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Call for Preconference Meetings: FORCE2016 conference
FORCE11 (Future of Research Communications and e-Scholarship) is now soliciting proposals for preconference meetings for the FORCE2016 conference. The 2016 conference, “Building Bridges, Connecting Knowledge” will be held April 17-19, 2016 in Portland, Oregon. Sunday,...
‘Cranking it out’: CODATA and RDA Plenary 6
Simon Hodson, Executive Director of CODATA, recently participated in the Research Data Alliance 6th Plenary Meeting held in Paris. The CODATA community was very actively involved in this event with a number of joint Working Groups and Interest Groups. Simon himself,...
Call for Symposium & Workshop Session Proposals: 23rd Pacific Science Congress
A joint effort of Academia Sinica and the Pacific Science Association (PSA), the 23rd Pacific Science Congress will be held in Academia Sinica, Taipei on June 13-17, 2016. The main theme of this event is “Science, Technology, and Innovation: Building a Sustainable...
Science International 2015: Big Data/Open Data
CODATA has been asked to take a leading role in Science International 2015: Big Data/Open Data. The Expert Working Group that has been tasked with producing the international science ‘accord’ that is the principal output of this initiative, is being chaired by CODATA...
Historic launch of the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data
Xaiogang (Marshall) Ma, from the CODATA Early Career Data Professionals Group (ECDP), recently attended the Historic Launch of the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, in New York City on September 28th. "The forum was held in the Jade Room of the...
‘Making Open Science a Reality’: New OECD Report Published
The OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) has just released its study on ‘Making Open Science a Reality’. This document also comprises individual country notes available here. The report preface summarises well the significance of the study and...
Get Ready to Apply for the CODATA-RDA Research Data Science Summer School
First Introductory 'Vanilla' CODATA-RDA Research Data Science Summer School The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, in collaboration with CODATA, RDA and TWAS, is organising a short course in the data science approaches and skills that are...
Software Sustainability Institute Fellowship 2016
Are you a UK based researcher? Can you demonstrate a passion for your area, an ability to communicate ideas effectively and a real interest in the role of software in research? Then, the following information may be of interest to you: The Software Sustainability...
Introducing the new Data Science Journal Editorial Board
Sarah Callaghan, the new Editor-in-Chief of the Data Science Journal, recently relaunched with Ubiquity Press, writes: It is my great pleasure to be able to introduce the new editorial team for the Data Science Journal. We have gathered an exceptional team, with...
Second Scientific Data Conference held in Lanzhou, China
The Second Scientific Data Conference, sponsored by the Chinese National Committee for CODATA (CODATA-China), was held in Lanzhou, China on 26-27 August, 2015. More than 450 experts, scholars and students from over 100 research units participated in this conference. ...