Past CODATA Committees 1996 - 2012 2010-2012 President: Huadong Guo, China (2010-2014) Past President: Krishan Lal, India (2010-2012) Vice-President: Fedor Kuznetsov, Russia (2010-2014) Vice-President: Takashi Gojobori, Japan (2010-2014) Secretary General: Robert...
Officers and Executive Committee, 2016-2018 President Geoffrey BOULTON (UK) President 2014-2018 Professor Geoffrey Boulton (UK) is Regius Professor of Geology Emeritus at the University of Edinburgh, and former Vice Principal of the University. He is a Fellow of the...
Executive Director: Dr. Simon Hodson Simon Hodson (he / him) has been Executive Director of CODATA since August 2013. Simon is an expert on data policy issues and research data management. Most recently, he was coordinator of the groundbreaking WorldFAIR project,...
Executive Director Presentations This page contains links to selected presentations and publications from Simon Hodson, CODATA's Executive Director. 2019 Data for the Planet: driving solutions for resilient cities, disaster risk reduction and infectious diseases - a...
Past Executive Directors 1999-2013; Ms Kathleen Cass Qualified Irish lawyer bringing with her previous experience from legal and INGO communities. During her 13-year tenure, Ms Cass developed and expanded the international network of the organization by forging...
President Mercè Crosas (nominated by USA, DDI and GO FAIR Foundation) President 2023-2027 Mercè Crosas is a scientist and technologist at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), and an expert in data science, data management, and open data and FAIR (Findable,...
Executive Committee 2014-2016 President Professor Geoffrey Boulton (UK) President 2014-2018 Professor Geoffrey Boulton (UK)is Regius Professor of Geology Emeritus at the University of Edinburgh, and former Vice Principal of the University. He is a Fellow of the Royal...
Executive Committee 2012-2014 President Professor GUO Huadong (China) President 2010-2014 Professor Guo Huadong is Director-General of the Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth (RADI) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), an Academician of CAS, and a...
At the CODATA General Assembly of 27 and 28 October 2023, online and in Salzburg, the membership of CODATA elected Mercè Crosas as our new President. Here is the message she gave to the CODATA community as presidential candidate. If elected President, I would bring...
Message from Geoffrey Boulton, CODATA President 2014-2018 Friends and colleagues, I am honoured to follow Professor Guo Huadong as President of CODATA. He led CODATA at an important time, when the awareness of the new possibilities and new challenges of the data...