI for productivity". I responded in part with:

"I say this without exaggeration: There is no way to adopt generic AI tools (like LLMs) at an institutional level in a way that is ethical."

I hate that universities are often so willfully ignorant when it comes to adopting new technologies. As if they are somehow separate from the moral, ethical, and political implications of their development and use when they are in fact central to it.

#AI #criticalAI #futures #resist #academia #academicchatter #labor

Hello #Biology and #Neuroscience Mastodon, does anyone has recent successful case for host MCSA postdoc fellowship?

https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/postdoctoral-fellowships

if you do, would you be happy to share any parts of application? if so, please PM or email me to kc280@leicester.ac.uk

many thanks
#academicchatter#PhD #postdoc#MCSA#UK

Hi, academics,
I have a question that is somewhat important for understanding the treatment of some untenured folks at a university.

This question is specifically aimed for academics who are working in a country where they are not citizens: How much, if any, assistance did/does your university provide with your necessary visa requirements? (I was going to do a poll but its probably too fine-grained of answers.)

Please share if relevant!

#academia #academicchatter #academics #academic