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Free online course : Research Data Management and Sharing (Starts 19 June)

07/06/2017

Many of you are probably aware of this free online course Research Data Management and Sharing MOOC on Coursera that will start on 19 June 2017.___________________________________________________________________________________________________Today, an increasing number of funding agencies, journals, and other stakeholders are requiring data producers to share, archive, and plan for the management of their data. ...

CASRAI 2017 Standards Open Review - live until JUNE 30, 2017

07/06/2017

CASRAI is calling on subject experts from the international research community to participate in this review. Participants are welcome from all research-producing nations, regardless of which nation. THE REVIEW IS NOW LIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2017. CASRAI thanks in advance for your active collaboration !___________________________________________________________________________________________________This is an international call for participants in ...

Survey on the Horizon 2020 template for Data Management Plans

07/06/2017

The European Commission provides Guidelines on FAIR Data Management in Horizon 2020. A template for writing a Data Management Plan (DMP) is provided in the annex of those Guidelines. The OpenAIRE project aims to support the Commission’s ambitions regarding Open Science and FAIR – Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable – data. Therefore ...

FAO/INFOODS Global Food Composition Database for Fish and Shellfish : Data for policy

07/06/2017

The FAO/INFOODS (International Network of Food Data Systems) Global Food Composition Database for Fish and Shellfish is the first edition of a global database uFiSh database (Excel) providing nutrient values for selected fish, crustaceans and molluscs. This product is the result of a long-standing collaboration between the FAO/Nutrition ...

Uganda Radio Application : Analyzing Radio content

06/06/2017

The United Nations Global Pulse is an initiative that focus on Big Data. The Pulse Lab Kampala, in Uganda has developed a prototype application that makes it possible to analyse in real time public discussions on the radio.This tool is unique in that it applies speech technology in three ...