MEchanics GAthering -MEGA- Seminar: [Workshop + Apéro] Best practices in data management: organization, storage & sharing
Event details
| Date | 12.12.2024 |
| Hour | 16:15 › 17:30 |
| Speaker | Christopher Tremblay, Alain Borel |
| Location | Online |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
| Event Language | English |
Abstract: This workshop provides a short introduction to research data management (RDM), covering the essential practices to organize, safeguard, and share your data. We will first discuss the differences between storage, backup, and archiving, highlighting EPFL’s solutions to host your projects, prevent data loss and ensure long-term data preservation. We will explore the possible ways to document your data and code effectively for improved reproducibility and collaboration, including metadata, file organization, naming conventions, and others. Finally, we will address data and code publication in agreement with the FAIR principles. We will examine data repositories, the current standard platforms for this purpose, with a focus on CERN’s Zenodo - the most frequent choice at EPFL. We will discuss some legal aspects of data and code publications, i.e. personal data protection and intellectual property.
Join us to enhance your data management skills and get tips that will help you maximize the impact of your research data.
Bio: Christopher Tremblay obtained his master’s degree in life sciences at EPFL. After graduation, he worked for a start-up before moving back to EPFL as a member of the SV-IT team, notably supporting the SLIMS laboratory information system. In November 2024, he has joined the Research Data Management team at EPFL Library.
Alain Borel obtained a diploma and a PhD in chemistry at the University of Lausanne, followed by post-doctoral jobs at the University of Illinois and EPFL. He became head of the chemistry library before the merger of all EPFL libraries into the Rolex Learning Center. In the united EPFL Library, he has been a subject librarian for chemistry and materials science, an IT specialist, and since 2019 he has become part of the Research Data Management team.
The workshop will be followed by our end of the year apéro!
Join us to enhance your data management skills and get tips that will help you maximize the impact of your research data.
Bio: Christopher Tremblay obtained his master’s degree in life sciences at EPFL. After graduation, he worked for a start-up before moving back to EPFL as a member of the SV-IT team, notably supporting the SLIMS laboratory information system. In November 2024, he has joined the Research Data Management team at EPFL Library.
Alain Borel obtained a diploma and a PhD in chemistry at the University of Lausanne, followed by post-doctoral jobs at the University of Illinois and EPFL. He became head of the chemistry library before the merger of all EPFL libraries into the Rolex Learning Center. In the united EPFL Library, he has been a subject librarian for chemistry and materials science, an IT specialist, and since 2019 he has become part of the Research Data Management team.
The workshop will be followed by our end of the year apéro!
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- MEGA.Seminar Organizing Committee