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Rossella Aversa

Head of the "Data Exploitation Methods" department at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Scientific Computing Center (KIT - SCC) in Karlsruhe (Germany).

PI of Virtual Access for the Nanoscience Foundries and Fine Analysis Europe Pilot (NFFA-Europe Pilot - NEP) and of the Joint Lab "Integrated Model and Data Driven Materials Characterization" (MDMC) of the Helmholtz Association. Member of the NFDI-MatWerk. Speaker of the FAIR Data Commons and member of the Collaboration Board of the Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration (HMC). Member of the Steering Committee of the FAIR Digital Object Forum.

Background: Ph.D. in Astrophysics at the International School of Advanced Studies (SISSA-ISAS) in Trieste (Italy). Master in High Performance Computing (MHPC), postdoc at the National Council of Research - Istituto di Officina dei Materiali (CNR-IOM), postdoc at KIT.

Experience and interests: astrophysics, materials science, research data management, metadata, FAIR Digital Objects.

Dear members of the Metadata IG, the TAB has finalised the Report on the RDA VP26. While preparing for your session at P27, you might find particularly interesting the “Mapping and Synergies” section (page 16) highlighting the connections among groups and with initiatives outside RDA, and the Conclusions (page 20) reporting the key achievements of […]
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May 11, 2026
Dear members of the Science Communication for Research Data IG, the TAB has finalised the Report on the RDA VP26. While preparing for your session at P27, you might find particularly interesting the “Mapping and Synergies” section (page 16) highlighting the connections among groups and with initiatives outside RDA, and the Conclusions (page 20) reporting […]
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May 11, 2026
Dear members of the Repository Platforms for Research Data IG, the TAB has finalised the Report on the RDA VP26. While preparing for your session at P27, you might find particularly interesting the “Mapping and Synergies” section (page 16) highlighting the connections among groups and with initiatives outside RDA, and the Conclusions (page 20) reporting […]
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May 11, 2026
Dear members of the RDA/CODATA Materials Data, Infrastructure & Interoperability IG, the TAB has finalised the Report on the RDA VP26. You might find particularly interesting the “Mapping and Synergies” section (page 16) highlighting the connections among RDA groups and with initiatives outside RDA, and the Conclusions (page 20) reporting the key achievements of the […]
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May 11, 2026
Dear members of the FAIR Digital Objects Fabric IG, the TAB has finalised the Report on the RDA VP26. While preparing for your session at P27, you might find particularly interesting the “Mapping and Synergies” section (page 16) highlighting the connections among RDA groups and with initiatives outside RDA, and the Conclusions (page 20), reporting […]
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May 11, 2026
(In case this was already mentioned, sorry for repeating it) A DES is a FAIR Digital Object (FDO) representing a specimen, see https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biac060 The information profile of such FDOs contains the “Material Sample Type”, se 209 in https://hdl.handle.net/10.3535/G0G-G7D-N5J?noredirect In this specific example the value is empty, but it would be interesting to know whether a […]
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January 10, 2026
Dear all, as far as I remember, the P22 session review should be due by today. However, I haven’t received any master sheet from the secretariat (as it was done it the previous years), nor I find it in the TAB meeting notes… Did I miss anything? Was the deadline shifted? Thanks for your help! […]
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February 20, 2024
Dear all, as far as I remember, the P22 session review should be due by today. However, I haven’t received any master sheet from the secretariat (as it was done it the previous years), nor I find it in the TAB meeting notes… Did I miss anything? Was the deadline shifted? Thanks for your help! […]
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February 20, 2024
Dear TAB colleagues, dear Connie, in the following the updates from the groups I contacted: – RDA/CODATA Materials Data, Infrastructure & Interoperability IG: no submission planned – Repository Platforms for Research Data IG:joint session with Domain Repositories IG – Research Metadata Schemas WG: no submission planned – Research Data Architectures in Research Institutions IG: no […]
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February 13, 2024
Dear TAB colleagues, dear Connie, in the following the updates from the groups I contacted: – RDA/CODATA Materials Data, Infrastructure & Interoperability IG: no submission planned – Repository Platforms for Research Data IG:joint session with Domain Repositories IG – Research Metadata Schemas WG: no submission planned – Research Data Architectures in Research Institutions IG: no […]
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February 13, 2024