Disaster Risk Reduction and Open Data Newsletter: February 2022 Edition
Why the Tonga tsunami arrived much earlier and much larger than expected The tsunami recorded at distant locations from the Tonga volcanic explosion arrived much earlier and was much larger than expected from an earthquake-generated tsunami. This event caused great...
Converging Science and Technology in a Digital Era – an overview of ISC data-related activities
Knowledge sharing session for ISC Members, ISC affiliated bodies and their wider networks. 15 February 2022, 08:00 UTC 16 February 2022, 15:00 UTC Global society is in the throes of a digital revolution that has transformed the way in which information and knowledge...
20 Years of Data Science – DSJ Call for Submissions
Throughout 2022, the Data Science Journal invites submissions related to the evolution and future directions of data science (broadly defined), including recent advances, retrospective analyses, and community inspirations and provocations. When the first issue of the...
terms4FAIRskills Training Materials Browser launched
The FAIRsFAIR project is pleased to announce that a proof-of-concept training materials browser has been developed for use with the terms4FAIRskills terminology by a team from FAIRsFAIR WP6 including CODATA Senior Research Lead, Laura Molloy. The purpose of this...
ONE MONTH TO GO! Call for Sessions at SciDataCon, part of International Data Week 2022
Proposals are invited for sessions at International Data Week’s SciDataCon 2022: Data to Improve our World. The deadline for proposals is 23:59 UTC on 14 February 2022. Submit your session proposal at https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW-2022/submit/ About SciDataCon...
Expanding Ocean Interoperability – Please Complete a Short Survey – Deadline 18 Jan!
The WorldFAIR Oceans Science Case Study is asking for your help! The Case Study will gather guidance from partners across the project (and any collaborators or colleagues they invite) on how its central use case - the Ocean InfoHub - can best interoperate with...
Call for Nominations and Applications: Chair, CODATA International Data Policy Committee – DEADLINE Monday 17 January 2022
Happy New Year! CODATA would like to remind you of this Call for Nominations or Applications. The deadline falls in one week’s time: Monday 17 January. Please distribute this call widely through your networks and send it to any person that you think is well...
Data to Improve our World in 2022!
The CODATA Secretariat will be taking a break for the end of the year holidays. We would like to wish you a pleasant and relaxing holiday, however you may be celebrating it. 2021 was another ‘interesting’ year! As a global organisation, our activities have been...
Appointment of Director and Deputy Director of the African Open Science Platform
CODATA is delighted that the National Research Foundation (NRF) in South Africa has announced the appointments of Dr. Tshiamo Motshegwa as Director, and Dr. Nokuthula Mchunu as Deputy-Director of the African Open Science Platform (AOSP). CODATA looks forward very much...
High Level Panel on Future Data Space: How a vision of the internet of FAIR data & Services becomes a reality
Organised by the FAIR Digital Objects Forum, this High Level Panel featuring innovative thinkers and discussants will take place online on 19 January 2022, 13.00 to 17.00 UTC. Register here: https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/92302933025 Large sums of money, and equally great...
