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Jesse Harrison
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Development Manager (AI & Data Analytics) @CSC.fi, Assoc Prof (Docent) in environmental sciences @helsinki.fi. Web: https://csc.fi/en/our-expertise/ai-and-data-analytics/
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Researchers in Finland: Are your R analyses taking forever or getting stuck with large datasets? Not sure how to get started with R on CSC's supercomputers? 🧑‍💻

Join our hybrid course 'High Performance R’ on 17.-18.11.2025. Register by 9.11., contact me with any questions!

csc.fi/en/training-...
High Performance R - CSC
Are you using R but wondering if your R code makes the best use of the computing resources available? Would you like to learn to speed up R analyses by parallel computing, identify bottlenecks in your...
csc.fi
November 3, 2025 at 10:21 AM
The Horizon Europe ELLIOT (European Large Open Multi-Modal Foundation Models for Robust Generalization on Arbitrary Data Streams) has officially launched!

The project, toward which my team @csc.fi will contribute, involves a total of 30 research and industry partners.

ellis.eu/news/new-eu-...
New EU Project ELLIOT Aims to Advance Multimodal Generalist Foundation Models
The ELLIS mission is to create a diverse European network that promotes research excellence and advances breakthroughs in AI, as well as a pan-European PhD program to educate the next generation of AI...
ellis.eu
June 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Today am happy to represent @csc.fi, together with @helijuottonen.bsky.social, at the Finnish Society for Bioinformatics 2025 day in Turku. 200 attendees here!
June 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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@lionelhenry.bsky.social and I are so excited to finally announce Air - an extremely fast R code formatter! 🎉

With Air, you'll never need to worry about styling your #rstats code ever again. All you need to do is save, and Air takes care of the rest.

www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/02...
Air, an extremely fast R formatter
We are thrilled to announce Air, a new R formatter.
www.tidyverse.org
February 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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✨The CSC Scientific Computing Ambassadors act as a bridge between researchers and CSC specialists. Read more about the Ambassador program and join the online CSC Research Support Coffee session on 📅 Wednesday 26 February at 14:00, where the program will be introduced 👉 csc.fi/en/blog/csc-...
February 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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🚀 Europe’s leading #AI companies and research institutions combine their forces and expertise to develop next-generation open-source language models in an unprecedented collaboration to advance European AI capabilities, the #OpenEuroLLM project. Read the press release: csc.fi/en/media-rel...
Open LLMs for Transparent AI in Europe
Europe's leading AI companies and research institutions combine their forces and expertise to develop next-generation open-source language models.
csc.fi
February 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Hello HPC community! 👋 The LUMI supercomputer has just joined BlueSky! 🦋 Stay tuned for exciting updates, insights, and all things LUMI! ❄️ We're just getting started here, so bear with us – and don't forget to spread the word!
#hpc #eurohpc #lumisupercomputer
January 9, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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🇫🇮 A new pan-European #supercomputer and a European Union #AIfactory will be placed in Finland and operated by CSC. The investment will ensure Finland’s pioneering position in high-performance computing long into the future.

csc.fi/en/media-rel...

@eurohpc-ju.bsky.social
December 11, 2024 at 9:06 AM
My group has an opening for a Machine Learning Specialist position to work on many exciting topics we have in the pipeline. Please consider applying and feel welcome to share this advert among your peers!

cscfi.recruitee.com/o/machine-le...
CSC – Tieteen tietotekniikan keskus Oy - Machine Learning Specialist
Are you interested in how artificial intelligence and supercomputing can be leveraged for the benefit of society and the environment? Join our rapidly growing group of machine learning specialists, da
cscfi.recruitee.com
August 22, 2024 at 3:16 PM
This was a nice opportunity to discuss the BioDT project from a scientific coordination perspective, with a thoughtful selection of questions by Joanne Ahern (Trust-IT). The first BioDT podcast is now available on Spotify:

open.spotify.com/episode/0xtM...
Interview with Jesse Harrison
Listen to this episode from BioDT - The Biodiversity Digial Twin on Spotify. Welcome to the first episode of the BioDT Podcast, where host Joanne Ahern engages in an insightful discussion with Jesse H...
open.spotify.com
February 29, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Job alert:

Having accepted a Development Manager position from the start of 2024, my previous role as the Horizon Europe BioDT project lead is now open. I will remain part of the project to assist the new scientific coordinator in their work.

For details, see:

cscfi.recruitee.com/o/scientific...
Scientific Coordinator
Do you want to support the development of tools for science-based decision making for solving some of the today’s grand challenges, such as biodiversity loss and climate change? Join our international
cscfi.recruitee.com
February 12, 2024 at 9:46 PM
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New paper out from my group - a practical guide to machine learning in microbial ecology. Hope it is useful!
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
December 21, 2023 at 8:25 PM
Our second BioDT Bring Your Own Data Workshop will take place in Oslo in January 2024 (23rd - 25th).

