Data Stewardship at Global Health Engineering

Lars Schöbitz

Global Health Engineering - ETH Zurich

September 26, 2024

Data steward: Lars Schöbitz

I have:

• an Environmental Engineering degree (Dipl. Ing FH, Germany)
• 10+ years work experience (5 years as Scientific Assistant at Eawag, Duebendorf)
• experience working as a data steward at Global Health Engineering, ETH Zurich since 2021 (focus on FAIR data/code sharing & computational reproducibility)
• empathy, compassion, patience, persistance
• an affinity for IT
• RStudio certified instructor

I don’t have:

• a doctoral degree
• a qualification in computer science
• a qualification in statistics

Data Stewardship activities (during project)

Teaching

• 4 ECTS course on data science with data management aspects: https://rbtl-fs24.github.io/website/
• 0.5 ECTS (2 x 4-hour) Open Science Tools course: https://ost-hs23.github.io/website/
• 2 x 2-hour workshop on Quarto for scientific writing & publishing: https://quarto-ambition.github.io/website/
• 2-hour workshop at RDM Summer School on Quarto for scientific writing & publishing: https://quarto-rdmss-24.github.io/website/

Consulting

• Support in preparation of Explore proposal to ETH Board Open Research Data program (funded): https://fairqual.org/
• Respond to a range of smaller requests from people at ETH in need for advice on data management matters

Data Stewardship activities (currently and planning)

• currently: none
• planning: none that are not already covered in ongoing ETH ORD projects: https://openwashdata.org/