Optimizing your research data management

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1 RESSOURCES HUMAINES SERVICE DE FORMATION DU PERSONNEL EPFL RI RH-F Téléphone : Bâtiment BI Fax : Station 7 CH-1015 Lausanne Site web : Optimizing your research data management Theory, practice and customized advice Knowing how to manage and organize research data is becoming one of the sine qua non conditions to guarantee the quality, durability and reproducibility of your data over time. Moreover, many funding agencies are now requiring that a data management plan be in place in order to receive research funding. This introduction course will help you gain the essential knowledge and resources to improve and optimize the management of your research data for the long-term. Ce séminaire existe aussi en français

2 OBJECTIVES > To acquire the fundamental knowledge regarding research data management and discover the resources at your disposal to better manage your data. > To master the best practices regarding research data management throughout its life- cycle. > To grasp the benefits of this practice and better learn how to answer the new requirements from funding agencies. > To appropriate and put into practice the tools at your disposal to optimize your research data management daily and over time. > To know the steps and tools to optimize the preparation of your research data management. > To share your experience with your colleagues. PARTICIPANTS > Open to everyone wishing to gain new skills to improve and optimize their research data management. > This training is strongly recommended for everyone wishing to participate in the courses focusing on how to use the laboratory electronic notebook. METHODS > This training will provide theoretical and practical information and resources. Throughout the day, concrete examples will be discussed and put into practice according to the specific needs of the participants. They will get the opportunity to practice the tools and will be able to explore the resources and solutions which are available and relevant in their respective research fields.

3 PROGRAM > Definitions and overview of the research data life cycle. > Benefits from research data management and requirements from funding agencies. > Presentation of best practices to organize and manage research data. > Provide concrete solutions based on the fields of research of the participants. > Offer personalized advice and share experiences. PRACTICAL INFORMATION Frequency Dates Duration Timetable Place Certificate This course will take place twice per year. See on 1 day 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. As part of the course, lunch is offered. EPFL, Building BI, Room of the Staff Training Service. A certificate will be delivered to participants who have attended the whole training.

4 TRAINERS Aude Dieudé, has been trained as a researcher and professor at Duke University. She specializes in research data management at the EPFL and she manages at the institutional level a support service to guide researchers in the preparation of their data management plan. At the national level, she coordinates a project dedicated to research data in collaboration with additional Swiss institutions. Bilingual in French and English, Aude had the pleasure to teach in the United States, where one of her courses was distinguished by the quality of her evaluations. She is currently offering training in France and in Switzerland within institutions and universities to help researchers optimize their research data management. Jan Krause, has been trained as a scientist and works at the EPFL Library. He is involved in the research management support service to guide researchers in the preparation of their data management plan and in the national project focusing on research data management. He focuses on standards of (meta) data as well as in technologies for sharing and archiving data. Jan is active in several fields, and he has worked in laboratories (population genetics), modeling to guide researchers in the preparation of their data management plan (biomedical and physical particules), and similarity analysis (information science), as well as system librarian at the CERN, at the University of Geneva, and at the CHUV.

5 RESSOURCES HUMAINES SERVICE DE FORMATION DU PERSONNEL EPFL RI RH-F Téléphone : Bâtiment BI Fax : Station 7 CH-1015 Lausanne Site web : Enrolment Slip Optimizing your research data management May 20, 2016 December 9, 2016 Mrs Mr Surname First name Position Professional address EPFL - Station SCIPER N o Prof. phone Mobile phone Prof. Name of manager Signature of manager By your signature, you engage to release your collaborator for the whole duration of the course. Date and signature Send it to: EPFL RI RH-F, Service de Formation du Personnel Station 7, 1015 Lausanne - Fax