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Category Archives: Nebula

Mini hackathon challenge with InnoGuard EU project

Posted on October 6th, 2025 by Julia Janssen

In September, we partnered with Mondragon University (Spain), Universita degli Studi del Sannio (Italy), Simula Research Laboratory (Norway), Oslo Metropilitan University (Norway), University of Malaga (Spain), and Zurcher Hochschule Fur Angewandte Wissenschaften (Switzerland) to host a mini hackathon challenge on … Continue reading →

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Nebula updates

Posted on October 6th, 2025 by Julia Janssen

With the summer holidays over, we want to welcome you back with two new models available on Nebula: GPT-OSS:20B and Gemma3:12B. Along with the new models we also want to present some of our favourite features of Nebula. OpenAI API … Continue reading →

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Landscape AI – generative AI research at VU

Posted on October 6th, 2025 by Julia Janssen

Earlier this year, we launched Nebula, a private, locally-hosted, open-source, large language model (LLM) platform. Since the launch we have been running around telling everybody about how nice Nebula is, and how much it can help you with research. Today, … Continue reading →

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Nebula pages updated

Posted on October 6th, 2025 by Julia Janssen

As our Nebula user base is expanding, more and more people look for more information about what Nebula is and what it can do. As a result, we have updated and greatly expanded the scope of the Nebula page on … Continue reading →

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Boost your research proposal with Nebula – our new AI platform

Posted on September 8th, 2025 by Julia Janssen

Are you preparing a Horizon Europe or NWO proposal? Strengthen it by including Nebula, the VU Network Institute’s dedicated computational facility for research with generative AI and large language models (LLMs). Nebula offers secure access to 1,500+ open-source LLMs, dedicated … Continue reading →

Posted in Nebula, News, Support for Research

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Network Institute: The hub for interdisciplinary research on the digital society