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Jens Mönig @jmoenig.bsky.social · 1d

Join me online next Thursday to find out about the “sales slip algorithm” that powers all of contemporary AI, the history of neural networks and how to build them yourself using Snap! This talk is part of SAP’s #Devtoberfest and open to everyone.
community.sap.com/t5/devtoberf...

🔵 Bottom Line - Teaching Neural Networks with Snap!

Neural networks are the digital brain behind current artificial intelligence. Their inner workings are often shrouded in what appears as magic. How can we demystify their algorithms and empower the ne...

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robotsitges.cat @robotsitges.bsky.social · 1d

Un sensor recull dades i les envia a un entorn de programació...

Preparats per investigar les xarxes neuronals amb Snap!

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#sitges #robòtica #programació #extraescolars

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Jens Mönig @jmoenig.bsky.social · 2d

Enjoying @amyko.phd's wisdom: “I will do whatever needs to be done to have the impact and not worry about … my promotion constraints or getting a paper out […]. That's a really key thing when you're working with teachers … industry or government or NGOs.”
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ACM Inroads: Archive

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Jens Mönig @jmoenig.bsky.social · 4d

What's new in Snap! 11 - Data - Extensions - Neural Networks - my closing keynote address at #SnapCon25 in Heidelberg is now online: youtu.be/U9W04TEMBUk?... check the notes for all project links and program along my examples of instrument and gesture recognition.

What's new in Snap! 11 - Data - Extensions - Neural Networks

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FOSDEM @fosdem.bsky.social · 21d

FOSDEM 2026 - FOSDEM 2026: 31st January and 1st February

Brussels / 31 & 1 January 2026

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Jens Mönig @jmoenig.bsky.social · 22d

It was such a pleasure to welcome Mark Guzdial at SAP today, learn about the latest University of Michigan PCAS developments and discuss CS pedagogy wrt neural networks in Snap. Thanks for bringing your ukulele, Mark! You saved my live demo to train a neural model to distinguish musical instruments!

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Jens Mönig @jmoenig.bsky.social · 27d

I will be in Tokyo, Japan, from Sep 24 - Oct. 4 for the NII Shonan Meeting #233 (shonan.nii.ac.jp/seminars/233/) with a few days before and after. If you’re around and would like to chat about Snap! / educational blocks based computing DM me!

No.233 Foundations of Computation and Creative Computing | SeminarsNII Shonan Meeting

NII Shonan Meeting is a series of informatics seminars managed by NII, aiming to promote informatics research by providing premier venue in order for the leading scientists, young researchers, and pra...

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Jens Mönig @jmoenig.bsky.social · Sep 10

Ich habe Gemini gebeten, mir einen Kassenzettel für einen fiktiven Einkauf der sieben Zutaten für einen guten Kuchen aus dem Kinderlied "Backe, backe Kuchen" zu generieren. Long Story short: Gemini hat's nicht hinbekommen und schließlich aufgegeben: g.co/gemini/share...

‎Gemini - Bildgenerierung Anfragen und Bestätigung

Created with Gemini

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Margaret Low @megjlow.bsky.social · Sep 4

At #Snapcon25 Andrea and Joek share their reflections on the #TurtleStitch10 meet up in #Tilburg.

We celebrated 10 years of #creativecoding in #turtlestitch - which is built on #Snap, created by @jmoenig.bsky.social

#computing #embroidery
www.turtlestitch.org

Andrea and Joek standing in front of a screen giving a presentation at SnapCon. On the screen behind them is a slide entitled "Ten Years of TurtleStitch"

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Margaret Low @megjlow.bsky.social · Sep 3

Enjoying @jmoenig.bsky.social keynote at #Snapcon25 showing how #Snap functionality can be used in a natural way for humans. #computing #maths

Jens Moenig standing at the front of the conference room using a computer connected to a presentation screen, demonstrating key functionality of scratch. The display shows the Snap software screen showing Snap code.

