Resources

(Last updated: Jul 23, 2024)

This document curates various resources, ranging from advice to PhD students (and researchers in general), teaching regulations, template of syllabus, and information about diversity/inclusion, teaching materials. This is a live document that will periodically be updated.

Table of Content

• General Advice for Researchers
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• Teaching
• Dutch Language Learning
• Other Resources

General Advice for Researchers

Below is a very nice guide for researchers in the Netherlands to understand the academic environment, including funding schemes:

• A beginner’s guide to Dutch academia

Below are general advice for researchers, including students and faculty members:

• Advice for Researchers and Students by Michael Ernst

Below are some guidelines for Master’s student supervision:

• Jan van Gemert’s guideline for MSc thesis supervision, TU Delft

Below is a method for efficiently managing emails:

• The Stack Method

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Below are UvA documents and training courses about diversity, equity, and inclusion:

• Diversity policy of the University of Amsterdam
• Mentoring programmes and training courses

Teaching

Below is the training material about how to use Canvas in teaching:

• Canvas for UvA instructors

Below are teaching related rules specifically for UvA:

• Teaching and Examination Regulations
• Teaching and Examination Regulations (by study program)

Below are UvA teaching matters that can be referred to students (such as changing study groups or requesting special accomedations):

• Course Registration (by study program)
• Studying with a disability, dyslexia or chronic illness
• Mental health
• Thesis and graduation project

Below is the syllabus that Yen-Chia Hsu used for his course (which can be used as a template):

• Syllabus for the Data Science course

Below is a tutorial about building a basic Jupyter Book website that Yen-Chia Hsu used in his course:

• Jupyter Book Tutorial

Below are some resources about how to use the Git tool:

• Understand how to use GitHub features
• Understand git operation workflows

Each year at the Informatics Institute, there are big thesis fairs (usually around October). Use this thesis fair website to submit thesis topics for the MSc students. These thesis topics will be accessible to MSc students on the following link:

• Project Marketplace

Below are links to e-learning modules about generative AI tools’ impact in teaching:

• For lecturers and teaching assistants
• For students

Dutch Language Learning

UvA offers courses for various Dutch language levels.

Some other resources for self-learning:

• Een Beetje Nederlands: a very nice podcast that introduces Dutch culture and history. The narrator talks slowly, and the content is easy to follow for people with A2-B1 level Dutch. Every episode has transcriptions (which is also very nice). You can listen to the podcast with the transcriptions.
• NPO Start: free videos with various topics. If you like to watch videos, there are many series to watch on NPO Start. You will need to have B1-B2 level Dutch to be able to follow the content. Videos have captions.
• Drie Onderwerpen in Makkelijke Taal: a YouTube channel with news videos from NOS Nieuws in easy language. The videos have captions and are suitable for people with A2-B1 level Dutch.

Other Resources

Below are documents related to UvA:

• Documentation for the Faculty of Science
• Events in the Faculty of Science

Below are some programming resources:

• Yen-Chia Hsu’s coding cheatsheet
• Yen-Chia Hsu’s template for building front-end applications
• Yen-Chia Hsu’s template for building back-end applications