2021 European DDI (EDDI) User Conference: report + videos available
Colleagues interested in the DDI suite of standards can access video presentations (with links to archived slides) from the 13th Annual European DDI (EDDI) User Conference, held virtually 30 November - 1 December 2021,...
Call for Presentations and Posters: SciDataCon 2022, part of International Data Week: Data to Improve our World
We invite abstracts for presentations and posters at International Data Week’s SciDataCon 2022: Data to Improve our World. The deadline for proposals is 23:59 UTC on Monday 25 April 2022. Submit your paper or poster proposal at...
CODATA Statement on the War in Ukraine
CODATA joins with our parent body, the International Science Council (ISC), with other partners, including ISC members, in stating its deep dismay and concerns about the military operations being carried out in Ukraine and the resulting humanitarian crisis. As the...
February 2022: Publications in the Data Science Journal
Title: A Deep-Learning Method for the Prediction of Socio-Economic Indicators from Street-View Imagery Using a Case Study from Brazil Author: Jeaneth Machicao, Alison Specht, Danton Vellenich, Leandro Meneguzzi, Romain David, Shelley Stall, Katia Ferraz,...
Disaster Risk Reduction and Open Data Newsletter: March 2022 Edition
Climate change: IPCC report warns of ‘irreversible’ impacts of global warming Many of the impacts of global warming are now simply "irreversible" according to the UN's latest assessment. But the authors of a new report say that there is still a brief window of...
CODATA-Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) Training Webinars – 2022 series announced!
CODATA and the Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) are delighted to announce topics for our upcoming 2022 season of training webinars! This year's series of webinars will begin in March and continue through the rest of 2022, covering a diverse range of topics to help...
COMING SOON! 15 and 16 February: 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. Please register at https://council.science/members/isc-data-activities/ 15 February 2022, 08:00 UTC 16 February 2022, 15:00 UTC Global society is in the throes of a digital...
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 28 FEBRUARY: Propose a Session at SciDataCon, part of International Data Week 2022
After discussions with a number of groups in our community, CODATA and WDS, as organisers of SciDataCon, have agreed to extend the deadline for session proposals to 23:59 UTC on 28 February 2022. Please note there will be no further extension. Proposals are invited...
January 2022: Publications in the Data Science Journal
Title: A Framework for Data-Driven Solutions with COVID-19 Illustrations Author: Kassim S. Mwitondi , Raed A. Said URL: http://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2022-002 Title: Open Science – For Whom? Author: Martin Dominik, Justine Germo Nzweundji, Nova Ahmed, Sandro...
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...