“Harnessing Digital Twinning for Sustainable Agriculture: Predictive Characterisation and Conservation of Crop Wild Relatives”

Details and registration here:

biodt.eu/events/biodt...
BioDT Hackathon: Bring Your Own Data (BYOD) - Second End-Users Workshop
BioDT Workshop Bring Your Own Data (BYOD), the second BioDT end-users workshop, takes place from 23rd to 25th of January, 2024 in Oslo, Norway.
biodt.eu
December 13, 2023 at 7:52 PM
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A timeline of bacterial and archaeal diversification in the ocean elifesciences.org/articles/88268 #jcampubs
A timeline of bacterial and archaeal diversification in the ocean
Phylogenomics reveals the timeline over which marine bacteria and archaea colonized the oceans and shows the geological context of their diversification.
elifesciences.org
December 7, 2023 at 2:35 PM
Attending ‘23 BES Annual Meeting? Jan Dick/UKCEH will present on our cultural ecosystem services DT:

“In BioDT we have created a digital twin (DT) linking recreational potential in the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland with the knowledge of where the biodiversity lives.“

biodt.eu/events/biodt...
BioDT at the BES Annual Meeting 2023
BioDT to present a paper at the British Ecological Society Annual Meeting #BES2023 will take place in the captivating city of Belfast, Northern Ireland, from December 12th to 15th, 2023.
biodt.eu
December 3, 2023 at 12:05 PM
The first BioDT end-user workshop is taking place on Nov 28-30 ‘23 at UFZ. A milestone for the project!

The event is part of our user-centric approach to developing biodiversity #DigitalTwins, giving invited experts a chance to test and offer feedback on our prototype DTs.

biodt.eu/events/biodt...
BioDT Hackathon: Bring Your Own Data (BYOD) - First End-Users Workshop
BioDT Hackathon Bring Your Own Data (BYOD), the first BioDT end-users workshop, takes place from 28th to 30th of November, 2023 in Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany.
biodt.eu
November 27, 2023 at 6:51 PM
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Wonderful analysis of career progression for PhD students and postdocs from EMBL elifesciences.org/articles/78706
November 24, 2023 at 8:26 AM
HMSC, a statistical ecology modelling framework also used in the BioDT project, has been selected for the LUMI-G porting programme. The initiative is aimed at helping research groups and companies to port their scientific software to LUMI-G with AMD GPUs.

www.lumi-supercomputer.eu/announcing-p...
Announcing projects selected for the second round of the LUMI-G porting program - LUMI
We are pleased to announce the selected projects for the second round of the LUMI-G Porting Program. This initiative, aimed at helping research groups and companies to port their scientific software t...
www.lumi-supercomputer.eu
November 23, 2023 at 9:51 AM
(Currently only in Finnish)

Haastattelu akatemiaprofessori Otso Ovaskaisen kanssa tarjoaa lisätietoa myös BioDT-projektin datankeruumenetelmänä toimivasta, hiljattain AVOTT-palkinnon saaneesta Muuttolintujen kevät-hankkeesta:

avointiede.fi/fi/ajankohta...

#horizoneurope #erc #muuttolintujenkevat
Nuoria sekä lintuharrastajia osallistaneet kansalaistiedehankkeet saivat tunnustusta
avointiede.fi
November 22, 2023 at 5:34 PM
One of the #digitaltwins in BioDT will use citizen science data for predictive bird distribution modelling. We’ve already collected 3.7 million bird song recordings, with work on the app used for this recently awarded for advancing open science in Finland. Details:

biodt.eu/news/champio...
The Champion of Open Science Award granted to the Spring of Migratory Birds
The Champion of Open Science Award 2023 has been granted to the Spring of Migratory Birds initiative. The Champion of Open Science Award was handed over to the collaboration team during the Open Scien...
biodt.eu
November 17, 2023 at 5:42 PM
Biodiversity #digitaltwin project partners at UFZ are organising a session on DTs at the 2024 World #Biodiversity Forum. Please consider submitting your work!

MONMOD_10.9 Digital Twin applications to foster actions for biodiversity conservation

worldbiodiversityforum2024.org/session-prog...
Welcome to the website of World Biodiversity Forum 2024!
worldbiodiversityforum2024.org
November 15, 2023 at 9:55 AM
A few photos from the #DestinE 2nd User eXchange, which took place in Bonn yesterday and today. Lots of lively discussions, including around the poster on #BioDT, with over 400 registrations for the event overall!
November 14, 2023 at 5:26 PM
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Are you a researcher in Finland wanting to get started with R or brush up the basics? Join our Data Analysis with R course at CSC on 27.-28.11.2023! Registration open until 17.11.

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November 6, 2023 at 11:59 AM