Gerhard Goldbeck

Dr Gerhard Goldbeck is an experienced materials modelling software professional. He received his Diplom in Physics from RWTH Aachen University in 1986 and a PhD in Polymer Physics from Bristol University in 1992. His career so far encompassed academic research at Forschungszentrum Jülich (Dendritic Growth), H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory and Cambridge University Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, and software development, product management and marketing in industry (Molecular Simulations, Accelrys/Biovia). In 2011 he formed Goldbeck Consulting Ltd, a company that aims to bridge gaps in the materials modelling value chain from science to engineering and academia to industry. He is a member of the European Materials Modelling Council and leads the Work Package on Interoperability and Metadata.

Harmonised terminologies and schemas for FAIR data in materials science and related domains WG

Co-Chair

Stage: WG Producing Deliverables

Chair(s): Gerhard Goldbeck, Zachary Trautt, Iseult Lynch, Leah McEwen, Masashi Ishii, Kwang-Ryeol Lee, Marek Cebecauer

Secretariat Liaison: Bridget Walker

TAB Liaison: Anupama Gururaj

The focus of the WG is on increasing uptake of the FAIR Principles in materials research (in particular in connection with Interoperability and Reusability), supported by improved resources, in partic...

Interest Group

Chemistry Research Data IG

Member

Stage: IG Established

Chair(s): Leah McEwen, Stuart Chalk, Ian Bruno

TAB Liaison: Raphael Cóbe

Introduction: We are proposing a Chemistry Research Data Interest Group under the auspices of the Research Data Alliance (RDA), to foster diverse professional exchange on issues particular to data ori...

Working Group

International Materials Resource Registries WG

Member

Stage: WG Wrapping up

Chair(s): Raymond Plante, Chandler Becker

Secretariat Liaison: Bridget Walker

TAB Liaison: Daniel Bangert

Status and Current Activities This WG’s term has finished; a summary of our output was presented at P11 (Berlin) We are finalizing the final Working Group Report, and we are requesting comments...

Interest Group

RDA/CODATA Materials Data, Infrastructure & Interoperability IG

Member

Stage: IG Established

Chair(s): James Warren, Laura Bartolo, Takuya Kadohira, Alysia Garmulewicz, Matthew Evans

Secretariat Liaison: Bridget Walker

TAB Liaison: Rossella Aversa

Status: Recognised & Endorsed The development of advanced materials inherently rests on access to a distributed materials infrastructure and materials research data to fuel discovery and innovatio...

Regional Group

RDA in United Kingdom

Member

Coordinators: Juan Bicarregui, Christopher Brown, Elizabeth Newbold

This is a working area dedicated to the RDA activities, updates and events in UK. Feel free to register by clicking on the Join link on the right. You will be automatically subscribed to the group mai...

Interest Group

Research Data Management in Engineering IG

Member

Stage: IG Established

Chair(s): Daniela Hausen, Gretchen Greene, Kevin Logan

TAB Liaison: Noel Chibhira

Engineering comprises a vast span of sub-disciplines including for example chemical, civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering. Traditionally, engineering disciplines apply scientific knowledge an...

Interest Group

Research Tools and Data Curation Workflows IG

Member

Stage: IG Established

Chair(s): Vaida Plankyte, Alessa Gambardella, Dieuwertje Bloemen

Secretariat Liaison: Bridget Walker

TAB Liaison: Romain DAVID

We wish for our IG to explore the intersection between research tools and data curation workflows, in order to demystify the pain points that emerge in onboarding, adoption, and processes, and especia...

Working Group

Sample Type Classification WG

Member

Stage: WG Getting Started

Chair(s): Rolf Krahl, David Elbert, Petra ten Hoopen, Kirsten Elger

Secretariat Liaison: Bridget Walker

TAB Liaison: Romain DAVID

The working group will develop a recommendation for one or more vocabularies for global, cross-domain classification of material sample types. The vocabularies are intended to cover all types of sampl...

Interest Group

Vocabulary Services IG

Member

Stage: IG Established

Chair(s): Alexandra Kokkinaki, Yann Le Franc, John Graybeal, Juliane Schneider

TAB Liaison: Mingfang Wu

The VSSIG is using a Slack Group: https://vocabulary-services.slack.com/ to continue the development of the workplan. To get an invitation to the channel, visit http://bit.ly/rda-vssig-slack-invite...

Coordination Group

Working and Interest Group Chairs

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This is a group dedicated to all the Working and Interest Group Chairs ‘RDA Technical Advisory Board (TAB) Meets Chairs’ Meetings The TAB meets chairs meetings provide RDA group chairs wit...