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“Open Data and African Research” Special Issue – Call for Papers
Editors: Louise Bezuidenhout (University of Witwatersrand and Notre Dame); Louise.M.Bezuidenhout.1[at]nd.eduSabina Leonelli (University of Exeter); S.Leonelli[at]exeter.ac.ukBrian Rappert (University of Exeter); B.Rappert[at]exeter.ac.uk Background: This Special Issue...
Data Citation Workshop: Developing Policy And Practice – UPDATE
CODATA is pleased to announce further information relating to the US Data Citation Workshop: Developing Policy and Practice,Tuesday 12 July 2016. Keynote: The workshop will include a keynote from Marcia McNutt, President of the US National Academies of Science. ...
Uniform Description System Version 2.0 Now Available
A complete revised version of the Uniform Description System for Materials on the Nanoscale (UDS) is now available for download. Version 2.0 of the UDS is the result of two years of work and meetings by the CODATA-VAMAS Working Group on Nanomaterials that extensively...
Reviews and comments requested on Draft White Paper: ‘Gap Analysis on Open Data Interconnectivity for Global Disaster Risk Research’
The CODATA Task Group on Linked Open Data for Global Disaster Risk Research invites external review and comment on a draft White Paper which presents a 'Gap Analysis on Open Data Interconnectivity for Global Disaster Risk Research’. Comments are invited by 30...
CODATA Prize 2016 to Recognise Outstanding Achievement in Advancing the Availability, Quality and Use of Data for Research
The CODATA Prize is made every two years at our conference. It is a major award which recognises outstanding achievement in advancing the availability, quality and use of data for research. The 2016 CODATA Prize will be presented at SciDataCon 2016, 12-13 September...
The Rescue of Data At Risk: An RDA / CODATA Workshop
The Rescue of Data At Risk: An RDA / CODATA Workshop A workshop on The Rescue of Data At Risk will be held in Boulder, Colorado, on 8–9 September 2016, in association with International Data Week that is taking place the following week in nearby Denver. The Workshop...
Data Science Journal – Call for Papers (deadline extended)
The Data Science Journal is seeking papers for a special issue devoted advances in data modeling and knowledge representation. The deadline for submissions has been extended to April 29, 2016. For more information about this special issue, topics of interest, and...
CODATA International Training Workshop in Big Data for Science, Beijing, 4-17 July
Applications are invited from early career researchers as well as from research leaders and managers of research institutes from countries with developing or emerging economies to participate in the CODATA International Training Workshop in Big Data for Science,...
TWO WEEKS TO GO! Call for Nominations for CODATA Officers and Executive Committee Members: Deadline 1 April 2016
Help CODATA deliver on its strategy to mobilise the data revolution for research! The CODATA strategy comprises three elements: promoting open data principles, policy and practices; advancing the frontiers of data science and building data capacity, particularly in...
Last Chance to Register: Workshop on Comparing Approaches to Curriculum Development for Research Data Handling, 25 February, Amsterdam
Learn about and contribute to current initiatives to establish curricula, skills and competences frameworks and practical training programmes for research data skills, data science, data handling, data management etc! Come to a free workshop at the International...