Source: Forschungszentrum Jülich
“Into the data garden: Let your research flourish” was the motto of last week’s nationwide Research Data Day (RDD) in North Rhine-Westphalia. This year’s RDD took place on November 12, 2024 and offered researchers and those interested in RDM an attractive range of information on the topic of Research Data Management (RDM). The aim of the event is to present current developments and services in the field of RDM, to increase the visibility of the topic and to strengthen networking within the community.
A Day Dedicated to RDM
Traditionally, the fourth RDD in North Rhine-Westphalia began with the state-wide morning program, organized by the state initiative for research data management fdm.nrw. The program included a keynote speech by Prof. Dr. Björn Usadel (FAIRagro and Dataplant) entitled “Beyond Abundance: Can we have enough (metadata)?” as well as three lightning talks on RDM from research practice, in which innovative approaches and tools for RDM were highlighted. Prof. Dr. Sandra Geisler, for example, presented how Large Language Models can support RDM workflows in the “Internet of Production” cluster of excellence at RWTH Aachen University.
This year, Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University once again used the RDD to strengthen local cooperation in the region and networking in the field of FDM. There were opportunities for personal exchange during the cross-location morning program, which was followed together on site in a lecture hall, and during lunch at the Seecasino, the research center’s cafeteria.
The local afternoon program of the ABCD-J region (Aachen-Bonn-Cologne-Düsseldorf and Jülich) was entitled “Successful research networks: growing together with data”. The participants were invited to learn more about two offers of selected scientific networks at thematic tables: the cloud solutions of the data competence centre de.KCD, the tools Somesy and Cookiecutter of the HMC, the consulting service of the data competence centre DKZ.2R or the software CadetRDM for data management in the simulation sciences.
In addition, all RDD participants were able to present their own RDM and data science offerings in the form of posters and discuss them with the community. This led to a lively and interactive exchange among the participants and promoted networking within the scientific community.
The Jülich-Aachen afternoon programme ended in the early evening, and the organising team thanked the participants for the fruitful scientific exchange and the initiators of the topic tables for the exciting presentations of their services. The RDM teams from Jülich and Aachen are already looking forward to the 5th Research Data Day in November 2025!
Responsible for the content of this article are Lina-Louise Kaulbach and Ute Trautwein-Bruns.
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