Prof Shawn A Ross, FRSN, FSA (Ph.D. University of Washington, 2001) is a Professor of History and Archaeology at Macquarie University, where he served for five years as Director of eResearch. Shawn’s research interests include the history and archaeology of the ancient Balkans and the application of information technology to research. He helps lead two landscape archaeology projects, one in central and southeast Bulgaria and another in Greece. Shawn also directs a major information infrastructure project developing data capture and management systems for field research. In 2022 Shawn began a secondment with the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) as Product Manager for the Research Activity Identifier (RAiD). In 2024, this secondment expanded to include the role of Manager, National Information Infrastructure Products. Previously, Prof Ross worked at the University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia), the American University in Bulgaria (Blagoevgrad), and William Paterson University (Wayne, New Jersey).
The Earth, Space and Environmental science (ESES) community is focused on improving data and software management and sharing practices that result in our researchers having access to community informa...
Physical samples are a basic element for reference, study, and experimentation in research. Tests and analysis are conducted directly on samples, such as biological specimens, rock or mineral specim...
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Social Sciences & Humanities Research Data Interest Group Proposal
Introduction
We are proposing a Social Sciences & Humanities Research Data (SSHRD) Interest Group under the auspi...
This Interest Group follows on from a BoF session held at RDA Plenary 21 / IDW in Salzburg, Austria, in October 2023, where a number of participants expressed an interest in establishing an RDA group ...
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RDA’s Digital Practices in History and Ethnography Interest Group (DPHP-IG) works to advance data standards, practices and infrastructure for historical and ethnographic research, contributing...
Our aim is to advance shared understanding of the relationship between data and information, primarily in the context of environmental research infrastructures for observational data and semantic info...
Status: Recognised & Endorsed
Universities and research institutions are becoming increasingly interested in collecting and providing access to datasets produced at their institution that do no...
