Kategorie: ‘An der RWTH’
NFDI-MatWerk Spring School 2025: A Dynamic Exchange on Research Data Management in Aachen
Source: NFDI-MatWerk
From April 8 to 10, 2025, RWTH Aachen University hosted the NFDI-MatWerk Spring School, bringing together 22 enthusiastic participants from all over Germany. This diverse group included PhD students, postdocs, and researchers who work with experimental and simulation data. Over three days, they immersed themselves in intensive sessions, hands-on workshops, and lively discussions about Research Data Management (RDM) in materials science and engineering.
NFDI Becomes Part of the EOSC Build-Up Phase
Source: EOSC
The National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) has been selected from a total of 121 initiatives across Europe as one of 13 organizations that will be part of the development phase of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Federation [1]. This marks the start of the development phase.
Carpentries Python Workshop
Source: DKZ.2R and NFDI4Microbiota
The Software Carpentries Introduction to Python workshop on March 17 to 18, 2025, at the IT Center of the RWTH Aachen University. It was led by Jonathan Hartman from the Rhine-Ruhr Center for Scientific Data Literacy (DKZ.2R) and Catherine Gonzalez from the NFDI4Microbiota. This event was specifically designed for graduate students and researchers who are interested in learning Python.
Meeting of the RDM Network in March 2025 – Realignment of the RDM network and Highlights of the E-Science Days
Source: Own illustration; Freepik
In this report, we look back on the last Meeting of the RDM Network on March 19, 2025: Learn more about the RDM network, its vision and the future development of the RDM network meetings at RWTH Aachen University. We also share the highlights of our Data Stewards and network members that they experienced during the E-Science Days 2025 in Heidelberg.
E-Science-Days 2025: Concluding Impulses
Source: Own illustration
The third and final day of the E-Science Days 2025 kicked off with an inspiring keynote by Prof. Dr. Niklas Boers on the topic of “Data-driven modeling of the Earth system”. The participants gained a comprehensive insight into data-driven modeling approaches for researching the Earth system. The keynote was moderated by Oliver Kohl-Frey.
Digital Cleanup From an RDM Perspective
Source: RDM team RWTH Aachen University
On the occasion of Digital Cleanup Day, which takes place every year on the third Saturday in March, the RDM team at RWTH Aachen University has joined forces with the Sustainability and University Governance Office of the Board of Governors office to raise awareness of sustainability in the digital age. With tips, tricks and the RDM handout (German only), digital cleanup is easier and more efficient.
RDM StackExchange – For You and With You
Source: RDM StackExchange
DKZ.2R’s RDM StackExchange has been relaunched in January 2025 – for you and with you! StackExchange is a platform for the exchange of information on specific topics. These can be topics for the hobby brewer, but also for scientific contexts. The more you contribute, the more useful and sustainable the platform will be for all users.
Register Now! Data Competence College of the DKZ.2R
Source: DKZ.2R
The first DKZ.2R Data Competence College will take place at the end of March at the IT Center of RWTH Aachen University. From March 26 to 28, 2025, you will have three days to learn from selected data experts about research data and methods, to exchange ideas with each other, and to gain new insights into the handling and methodical analysis of data. Secure your place and benefit from the exchange of ideas with and between experts from different disciplines!
Coscine Workshops & Community Call
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Efficient research data management is essential for researchers in order to secure their data in the long term, make it findable and prepare it for reuse. As part of Love Data Week 2025, two workshops on Coscine were held to tackle precisely these challenges. While the first workshop on February 10, provided a general introduction, the focus of the second workshop on February 14, was on metadata management.
In this article, we give you a brief review of the Coscine workshops. But that’s not all! We would like to go one step further: Coscine thrives on the community! Researchers can share their own scripts, workflows and automation solutions. We are now calling for active participation, with the chance to win!
RWTHtransparent 2025 – A Review
Source: Own illustration
The annual RWTHtransparent took place at the start of the year – an event at which RWTH Aachen University provides insights into its developments, celebrates the successes of the past year and presents an outlook on future projects. This year, the event was organised as an entertaining stage show that put research, teaching and university administration centre stage in an innovative way. Following the stage programme, participants were able to explore the exhibitions of current projects at RWTH and experience the diversity of the university.
