Introduction to Research Data Management - Getting started with Data Management and Data Stewardship

07 - 09 November 2023 Three days, Belval Campus, Luxembourg Register here
Data life cycle diagram by RDMkit / CC BY

Description

This introductory course is aimed at starting PhD candidates, researchers and data stewards in the biomedical sciences who wish to acquire fundamental skills on data management.

In addition to lectures, our workshop includes several hands-on practicals, all following one example research data management scenario.

The course touches upon all stages of data research lifecycle with emphasis on data management planning, data protection and GDPR compliance, research analyses and reproducibility, FAIR principles and data publication.

The course will be held on-site over three days from 7 - 9 November 2023.

PhD candidates will be awarded with 1 ECTS upon successful completion of the training.

Detailed Programme

Day 1

Time Topic
12:45 - 13:00 Coffee with the ELIXIR LU RDM team
13:00 - 13:45 Welcome, tour de table with participants
Workshop example scenario
13:45 - 14:30 Research data life cycle and the DMP process
14:30 - 14:40 Coffee with the ELIXIR LU RDM team
14:40 - 15:15 Practical with DMPOnline using the FNR template
15:15 - 15:45 Practical with the ELIXIR Data Stewardship Wizard using the FNR template
15:45 - 16:15 Invited talk - DMP in real life
16:15 - 16:30 Closing session

Day 2

Time Topic
08:45 - 09:00 Coffee with the ELIXIR LU RDM team
09:00 - 10:30 Data protection requirements for research
Practical with the ELIXIR Data Information System - DAISY
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee with the ELIXIR LU RDM team
10:45 - 12:15 Practical aspects of data handling, checksums and encryption
Practical with several GUI and command line utilities
12:15 - 13:15 Lunch break
13:15 - 13:30 Coffee with the ELIXIR LU RDM team
13:30 - 16:15 Exploratory data analysis and reproducible manuscripts. (with coffee break)
Practical on project setup
16:15 - 16:30 Closing session

Day 3

Program Topic
8:45 - 9:00 Coffee with the ELIXIR LU RDM team
9:00 - 9:30 FAIR Principles for research data management
09:30 - 11:00 Data publishing and archival (with coffee break)
11:00 - 12:00 Practical: Paths to data publishing
12:00 - 12:15 Course closing session

Registration

Registration is open with limited places. Therefore, it is confirmed on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Instructors

Marina Popleteeva, Vilem Ded, Roland Krause, Pinar Alper.

Contact

Marina Popleteeva