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Research is becoming increasingly data-intensive, and the variety and quantity of data collected offers seemingly endless opportunities. Many funding institutions demand that data be published and thus made available to other researchers, with the aim of advancing research, saving costs, and creating transparency. But what about legal issues? Can data simply be reused unconditionally? Who […]

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Data should be open and accessible – to everyone and for all purposes. That is the definition of Open Data. More and more research funders are behind this, including the SNSF. On the one hand, researchers are faced with the relatively new task of making their data available for reuse. On the other hand, they […]

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Guest post by Dr. Lars Malmström, S3IT, Computational Biology, UZH Scientific endeavors across multiple domains, including the life sciences, are changing as a result of the proliferation of digital devices and sensors that produce vast amounts of data. As a result, it is increasingly important to manage the scientific data actively and to document the […]

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Guest post by Dr. Eva Furrer, Center for Reproducible Science, UZH p-hacking, among others also called data dredging or fishing for significance, is one of several questionable research practices, that is denounced and fought against increasingly in the last few years. But the awareness of the issue is not new, for example: “The Meaning of […]

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Open source, well documented data formats are key for the long-term availability of data. General principles are: Open and non-proprietary file formats are preferable to closed and proprietary formats, text-based formats are better than binary formats; depending on the research area, this is not always possible. Certain data formats can be converted/exported into formats that […]

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We would like to draw your attention to the following event. Registration is still open until June 4th for the Swiss Research Data Day 2018 organized by DLCM and OpenAIRE. When: 12 June 2018, 9:00-17:15 Where: ETH Zurich, Room Audi Max (HG F 30)

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