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...
The CODATA Prospectus: Strategy and Achievement, 2015-2016 The CODATA Prospectus provides a brief summary of strategy and achievement in 2015-2016: it lays out CODATA's mission and strategy and provides information about the key activities and outputs that contribute...
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...
Geoffrey Boulton Articles and Presentations The Digital Revolution and the Future of Science: Jisc Futures Article, July 2017 Information and knowledge have always been essential drivers of social progress, and the technologies through which knowledge is acquired,...
Message from Huadong Guo, CODATA President 2010-2014 Dear Friends, It is indeed an honour for me to assume the mantle of Dr. Krishan Lal as President of CODATA. I first submitted a paper to the CODATA conference in 1988, but I first became formally involved in CODATA...
December 2020 The CODATA Constitution is the set of statues and by-laws that govern the structure and work of CODATA. It is regularly reviewed and updated to ensure it is fit for purpose. The current version of the CODATA Constitution was approved by the CODATA...