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Jens Mönig @jmoenig.bsky.social · Aug 29

I have just now released Snap! v11, featuring an alternative way to build your own blocks: Instead of writing an algorithm you can let a neural network figure it all out directly from a dataset of examples. Can't wait to show y’all next week at SnapCon in Heidelberg!
snap.berkeley.edu/run

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Jens Mönig @jmoenig.bsky.social · Aug 13

Thanks, Glenn! Yes, you‘ll definitely get to see (and play!) with all of this at SnapCon!

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Jens Mönig @jmoenig.bsky.social · Aug 13

Ich bin total aufgeregt und freue mich riesig auf die Jahrestagung der Schweizer Medien- und Informatik Lehrenden nächste Woche hoch droben auf der Rigi. Noch ist mein Keynote-Vortrag ein schöpferisches Chaos, aber ein paar schlaflose Nächte und ein inspiratives Wunder, dann wird das hoffentlich ;)

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Jens Mönig @jmoenig.bsky.social · Aug 4

I have been thinking about a reporter-version of “broadcast and wait” for a long time… Now coming to Snap! v11 going live at Snap!Con 2025 in less than a month! www.snapcon.org/conferences/...

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Fede @fgcoca.bsky.social · Jul 14

A nice reunion in Olot with @tonimorenorey.bsky.social and @jmoenig.bsky.social
Un bonito reencuentro en Olot con @tonimorenorey.bsky.social y @jmoenig.bsky.social

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CoCube @cocubefun.bsky.social · Jul 8

Controlling multiple CoCube robots with Snap!

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Jens Mönig @jmoenig.bsky.social · Jun 20

Building Blocks for Neural Networks, now in Snap! v11 public beta test: snap.berkeley.edu/versions/dev...

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Jens Mönig @jmoenig.bsky.social · Jun 17

in Snap! we'll show you how to build a deep neural network from the ground up with only 3 scripts (init, forward, backprop) in one sprite that you can simply duplicate to add more layers.

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Jens Mönig @jmoenig.bsky.social · Jun 17

#MediaComp meets #AI: I’m training a self-built deep neural network in Snap! on a bunch of 100-sample chunks from 2 recordings so it learns to distinguish between my flute and my harmonica when I play them into my laptop’s microphone. Gonna teach this to kids this fall 🤩

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Jens Mönig @jmoenig.bsky.social · Jun 16

… and a 4-layer neural network in Snap! v11 learning to classify metal and rock from 60-feature sonar signals.

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Jens Mönig @jmoenig.bsky.social · Jun 16

Deep Learning and Backpropagation are coming to Snap! v11 this fall: Preview of a simple 2-layer neural network solving the XOR problem

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Jens Mönig @jmoenig.bsky.social · Jun 5

As I’m exploring artificial neural networks and deep learning in Snap! I got distracted by these gorgeous apothecaries’ weights I found in a garage sale nearby. There must be a pedagogical reason for me to buy these, right? RIGHT? 😀
snap.berkeley.edu/snap/snap.ht...

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Jens Mönig @jmoenig.bsky.social · Jun 3

Liebe Teilnehmende am online Hochschuldidaktikseminar "Hinter den Kulissen von Generativer KI", Jadga und ich freuen uns heute bei SAP auf einen buchstäblich "märchenhaften" Nachmittag mit Euch! www.hochschuldidaktik.net/veranstaltun...

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M. Klein @kleinswelt.bsky.social · Jun 2

Nachdem das mit dem Calliope mini @calliopemini.bsky.social und der Steuerung über Bluetooth in Makecode bei mir nicht so klappt, hier eine easy Variante mit MicroBlocks @microblocks.bsky.social und AppInventor @appinvfound.bsky.social
youtu.be/UOsU_BjFm-c

Calliope mini MotionKit 2 in MicroBlocks mit Appinventor App steuern

YouTube video by Michael Klein

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Association for Computing Machinery @acm.org · May 28

ACM has honored 5 outstanding individuals for their exceptional contributions to the computing community. From advancing CS education to shaping assistive robotics, these leaders have helped build a more inclusive and impactful field.

Thank you for your service!

2024 Service Awards

About ACM Awards

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