Victor de Boer
victordeboer.bsky.social
Victor de Boer
@victordeboer.bsky.social
Associate professor User-Centric Data Science at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Semantic Web, Digital Humanities, Cultural AI
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Antifa verbieden na een debat waarin het woord antifa niet eens viel? Dat signaal is krachtig overgekomen, getuige het geweld en de vernielingen in Den Haag. En nu krokodillentranen huilen en het geweld veroordelen natuurlijk, tot het moment dat dat ook niet meer hoeft.
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‘We wilden een signaal afgeven’, zeggen de partijen achter de antifa-motie
Een Kamermeerderheid wil dat antifa als terroristische organisatie wordt bestempeld. Maar antifa is helemaal geen organisatie, zeggen deskundigen. En ook niet terroristisch. Wat was nu eigenlijk het i...
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September 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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🚀 Cross-KG interoperability is one of the biggest hurdles in scaling Linked Data applications.
At #SEMANTiCS2025, Malte Christian Bartels, Debayan Banerjee, & Ricardo Usbeck present their paper “Automating SPARQL Query Translations between DBpedia and Wikidata.
September 4, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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📸 Highlights from this morning at SEMANTiCS 2025:
Engaging sessions, full rooms, and an inspiring keynote that set the tone for the day.
A big thank you to our speakers and participants for bringing such energy and ideas to the stage and the floor. 🙌

#SEMANTiCS2025 #Keynote #KnowledgeSharing
September 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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💡 From pre-Bitcoin digital currencies to trustworthy AI, Arto Bendiken (ASIMOV Systems) has been building verifiable systems for decades.

At #SEMANTiCS2025: “ASIMOV: A Platform for Trustworthy, Neurosymbolic AI”
September 4, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Awesome hybrid panel on pursuing a PhD in #digitalhumanities at #dhbenelux2025
June 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Back to #hybrid at #dhbenelux2025 due to a train strike!
June 6, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Nice news coming from #eswc2025 Portoroz :)
June 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
#dhbenelux2025 day 2 was great!
June 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The GHOST Open Science card game explained by VU university library!
June 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The GHOST Open Science card game explained by VU university library!
June 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
#Dhbenelux2025 has the best smelling presentations of all conferences I know. @ingerleemans.bsky.social and Arno Bosse talk about historical smells and make us experience it :)
June 4, 2025 at 9:35 AM
@barbaramcgilli.bsky.social kicking off the #dhbenelux2025 main conference with a key note on semantic change detection.
June 4, 2025 at 7:41 AM
The #dhbenelux2025 workshops we're a great success. Looking forward to tomorrow's start of the main conference! #digitalhumanities
June 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
#dhbenelix2025 is a go! With 8 wonderful workshops we're kicking off four days of #digital #humanities goodness!
June 3, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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🚨📢 Important info:

Final Call for Papers: SEMANTICS 2025

Deadlines approaching:
📝 Abstract submission: May 16, 2025
📝 Paper submission: May 23, 2025
⏰ Time: 11:59 PM (Anywhere on Earth, UTC-12)

More info: 2025-eu.semantics.cc/page/cfp_rev...

#SemanticsConf #LinkedData #SemanticWeb #AI
May 8, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Dutch universities, what would you like to tell your students now? Secretary of Education, Eppo Bruins: still no reason to commenr on the Trump’s Administration’s university policies?
March 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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An international graduate student at Tufts University was taken into federal custody on Tuesday outside an off-campus apartment building, the university’s president said. The university was told that the student’s visa had been terminated. nyti.ms/4hRzPq1
March 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Een bloedige opstand in Oost-Congo steunen en toch bijna een miljard aan EU-steun toegezegd krijgen - de Rwandese president Paul Kagame weet hoe hij Brussel moet bespelen. Met ‘genocidekrediet’ en ‘sportswashing’ houdt hij zijn imago glanzend, terwijl de EU terughoudend blijft met sancties.
Waarom Europa de oorlogszuchtige dictator van Rwanda blijft steunen
Wat telt zwaarder: toegang tot grondstoffen of vrede en mensenrechten? Europa treedt niet op tegen de autoritaire Rwandese president Paul Kagame en blijft hem financieel steunen, zelfs nu hij meedoet ...
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February 27, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Klever: ‘Mali doet structureel te weinig voor Heerhugowaard’
Klever: ‘Mali doet structureel te weinig voor Heerhugowaard’
Minister Klever van Buitenlandse Handel en Ontwikkelingshulp heeft een grens getrokken. Zo lang Mali Heerhugowaard niet helpt, zal Nederland Mali niet meer helpen.
speld.nl
February 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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We kunnen wel (terecht) klagen over Trump, maar we moeten ons daar niet door af laten leiden.

Hier gebeurt hetzelfde, alleen liggen we nog een paar stappen achter op de VS.

En protesteren via gevatte social media-posts is te gemakzuchtig om het tij te keren.
February 20, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Curious about Linked Open Data for Cultural Heritage? Read our (#short) entry in the The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Cultural Heritage and Conflict: link.springer.com/referencewor... #lod @VUamsterdam
January 21, 2025 at 10:49 AM
We have just extended the deadline for #DHBenelux2025 until 19 December (17h CET)! 2025.dhbenelux.org/call-for-pap... We look forward to your proposals!
Call for Papers – DH Benelux 2025 - DH Benelux 2025
We are pleased to announce the call for papers for the DH Benelux 2025 Conference, which will take place between 3-6 June 2025 at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. This annual conference serves as a ...
2025.dhbenelux.org
December 13, 2024 at 9:01 AM
📢 Reminder: The deadline to submit your work for DHBenelux 2025 is approaching fast—15 December 2024!
✅We welcome papers, posters, workshops, tutorials, and panels 2025.dhbenelux.org/call-for-pap...

🔊Spread the word!

➡️Submit your proposals here

#DHBenelux2025 #DigitalHumanities
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December 4, 2024 at 8:18 PM
Good old card sorting exercise to identify shared research questions for #hybrid #intelligence
November 26, 2024 at 5:33 PM
@woinactie.bsky.social Heel Holland Zakt! Stop de #eppocalyps
November 25, 2024 at 1:00 PM