Virtual SciDataCon 2021 starts with an Opening Plenary Session, featuring a keynote from George Strawn.  It is followed by a double session on FAIR Digital Objects, looking at the why and the how of this approach to achieving the FAIR principles. Opening Plenary:...

Virtual SciDataCon 2021 is organised around a number of thematic strands.  This is the third of a series of announcements presenting these strands to the global data community. Please note that registration is free, but participants must register for each session they...

Opening Plenary Session Monday 18 October, 11:00-12:00 UTC. Register for this session: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArd-qspzMvGdVSAPZyjO1oFr0u02hJXmqS Chair and Discussant: Bonnie Carroll, interim Executive Director, World Data System; CODATA Secretary...

Virtual SciDataCon 2021 is organised around a number of thematic strands.  This is the third of a series of announcements presenting these strands to the global data community. Please note that registration is free, but participants must register for each session they...

Virtual SciDataCon 2021 is organised around a number of thematic strands.  This is the second of a series of announcements presenting these strands to the global data community. Please note that registration is free, but participants must register for each session...

Virtual SciDataCon 2021 is organised around a number of thematic strands.  This is one of a series of announcements presenting these strands to the global data community. Please note that registration is free, but participants must register for each session they wish...

Title: Time-Series Trend of Pandemic SARS-CoV-2 Variants Visualized Using Batch-Learning Self-Organizing Map for Oligonucleotide Compositions Author: Takashi Abe, Ryuki Furukawa, Yuki Iwasaki, Toshimichi Ikemura URL: http://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2021-029 Title: Open...

The UNDRR/ISC Hazard Information Profiles are a supplement to the UNDRR/ISC Hazard Definition & Classification Review: Technical Report (2020). The supplement comprises a description of each of the 302 hazard information profiles (HIPs), developed using a...

  UNDP launches new Insurance and Risk Finance Facility The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched the Insurance and Risk Finance Facility (IRFF), a new initiative that aims to build financial resilience and bridge a $1.4 trillion global health,...

The CODATA Task Group on FAIR Data for Disaster Risk Research (FAIR-DRR) organises occasional webinars on DRR data related issues.  The 2020 series resulted in discussions and collaborations, the outcome of which is a newly published paper authored by Fakhruddin...