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Research Data Management in engineering

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Here you can find the latest updates on NFDI4Ing as well as an archive of previous news and newsletter entries and past events.

News

NFDI4Ing's archetype focused on HPC - Doris - demonstrates how, through NFDI4Ing and its framework, both local and global training and education initiatives can be implemented to effectively promote RDM awareness.
ing.grid, the OA journal for FAIR data management in engineering, made some big steps in 2024. The journal was shortlisted for the first-ever Enter Open Access Award, completed the first two issues, and is looking to grow further.
The annual NFDI4Ing survey on the state of research data management in engineering is entering its fourth round. Here we present insights based on recent results and invite you to take part! The 4th round is open until 31 December.
We are once again looking for researchers in the engineering sciences to share with us their experiences and needs for handling research data.
We incorporated comments and feedback from the NFDI4ING community into this updated version to better support data management planning and make use of new features in RDMO.

Upcoming events

Your feedback is important for the development of research data management in engineering. The ‘NFDI4ING Community Survey 2024’ has started!
The first NFDI4Ing Community Meeting in 2025 is takes place on January 16th, 2025. We will present and discuss common problems and solutions concerning our Archetype Caden.
The next NFDI4ING All-Hands-Meeting will take place on March 11 and 12, 2025 in Aachen. In this All-Hands-Meeting, we will review the first funding period and take away the lessons learned for the second funding period.
The NFDI4ING Community Meeting on research software will take place online on April 29, 2025 (Registration is free of charge). The event is open to scientists from all disciplines who are interested in research software.

News archive

NFDI4Ing’s Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are the place for exchange between NFDI4Ing and interested experts from the community. In the SIG “RDM Training”, we work together on reviewing and improving RDM trainings.
By utilizing large language models to provide an automated method for extracting knowledge from a vast amount of literature and integrating it with the research data management platform, users will be offered more intelligent data management and analysis methods.
GOLO’s Field Database Platform (FDP) redefines field data management with digital twin technology. It offers real-time visualization, interactive analysis, and efficient filtering, turning complex sensor data into actionable insights and enhancing research efficiency.
The transparent and sustainable scientific exchange of methods, results and findings along the FAIR principles is one of the greatest challenges facing science today. To show how these challenges can be met with innovative technologies, the most recent NFDI4Ing Community
NFDI4Ing provides infrastructure, best practices and templates to make research software and its development more replicable and reproducible while improving the quality of the written code. For the further improvement of the our RDM knowledge base and our JupyterHub prototype,

Past events

We are pleased to invite you to the fourth NFDI4Ing Community Meeting of the calendar year 2024, which will take place on October 16.
The NFDI4Ing conference 2024 will take place on the 18th & 19th September as a virtual event. The call for proposals is now open!
The next meeting of the NFDI4Ing SIG QA&metrics is on 26th July at 09:00.
On July 25th a NFDI4Ing Community Meeting will focus on the challenges, solutions and services of our archetype FRANK, who mainly works in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and with heterogeneous data sources.
Working meeting of the SIG RDM Training & Education to design the NFDI4Ing learning platform on Friday, 07.06.2024 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.