Swiss Reproducibility Conference
Plan for tomorrow today: why you need a data steward
Lars Schöbitz
Prof. Elizabeth Tilley
June 10, 2024
hands up
Who has an ORCID iD?
hands up
Who has published a scientific article in a journal?
Meet a data steward
I have:
- 10+ years work experience (5 in research)
- empathy, compassion, patience, persistance
- an affinity for IT
- teaching experience
I don’t have:
- a doctoral degree
- a qualification in computer science
- a qualification in statistics
- a lot of time
Job Description: Open Science Specialist
Your turn: Think & Note
For 1 minute, think about these two questions and take some notes for later:
How should I be rewarded scientifically?
Which career paths are there for data stewards?
Research Data Management
Three terms for three stages
| term | explanation | file format |
|---|---|---|
| unprocessed raw data | data that is not processed and remains in its original form and file type | often XLSX, also CSV and others |
Three terms for three stages
| term | explanation | file format |
|---|---|---|
| unprocessed raw data | data that is not processed and remains in its original form and file type | often XLSX, also CSV and others |
| processed analysis-ready data | data that is processed to prepare for an analysis and is exported in its new form as a new file | CSV, R data package |
Three terms for three stages
| term | explanation | file format |
|---|---|---|
| unprocessed raw data | data that is not processed and remains in its original form and file type | often XLSX, also CSV and others |
| processed analysis-ready data | data that is processed to prepare for an analysis and is exported in its new form as a new file | CSV, R data package |
| final data underlying a publication | data that is the result of an analysis (e.g descriptive statistics or data visualization) and shown in a publication, but then also exported in its new form as a new file | CSV |
Self-nomination for Swiss Reproducibility Award 2024: https://ghe-open.ch/blog/posts/2024-02-27-swissrn-award/
Data Management Strategy
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Funding schemes
swissuniversities
- 2021 - 2024: swissuniversities - Open Science I
- 2025 - 2028: swissuniversities - Open Science II (CHF 30 million requested)
- Watch: Measure B5.2 - Professionalisation of ORD specialists and related services
- Newsletter sign-up: https://sympa.ethz.ch/sympa/subscribe/isci
Funding schemes
ETH Board
- 2021 - 2024: ~ 100 projects funded (~ CHF 10 million in total)
- ORD 8th Contribute (30k) guidelines, expected due date in August 2024
- motivates early career scientists to prepare proposals
- Newsletter sign-up: https://open-research-data-portal.ch/ (bottom of page)
Thanks 🌻
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Additional slides
Meet a Prof
- working long hours
- sitting in committees
- stuck in meetings
- teaching, grading, supervising & mentoring
TODO
Meet a Prof
- working long hours
- sitting in committees
- stuck in meetings
- teaching, grading, supervising & mentoring
“We decided that you now need to share your data, following FAIR principles, and also publish your code for reproducibility.” - the funding agency, the publisher
TODO
Swiss Reproducibility Conference Plan for tomorrow today: why you need a data steward Lars Schöbitz Global Health Engineering - ETH Zurich Prof. Elizabeth Tilley Global Health Engineering - ETH Zurich June 10, 2024