Always Up to Date – The Coscine-Newsletter
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Coscine simplifies research data management and offers solutions that support researchers in their daily work. Would you like to stay up to date with the latest news, helpful tips and current developments? Then subscribe to the Coscine newsletter and stay up to date at all times!
Data Stewards at RWTH Aachen – Interview With Kseniia Dukkart
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Today, we would like to follow up on the series “What does a data steward actually do?” with a new interview under the title “Data Stewards at RWTH Aachen – Interview With […]”. You can find the previous interviews on the RDM blog.
The concept of data stewards is still abstract for many people. Therefore, it is best to show their specific work so that you, as readers of the RDM blog, can get a better idea of what they do. Dr. Kseniia Dukkart is available for today’s interview. We hope you enjoy reading it.
The RDM Annual Review 2024
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2024 was another exciting year for research data management (RDM). At RWTH Aachen University and beyond, numerous events, new initiatives and exciting developments have further advanced RDM. It was a year full of innovations, challenges and inspiring encounters. Let’s take a look at the highlights of the past year!
CRC/TRR219 met and cares about RDM
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From March 11 to 13, 2024, the Collaborative Research Center Transregio 219 “Mechanisms of Cardiovascular Complications in Chronic Kidney Disease” (CRC/TRR219) held its annual meeting in Seeheim-Jugenheim, Hessia. This gathering brought together researchers to discuss progress, challenges, and future directions and to continue to raise awareness of the management of research data (RDM).
Workshop: Large Language Models and the Future of Scientific Publishing – Register Now!
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Digitalization and the increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) are increasingly changing the world of scientific publishing. Large Language Models (LLMs), which open up new perspectives and possibilities for scientific communication, are a central topic in this change. How these technologies can shape the future of scientific publishing will be intensively discussed in the upcoming workshop on February 11, 2025 in Frankfurt am Main.
Meeting of the RDM Network to Round Off the Year
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Before we ring in the new year in 2025, we would like to take a look back at the past Meetings of the RDM Network at RWTH Aachen University and look forward to ending the year together at the Christmas Market.
Reflections on the Open Science Festival 2024 in Mainz
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Three data stewards from the technical training and consulting group N. Parks, K. Dukkart and C. Gonzalez of the Research Process and Data Management (RPDM) Department recently had the opportunity to attend the third annual Open Science Festival held at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, an event dedicated to exploring the principles and practices of Open Science.
As in the previous year, the festival brought together a diverse group of participants—from students and researchers to decision-makers and Research Data Management (RDM) professionals under the inspiring motto: “Meet, Share, Inspire, Care”.
Bring 2025 On! NFDI-MatWerk Spring School in Aachen
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The NFDI-MatWerk consortium for materials science and engineering of the National Research Data Infrastructure – NFDI-MatWerk – is organizing a Spring School at the IT Center of RWTH Aachen from April 8 to 10, 2025. The event is being held in cooperation with renowned partners in the field of digitization, including the DKZ.2R, the Forschungszentrum Jülich and the RWTH Institutes of Metal Forming and of Physical Metallurgy and Metal Physics.
Are you interested in digitization solutions for your materials science research? Then read on. This article will tell you everything you need to know about the Spring School and how to register.
Report of the NFDI-MatWerk Summer School 2024
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This year’s NFDI-MatWerk Summer School took place from September 10 to 12, 2024 at the Leibniz-Institut für Werkstofforientierte Technologien (IWT) in Bremen. The offer was met with great interest. Katharina Grünwald from the RDM team at RWTH Aachen University also attended the Summer School. We have summarised our impressions in this report.
Review of Research Data Day 2024
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“Into the data garden: Let your research bloom!” 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.
