Netherlands eScience Center
Ben van Werkhoven is an accomplished academic and research engineer with a strong background in computer science. Currently serving as an Assistant Professor at Leiden University since June 2023, Ben has also held various roles at the Netherlands eScience Center from 2013 onwards, including Senior Research Engineer, eScience Research Coordinator, eScience research engineer, and External eScience Engineer. Prior to these roles, Ben was a PhD Candidate at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam from October 2010 to September 2014, where a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Computer Science was obtained. Ben also holds a Master's degree in Parallel and Distributed Computer Systems from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, completed in 2010.
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Netherlands eScience Center
The Netherlands eScience Center is the national center of excellence for the development and application of research software to advance academic research. We are convinced that research in every academic discipline can be improved by taking advantage of available digital technology. We take a multidisciplinary approach, combining our deep knowledge of both academic research and software development to help define and solve research challenges. We share our ideas and the tools we develop. Together with a wide range of partner organizations, we advance not just our research projects, but the state of academic research in general. In 2015 we developed our strategy for the coming years, which you can download here: Netherlands eScience Center Strategy 2015-2020. The eScience Center is a joint initiative of the Dutch national research council (NWO) and the Dutch organisation for ICT in education and research (SURF).