Newsletter for the World Data System Early Career Researcher Network
17 October 2024
Dear Subscriber,
We hope this email finds you well and ready for another edition of the WDS ECR Newsletter. We have curated a collection of resources, events, and job opportunities that are sure to pique your interest and keep you informed in the ever-evolving world of data science. So, without further ado, let's dive in!
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| WDS Executive Director Update |
| Dear WDS-ECR members,
Once again, thank you for your willingness to complete a survey to benefit data repositories. A few months ago, you were invited to complete a survey from the WDS Scientific Committee’s Subcommittee on Standards and Certification. We appreciate that feedback and look forward to sharing the outcome of those findings soon. Join us in Costa Rica at RDA P23 to hear our first survey results from the Subcommittee’s survey.
On 23 September, you were again invited to give your opinion via a survey, this time about the RDA/WDS TRUST Principles Outreach and Adoption Working Group. This survey is still open for your participation! Please see the information and link below.
WDS appreciates that we have emailed you twice this year for your feedback and encourages your continued support of these research activities.
Please reach out to WDS-IPO@utk.edu with further questions or for more information.
Thank you,
Meredith P. Goins |
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| Survey on the adoption of TRUST Principles by RDA/WDS WG |
| You are invited to complete a 12-minute research survey from the RDA/WDS TRUST Principles Outreach & Adoption WG on how and why you use the TRUST Principles.
Deadline: 29 November 2024.
Contact Meredith Goins at mgoins2@utk.edu with any questions. |
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| The World Data System Early Career Researcher (WDS-ECR) Network invites nominations for the role of Co-chair. This is an exciting opportunity to develop leadership skills while fostering a global community dedicated to advancing research data management and shaping the future of early career researchers.
Deadline is extended until 31 October 2024.
For Eligibility Criteria, visit our ECR page here.
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| Nominations are open for the 2024-2025 WDS Data Stewardship Award! This award recognizes early career data stewards who have made significant contributions to the quality, integrity, and accessibility of research data.
Criteria We’re looking for individuals within ten years of completing their Master’s degree, PhD, or equivalent professional training, who have demonstrated excellence in data management, curation, and adherence to legal and ethical guidelines.
Don’t miss this opportunity to celebrate and promote those who are leading the way in data stewardship. Submit your nomination today!
For further details on eligibility and the selection process, visit our website or contact us directly at wds-ipo@utk.edu. |
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Ethan Welty, the 2020 recipient of the WDS Data Stewardship Award, has made significant contributions to glaciological research and data management. As a glaciologist, he specializes in analyzing glacier time-lapse photography and has led transformative projects such as version 3 of the global Glacier Thickness Database (GlaThiDa) for the World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS). This effort marked a major advancement in compiling glacier ice thickness data, a crucial element for monitoring and understanding glacier dynamics. His excellent work with WGMS created an opportunity to be recognized through the Data Stewardship Award nomination. Welty was nominated by WGMS and presented the award at IDW 2023. The award served as a reminder of appreciation for his hard work and established him as an expert in his field. Ethan also developed an open-source environment to streamline updates to GlaThiDa, ensuring the data is continuously verified and accessible for future research.
Beyond his work with WGMS, Ethan co-founded Falling Fruit, a nonprofit organization promoting urban foraging through the mapping of edible plants worldwide. Currently, he serves as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Zurich, where he continues his commitment to glacier monitoring, data management, and collaboration with global research communities. His diverse career path, which also includes roles as a data and software consultant, reflects a dedication to advancing both glaciological research and open, reproducible data practices. |
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| Celebrate Open Access Week with the World Data System and Creative Commons through this webinar! Monica Granados, the Director of Open Science at Creative Commons, will provide an overview of the open climate initiatives at Creative Commons, and Taylor Campbell, the Project Lead for Open Knowledge at Creative Commons, will also join and present about the Open Climate Data project, including licensing options, usage examples, recommended practices, and opportunities for training and consulting services.
In closing, Reyna Jenkyns, the WDS-ITO Associate Director will share the perspective of the World Data System in its endorsement of the Open Climate Campaign and an ongoing collaborative relationship with Creative Commons.
Date: 22 October 2024 at 18:00 UTC
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| Join our upcoming webinar for updates from CoreTrustSeal. By the end of this year, a new CoreTrustSeal Board will be elected and take office. Olivier Rouchon, current Chair, and Hervé L’Hours, current Vice-Chair, will provide an update on the newly elected Board members and discuss the requirements revision process.
They will also offer an overview of recent position and discussion papers that explore the evolution of curation and preservation levels with implications for an inclusive typology of repositories based on the ‘level of care’ they provide. The papers have been published for community review. A status update on the next steps will be provided.
Date: 19 November 2024 at 15:00 UTC
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Earlier this year, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) released an important report titled “Making Research Data Publicly Accessible: Estimates of Institutional & Researcher Expenses.” Stemming from the NSF-funded Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) project, the report illuminates the financial commitments that institutions have undertaken to align with public access and data-sharing mandates. The full report can be accessed via the DOI link.
In our upcoming webinar, Cynthia Hudson Vitale,Shawna Taylor, and Jonathan Peters will explore the report’s insights on institutional expenses. They will shed light on costs shouldered not only by central campus offices—including libraries, IT departments, and research administrations—but also by researchers themselves as they engage in a variety of data-sharing activities. Join us for an informative session that explores both the challenges and investments associated with making research data widely available.
