Disaster Risk Reduction and Open Data Newsletter: April 2019 Edition
England could run short of water within 25 years Sir James Bevan, the Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, recently shared these sentiments at the Waterwise conference in London. Philippines: EU Copernicus programme provides full, free open data to aid in...
Call for Applications – African Open Science Platform School of Research Data Science – deadline 10 May
The African Open Science Platform School of Research Data Science, in collaboration with the CODATA-RDA Data Schools Initiative will take place on 17-28 June 2019 at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. The deadline for applications is 10 May:...
Growing the Conversation on the Science of Data
CODATA is pleased to announce Mark Parsons as the new Editor-in-Chief of the Data Science Journal. In his blog post, Mark writes: 'I am especially interested in helping DSJ build its niche as an influential journal of the ‘science of data’ in the sense that CODATA...
One week to go: CALL FOR SESSIONS FOR CODATA 2019 BEIJING: DEADLINE 29 April 2019
CALL FOR SESSIONS – DEADLINE 29 April 2019 https://conference.codata.org/CODATA_2019/ The CODATA 2019 Conference will be held on 19-20 September 2019 in Beijing, China. This year’s conference theme is: Towards next-generation data-driven science: policies, practices...
Dialogue on Open Science and FAIR Data – Kenya
CODATA (CODATA President Prof Barend Mans & CODATA Executive Director Dr. Simon Hodson) on Monday 16 April 2019 had an excellent meeting with Kenya HE VP Williams Ruto and his team on #FAIRdata #OpenScience #OpenData #OpenGovernment. ...
Public Lecture: Openness in Data, Science and Governance
CODATA's Executive Committee member, Professor Muliaro Wafula will be giving a public lecture on 'Openness in Data, Science and Governance' at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. CODATA's President, Barend Mons and CODATA's Executive Director,...
Tracking the impact of the CODATA/RDA data science schools: the case of the OSG
The CODATA-RDA Research Data Science Schools provide Early Career Researchers with the opportunity to meet their colleagues and learn relevant Data Science skills. We actively encourage students to use their learning as an opportunity to create new collaborations and...
Disaster Risk Reduction and Open Data Newsletter: March 2019 Edition
Coastal Flooding forecasting strengthened in IndonesiaIndonesia is making progress in integrating flood forecasting into its meteorological early warning system. The UN Global Platform for Official StatisticsThe group's goal is to show the global statistical community...
Deadline Approaching: Call for Nominations and Applications: Editor-in-Chief, Data Science Journal, Apply by 14 April 2019
The Data Science Journal is currently accepting nominations and applications to become the Editor-in-Chief of the journal: https://datascience.codata.org/Applications can be made through the Google form at https://goo.gl/forms/ey60x1N2jO9YM1rY2 The deadline for...
Congratulations to Boniface O. Akuku, KALRO – Winner of the Africa Tech CIO Award
CODATA would like to warmly congratulate Boniface O. Akuku, Director ICT, Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), for being awarded the Africa Tech CIO of the Year, during the recent Africa Tech Week event in Cape Town, South Africa (on 5...