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...
November 2021: 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-2021-036 Title: Interconnecting Systems Using Machine-Actionable Data Management Plans – Hackathon Report Author: João...
Disaster Risk Reduction and Open Data Newsletter: December 2021 Edition
World Bank: Disaster risk insurance: 5 insights from the Philippines With disasters a growing threat, insurance for countries trying to manage climate and disaster risk is becoming increasingly critical. While insight on what works – and what doesn’t – to build...
CODATA CASRAI RDM Terminology Working Group
Today saw the first meeting of the 2021 CODATA CASRAI RDM Terminology Working Group. The working group will be carrying out the 2021 review of the CASRAI Research Data Management terminology, currently available at https://codata.org/rdm-terminology/. This...
IASSIST 2022: Call for Proposals
Conference website: https://iassist2022.org/ The 47th Annual Conference of the International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology (IASSIST) will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden from June 7 to 10, 2022. Submitting Proposals – DEADLINE: 7...
Register now: EDDI 2021 Training Fair
The DDI Training Group has organized a series of tutorials around the upcoming EDDI 2021 users conference. This includes a general overview of the DDI standards on Friday, November 26, followed by a series of more detailed tutorials on Monday November 29, and a...
MOU Concluded between CODATA and the BIPM
CODATA has agreed a Memorandum of Understanding with the BIPM (Bureau International des Poids et Mésures). It was signed by Dr Martin Milton, Director of the BIPM and by Dr Simon Hodson, Executive Director of CODATA on 11 October 2021. The BIPM hosts the CODATA Task...
Call for Sessions – SciDataCon 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...