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ISI CODATA International Training Workshop on Big Data
The International Training Workshop will take place at the Indian Statistical Institute in Bangalore, India, on 9-20 March 2015. Places for roughly twenty students will be available. Travel, subsistence and accommodation for participants from India will be provided through ISI. Interested participants should contact Devika P. Madalli <devika[AT]drtc.isibang.ac.in>. Students from SAARC countries and from other countries in South Asia will be welcome. A limited number of scholarships supporting travel, accommodation and subsistence may be available. Further announcements will be made, however, interested parties should send a brief CV as soon as possible to Simon Hodson <execdir[AT]codata.org> and Devika Madalli <devika[AT]drtc.isibang.ac.in> and you will be contacted about scholarship opportunities. Research Data Netherlands Joins CODATA
See the news story on the RDNL website: CODATA focuses on improving the quality, reliability, management and accessibility of scientific research data and together its members represent all continents. Since other data organizations often operate at European level, the membership of CODATA is a great opportunity for RDNL to broaden its horizon. The fact that the back offices of 3TU.Datacentrum, DANS and SURFsara speak with one voice through Research Data Netherlands as a national partner is in turn appealing for international partnerships such as CODATA. Research Data Netherlands therefore looks forward to a fruitful cooperation within CODATA. CODATA looks forward to collaboration with RDNL in a number of areas, including data policy issues and strategies for sustaining data infrastructures as well as exploring international dimensions of data issues, particularly associated with collaborative and interdisciplnary research. CODATA General Assembly Elects New President and Executive Committee
The 2014 CODATA General Assembly was held on 6-7 November, at the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, following the SciDataCon Conference. The General Assembly performs an important role in CODATA's governance and strategic planning. This year's General Assembly saw the election of a new President, Geoffrey Boulton. After four years of service as President, Huadong Guo becomes Past-President for a term of two years. Takashi Gojobori and Niv Ahituv were elected as Vice Presidents, and new members of the Executive Committee were also elected. The CODATA Officers and Executive Committee are now as follows: Officers Executive Committee Members The new Executive Committee will hold its first face-to-face meeting at the ICSU Offices in Paris in early March. Members of the New CODATA Executive Committee at INSA, New Delhi CODATA Becomes a Participating Organisation of GEO
Given the contribution that CODATA has made to GEO and GEOSS it seems appropriate to be recognised as a Participating Organisation in our own right. The intention in becoming a PO is to officially and publicly register the support of CODATA, the CODATA Officers, Executive Committee, Members, Task Groups and Working Groups for GEO and GEOSS. It is hoped also that this step will provide additional means for CODATA to contribute expertise and stakeholders views to GEO’s activities and governance. We hope also to benefit through greater visibility and opportunities for collaboration with partners in the GEO community. In 2014, we have had the following collaborations: GEO XI Plenary Side Event: 'Open Data and the Developing World'
Tomorrow, Wed 12 Nov 2014, on behalf of the Group on Earth Observations' Data Sharing Working Group (GEO DSWG), CODATA is organising a side event at the GEO XI Plenary in Geneva. Entitled 'Open Data and the Developing World: The GEO Data Sharing and Data Management Principles in the context of the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development', the programme is available here and on the GEO website. 1) the GEO Data Sharing Principles post-2015; and, 2) the GEO Data Management Principles. These principles will be discussed in conjunction with ‘Nairobi Principles and Draft Guideline for Implementation of Principles of Preservation of and Open Access to Research Data in Developing Countries’ developed on behalf of CODATA. The side event will engage participants in constructive conversation on how the principles can contribute to increased data sharing and use in the developing world, and in particular seeking African perspectives on the use of GEOSS data.
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CODATA and the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) - and other partners - will convene an International Training Workshop on Big Data. This will continue the emerging series of International Training Workshops which CODATA is seeking to establish with a variety of partners. Recent training workshops have been held in Beijing, China and in Nairobi, Kenya.
At the CODATA General Assembly in New Delhi, Research Data Netherlands (RDNL) was welcomed as a new National Member of CODATA.
CODATA is delighted to have been recognised - today at the GEO-XI Plenary in Geneva - as a Participating Organisation of GEO, the Group on Earth Observations. As described on the CODATA blog earlier this year, CODATA has been deeply involved in a number of GEO activities and particularly the GEO Data Sharing Working Group. Hitherto, our participation has been under the ICSU umbrella - and with our sister organisation, the ICSU World Data System, we shall continue to represent ICSU as appropriate.
We are particularly pleased that the event will be opened by a keynote from Claire Melamed from the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), and who headed the secretariat for the UN Independent Expert Advisory Group on the Data Revolution. Claire's presentation on the recently released report 'A World That Counts: Mobilising The Data Revolution for Sustainable Development' will provide an important context to discuss two key developments for GEO. These are: