Workshop #3: “Summarizing 3 years of running a 100 replications & extensions with students at HKU: Our experience, running your own, and joining our team”
Online via ZoomReproducibility and replicability are at heart of science, yet increasing evidence from recent years suggests that some of the findings across the sciences are irreproducible and non-replicable in what some have coined as a “replication/reproducibility crisis”, leading to a new “credibility revolution”, calling for significant changes in the way we do science, to embrace open-science […]
Webinar 2: Data Pre-processing: Clean, Reduce, Transform
Online via ZoomThis is the second in a series of three events on data pre-processing. Data pre-processing is a data mining technique that involves transforming raw data into an understandable format. With the increasing amount of data available for research and analysis, real-world data is often incomplete or inconsistent and thus not ready to be used directly. […]
rstudio::global(2021) – A virtual conference for all things R and RStudio.
Our goal is to make rstudio::global(2021) our most inclusive and global event, making the most of the freedom from geographical and economic constraints that comes with an online event. That means that the conference will be free, designed around participation from every time zone, and have speakers from around the world.
Online workshop: Data Pre-processing Methods in Python
Online via ZoomThis is the third in a series of three events on data pre-processing. Data pre-processing is a data mining technique that involves transforming raw data into an understandable format. With the increasing amount of data available for research and analysis, real-world data is often incomplete or inconsistent and thus not ready to be used directly. […]
FAIR services & infrastructure: Proposing an assessment framework for FAIR-enabling data services
Online via ZoomTo realise the full potential of a FAIR ecosystem in which research outputs can be easily shared and optimally reused, we have to look beyond the FAIRification of data and other digital objects – and also consider the infrastructure and services that act on those objects. Providers of data services need guidance and direction on […]
Open Science Conference 2021
The Open Science Conference 2021 is the 8th international conference of the Leibniz Research Alliance Open Science. The annual conference is dedicated to the Open Science movement and provides a unique forum for researchers, librarians, practitioners, infrastructure providers, policy makers, and other important stakeholders to discuss the latest and future developments in Open Science. This […]
DataImpact2021: #IdentityInData: Who counts? Visibility, voice and culture in data collection and reuse
Representation and inclusivity are central to how populations, communities and individuals are described in data. Definitions of self and identity in data evolve. The UK Data Service brings together some of the most robust and complex quantitative and qualitative survey data produced by research institutions, governments and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the UK and internationally. […]
What’s new in CESSDA Data Catalogue
Online via ZoomThis webinar presents the most recent updates available in the CESSDA Data Catalogue, a one-stop-shop for research and discovery, enabling access to extensive research data collections held at national Service Providers across Europe.
Starting a Career in Data
The RSS Merseyside Local Group and the UK Data Service are pleased to announce a joint event “Starting a career in data” that will explore issues concerning future career paths increasingly relying on data and analytical skills. The rise of data science continues with employer demand for data scientists increasing by 20-30% year-on-year. Hundreds of […]
CESSDA Data Day 2021 – Social Science Data Archives in Poland: Opportunities for Researchers and Challenges Ahead
Join us for our first ever online CESSDA Data Day! The morning presentations and panel discussion are in English. The afternoon workshop is in Polish. You can register for one or for both sessions.
Understanding Society Scientific Conference – Changing Families Mini-Conference
A week of events exploring research on families. Curated by the Understanding Society Topic Champion for Families, Professor Brienna Perelli-Harris, the week will feature research on family life, generational differences, same-sex families, partnership changes, parent and child relationships, the extended family, and life stages. Taking place online, the conference will run each afternoon and feature […]
16th International Digital Curation Conference – Data quality and data limitations: working towards equality through data curation
The 16th edition of IDCC will focus on data quality and its impact on research output. Suggested topics include transparency in all aspects of data collection and assessment, data sovereignty, promoting diversity and inclusion in digital skills programmes, and the curation of misinformation.