Ever heard of the Global Digital Object Cloud?
It is now widely agreed in the Research Data Alliance (RDA) and beyond, that concept of the “Digital Object (DO)” is central to proper data management, access and use.
Call for TAB Nominations - 2016
RDA is now seeking candidates for its annual TAB election, to be held in September 2016.Terms are for three (3) years. We encourage participation from people in all stages of their careers. Nominations will be accepted until August 15, 2016.
Denver, Colorado to Host International Data Week
From September 11-17, 2016, data professionals and researchers from all disciplines and from across the globe will convene in Denver, Colorado for International Data Week (IDW). The theme of this landmark event is ‘From Big Data to Open Data: Mobilizing the Data Revolution’.
New European Commission High Level Expert Group European Open Science Cloud 2017-18
On 21 June 2017, the European Commission set-up the new High Level Expert Group European Open Science Cloud. Its mission is to advise the Commission on the measures needed to implement the European Open Science Cloud.
The new group, chaired by Silvana Muscella (Trust-IT Services), is composed of ten high-level experts from different European countries and two third-countries (Australia and US). Together, they have a complementary set of expertise related to various key aspects of the set-up of scientific data clouds, including standardisation, certification, procurement, delivery of federated services, business models, management, governance and funding of national and European research data infrastructures and e-Infrastructures.
Call for Nominations for the RDA Technical Advisory Board (TAB)
Want to play a significant role in the technical direction of RDA? Get involved in the Technical Advisory Board! Know someone who would be a wonderful asset to TAB? Encourage them to run for TAB! Learn more.