Date: 4 December 2024 at 14:00 UTC
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| WDS Workshop on Open Science Policies across Latin America |
| WDS is pleased to announce a workshop, specifically designed for data repositories across Latin America. It aims to reflect on Open Science policies pertinent to Latin American regions and collaboratively develop actionable guidelines tailored to regional needs. The workshop will bring together representatives of scientific data repositories from Latin American countries. It is open to all, but priority will be given to representatives from the focus regions.
Date: 11 November 2024 at 9:00 CST
Format: Hybrid
Location: Biblioteca Joaquín García Monge, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica Heredia Province, Heredia 40101 - Costa Rica
This event is co-located with the Research Data Alliance 23rd Plenary Meeting, 12-14 November 2024, San José, Costa Rica hosted by Consejo Nacional de Rectores (CONARE) in collaboration with Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR).
For registration and more information about WDS’ workshop, visit the event page here. |
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| The International Science Council’s Committee on Data (CODATA) and World Data System (WDS), and the Research Data Alliance (RDA), are delighted to announce International Data Week 2025 will be taking place in Brisbane/Meanjin, Australia, 13-16 October 2025 at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.
The Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, a premier purpose-built venue celebrated for its outstanding operational and service excellence will host this event. Situated in the vibrant South Bank precinct in the heart of Brisbane, the Centre is surrounded by lush, subtropical riverfront parklands. Stretching along a picturesque one-kilometer stretch of the Brisbane River, South Bank offers a unique sandy swimming beach in the heart of an Australian city.
Express your interest here. |
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Opportunities for ECRs from around the World |
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| Building on a foundation of strong regional cooperation, NoDaLiDa and Baltic-HLT have announced The Joint 25th Nordic Conference on Computational Linguistics and the 11th Baltic Conference on Human Language Technologies (NoDaLiDa/Baltic-HLT 2025). The in-person joint conference aims to unite the communities of computational linguistics and human language technologies from the Nordic and Baltic regions and beyond.
The conference serves as a premier forum for scientists, developers, providers, and users to discuss the latest advancements in natural language processing, computational linguistics, speech recognition, and synthesis, including language resources and other closely related neighboring disciplines that are critical to the development of speech and language technologies.
Conference Date: 2-5 March 2025
Deadline for submissions: 21 October 2024
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| The Tools Competition is seeking abstracts until 25 October for innovative edtech tools. The competition is organized into funding opportunities for K-12 learning, post-secondary education, and education-focused datasets.
Competitors from all backgrounds and phases of development are eligible for potential prizes. |
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| The Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU) annual meeting will be held on 25-30 May 2025 in Chiba, Japan, and the submission window for session proposals will close on 29 October, with the session list being released on 6 December 2024. The meeting will be held over six days in a hybrid format, with careful preparations to ensure that everyone who attends will be satisfied. |
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| This workshop on NLP for Similar Languages, Varieties and Dialects, co-located with COLING 2025, is for scholars working on topics related to the study of diatopic language variation from a computational perspective. Submission guidelines are available here.
Workshop Date: 19 January 2025
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Submission Deadline: 5 November 2024
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| Applications are open for the next School of Research Data Science, which will take place at the Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica. Organized to coincide with the 23rd RDA Plenary, this school offers a series of short courses designed to equip young researchers from around the world (with a focus on LMICs) with essential data skills.
Join the event from 6-19 November 2024, before and after the RDA plenary, to enhance your data science capabilities and contribute to a global network of research excellence. Please note that no courses will be held during the RDA plenary days: 12-14 November.
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| Registration is now open for the ICSTI Impact Forum! Follow the link below to register for this special virtual event. The event is for those interested in Large Language Models.
Event Date: 19 November 2024
Time: 14:00 UTC
The best place to stay updated on ICSTI Impact Forum is by following ICSTI on LinkedIn and X. That is where you will find regular updates on the event, speakers, and other exciting opportunities.
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There will be an opportunity to train researchers and higher education institutions (HEI) professionals in Ecuador and neighboring countries, through a series of annual 2-week data science schools. Through a train-the-trainer approach, an expanding group of trainees will become agents of change to teach data skills in their respective institutions and in regional data science schools in subsequent years and apply the skills learned in their own work. |
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| eResearch NZ / eRangahau Aotearoa 2025 is coming to Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand from 11-13 February 2025! This is New Zealand’s leading conference for research communities who are exploring and innovating with digital tools and techniques.
They are also hosting Carpentry Connect 2025 as a free pre-conference event on 10 February. The eResearch NZ / eRangahau Aotearoa Call for Submissions is coming soon. |
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| The Program in Data Science in the Department of Statistics at Stanford University is seeking a full-time lecturer to teach courses for the new undergraduate Data Science majors.
These interdisciplinary majors prepare students for a world in which data is ubiquitous.
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They are looking for someone who is dedicated and passionate about teaching and promoting Data Science, while providing service for the department and maintaining an active research agenda in the data science field. |
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| The International Science Council (ISC) is looking for a motivated, dynamic Science Officer to contribute to its ambitious strategy in 2025. This an exciting and rare opportunity to join a dedicated team working across geographical, disciplinary and societal boundaries to make the world a better place through science.
Applicants are requested to address the job description, qualifications, knowledge and skills requirements in a cover letter (maximum two pages) and attach a curriculum vitae (maximum four pages) with the name and contact details of three references.
Deadline: 15 November 2024 |
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| Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore seeks to appoint an Associate Professor in Environmental Data Science to be held jointly in both the Asian School of the Environment (ASE) and the newly established College of Computing and Data Science (CCDS).
Applicants must have a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in Earth system science, Environmental science, Computer science, Mathematics, Theoretical Physics or a related field and demonstrated expertise in areas such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science, with a strong track record of research publications and external funding. |
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