International Science Council (ISC ROLAC) announces the 1st Latin American and Caribbean Urban Health Workshop
The Regional Office for Latin América and the Caribbean of the International Science Council (ISC ROLAC) is pleased to announce the 1st Latin American and Caribbean Urban Health Workshop, which will take place on September 26th-28th, 2019, in San Salvador, El...
CODATA Data Science Journal: Revised Focus and Scope
The DSJ editorial board has revised the focus and scope of the journal. It is not a big change, but rather one of clarification in a changing world. We primarily want to specify our definition of 'data science' as the classic sense of the science of data...
China GEO-CODATA LODGD supports New Year Flood Impact in Honiara
Summary From the 27th December 2018 the Solomon Islands experienced two weeks of intense rainfall due to the rapid succession of three tropical storms. Firstly, a tropical depression that later turned into Cyclone Mona crossed the country bringing heavy downpours and...
Disaster Risk Reduction and Open Data Newsletter: May 2019 Edition
WHO releases first guideline on digital health interventions The WHO has released new recommendations on 10 ways that countries can use digital health technology, accessible via mobile phones tablets and computers to, improve people's health and essential services....
DEADLINE TOMORROW – CODATA International Training Workshop on Scientific Big Data and Machine Learning
9-20 September 2019, Beijing, China Deadline for Applications, 30 May 2019 Further information and application form: http://ccit2019.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/1 Information: CODATA China and the Computer Network Information Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences are...
Call for Applications – CODATA RDA Data Steward School 2019 – Deadline 1 June 2019
The CODATA-RDA Research Data Science Summer School provides training in the foundational skills of Research Data Science. Contemporary research – particularly when addressing the most significant, transdisciplinary research challenges – cannot be done effectively...
CODATA 2019 BEIJING: CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS, DEADLINE 24 JUNE – REGISTRATION OPEN
The Call for Presentations and Posters for CODATA 2019 Beijing: Towards next-generation data-driven science: policies, practices and platforms, 19-20 September has now been released. Please submit proposals at https://conference.codata.org/CODATA_2019/ by the...
WDS Data Stewardship Award 2019: Call for Nominations Open!
The Call for Nominations for the 2019 WDS Data Stewardship Award is now open until 29 July 2019. This annual prize celebrates the exceptional contributions of early career researchers to the improvement of scientific data stewardship through their (1) engagement with...
CODATA and IIASA Collaboration Facilitated by TG on Data-Driven Applied Systems Analysis
On Friday 26 April, a CODATA delegation met with colleagues from IIASA (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis). The purpose of the meeting was to establish a dialog between IIASA and CODATA and discuss possible joint collaboration. Among principal...
Second White Paper on Next Generation Disaster Data Infrastructure
The work of Linked Open Data for Global Disaster Risk Research (LODGD) task group of CODATA is an increasingly important activity linking four global milestones – the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR), Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), Paris...