The programme will provide you the skills needed to manage the data from a research project, taking into account also the need to define and to implement the data policies of an institution.
Open to PhD students, young researchers and technicians with at least a master degree: no specific competence related to data or computer skills is required for course admission.
This experience is designed for students from a wide range of disciplines and serves as an introduction to the field.
Candidates will be selected based on their background and motivation. The ideal candidate will have interest in data management at European level, as well as a willingness to learn and work collaboratively with other people from around the world.
The Winter School will be taught entirely in English.
The selection will close on February 1, 2024, and the results will be communicated by mid-February 2024.
A certificate of attendance will be issued at the end of the Winter School, the minimum attendance requirement is 80% of lessons.
In return for participation in the Winter School, students may apply to their relevant Course of Study for the recognition of extra-curricular ECTS (type D, free choice) in subjects related to the themes of the pathway.
Defining and implementing a data policy including: FAIR principles, licences, infrastructure needed (repositories & human resources), Data Management Plan, Personal & Sensitive data management, Fundamentals of the Data Lifecycle
Friday 16 February 2024
9.30-10.00 Registration and introduction (Monica Forni and Antonino Rotolo – University of Bologna)
10.00 – 11.00 Unit 1: Introduction to Research Data Management: Data Life Cycle (Esteban González – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) on line
11.00 – 12.00 Unit 1: Introduction to FAIR principles. (Silvio Peroni – University of Bologna) on line
14.00 – 16.00 Unit 1: Ethical and legal considerations. (Victor Rodriguez – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) on line
Wednesday 21 February 2024
11.00 – 13.00 Unit 1: Practical exercise: Amnesia. (Esteban González – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) on line
14.00 – 15.00 Unit 1: Data publication & Metadata standards. (Esteban González – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) on line
15.00 – 17.00 Unit 1: Practical exercise: Zenodo. (Esteban González – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) on line
Friday 23 February 2024
10.00 – 11.00 Unit 1: Introduction to a Data Management Plan. (Esteban González – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) on line
11.00 – 13.00 Unit 1: Practical exercise: Argos. (Esteban González – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) on line
14.00 – 18.00 Unit 1: Practical exercise. (Esteban González – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) on line
Wednesday 28 February 2024
10.00 – 11.00 Unit 2: Introduction to Research Data Management: Data Life Cycle. (Esteban González – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) on line
11.00 – 12.00 Unit 2: Open & Private data. (Victor Rodriguez – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) on line
12.00 – 13.00 Unit 2: Main data infrastructures elements in an organisation. (Esteban González – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) on line
14.00 – 16.00 Unit 2: Use case: Institutional and European data infrastructures. (Esteban González – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) on line
Friday 1 March 2024
9.00 – 10.00 Unit 2: Introduction to Data Governance. (Esteban González – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) on line
10.00 – 11.00 Unit 2: Roles and Responsibilities of a data stewardship organisation. (Esteban González – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) on line
11.00 – 13.00 Unit 2: Data governance tools. (Esteban González – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) on line
14.00 – 16.00 Unit 2: Data policies use cases. (Esteban González – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) on line
Wednesday 6 March 2024
14.00 – 18.00 Unit 2: Practical exercise. (Esteban González – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) on line
18.00 – 18.30 Conclusion remarks (Monica Forni and Antonino Rotolo) on line
Deadline 1 Feb 2024
