The Cluster Research Data cordially invites you to the Expo on Thursday, 16 January 2025 at TU Wien. The thematic focus will be on research information systems, research data management and research support infrastructures.

The event aims to provide a platform for infrastructure, services, projects and use cases at national level, serves as a cooperation platform and acts as a networking event. 

The programme includes a range of lectures, product demonstrations, poster presentations and workshops to showcase the diverse and wide-ranging infrastructures, tools and services available in Austria. The event will conclude with an interdisciplinary panel discussion and an evening networking programme. The following day will offer opportunities for working group meetings.

The target audience includes operational and strategic stakeholders, as well as researchers in the broader field of research data management, research support services, open science and EOSC activities.

Keynote speeches last between 15 and 20 minutes.

Data jungle – who is in control?

Scientists are increasingly working with a wide range of data – both their own and external data. Many complex research questions require interdisciplinary approaches and the use of different infrastructures at various stages of the research process. Enormous amounts of data and many services are now available, but key challenges such as findability, processing and interoperability remain.

Researchers call for solutions – Decision-makers responsible for planning and developing digital ecosystems at institutional and national level face the challenge of maintaining an overview of existing offerings and their compatibility. At the same time, they must take targeted measures to improve the efficiency and sustainability of these systems.

In this panel discussion, experts will discuss the necessary framework conditions and strategies for optimally supporting research processes and will discuss which levers need to be pulled and by whom in order to provide guidance, close service gaps and meet current challenges.

Moderator: Michael Stampfer (Managing Director, WWTF)

• Andreas Rauber (TU Wien), Professor research area Data Science, VSC Research Center, President AARIT, working group Research Data of TU Wien
• Bernadette Kamleitner (WU Wien), Vice-Rector for Research and Third Mission, Professor of Marketing and Consumer Research, member ÖWR Ethik-Senat
• Sylvia Kritzinger (Uni Wien), Head of the Institute for Political Science, Professor of Methods in the Social Sciences, board member AUSSDA
• Matthias Reiter-Pázmándy (BMBWF), working group Register Research and Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Studies in the Section for Scientific Research, International Affairs, Equality and Diversity Management
• Martina Hartner-Tiefenthaler (TU Wien), Senior Scientist, Institute for Management Sciences, Department of Ergonomics and Organisation
• Wolfgang Wagner (TU Wien), Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Geoinformation, Professor of Remote Sensing, Co-founder of the Earth Observation Data Centre

ACONET – ACOnet is the Austrian high-performance data network for more than 270 non-profit institutions in the fields of science, research, education, art, culture, administration and health. It is operated by the Central IT Service of the University of Vienna in cooperation with participants throughout Austria. The ACONET Association acts as a user advisory board and has also taken on various international representative functions for the community.

AI-enhanced funding search – Grant Acquisition, Universität für Weiterbildung Krems – Wir haben die Effektivität von Suchmaschinen und großen Sprachmodellen bei der Identifizierung relevanter Ausschreibungen im Rahmen von „Horizon Europe“ verglichen. Die Ergebnisse deuten darauf hin, dass die Implementierung einer Suchmaschine die Identifizierung geeigneter Fördermöglichkeiten beschleunigen und RMAs dabei unterstützen kann, Forschern eine individuellere Beratung anzubieten und so die Entwicklung langfristiger Förderstrategien zu fördern.

AMDC – The Austrian Micro Data Centre enables research with linkable microdata in Austria. Various microdata sets from surveys or registers can be researched within a secure, virtual environment.

ARI&Snet – Austrian Research Information & Service Network (ARI&Snet) oversees the establishment of an institutionalised cooperation network for the coordination, planning and management of research facilities, services, research information, research data and knowledge as a further development of the activities initiated by the Research Data Cluster. A state-of-the-art application infrastructure based on OpenShift and Keycloak serves as the basis for the long-term implementation of shared services. 

AT2OA2 Datahub – The Austrian Datahub for Open Access Negotiations and Monitoring was created as part of the Austrian Transition to Open Access Two (AT2OA2) project (2021-2024). The hub collates information from the FIS/CRIS systems of the participating institutions, enriches it with additional information on open access publication conditions, such as access and exploitation rights, embargo dates, etc., using external infrastructures, and thus enables Austria-wide open access monitoring. From 1 January 2025, the data hub will be hosted by the Austrian Library Network & Service Ltd. (OBVSG) and reused within the framework of the E-Media Austria (KEMÖ) cooperation.

AUSSDA – The Austrian Social Science Data Archive is a certified national research infrastructure for the social science community. AUSSDA offers sustainable and user-friendly services in the field of digital archiving and preservation. Researchers, students, educational institutions and media professionals benefit most from these services.

Austrian ELN Community – The Austrian ELN Community is a group of Austrian university RDM support units that work together to promote, establish and further develop electronic laboratory notebook solutions. The current focus is on the open source e-lab notebook solution eLabFTW. Interested institutions and researchers are warmly invited to find out more in a personal meeting.

BMBWF Forschungsinfrastruktur-Datenbank – The BMBWF Research Infrastructure Database provides an information platform on research infrastructures in science, research and industry. The database can be used to find or offer research infrastructures that are suitable for cooperation.
 

Cloud4GEO – The Cloud4GEO infrastructure project aims to establish an integrated cloud infrastructure in Austria that provides and utilises geoscientific data for interdisciplinary research and teaching. Central storage and computing capacities are networked with the computer systems of the participating universities to enable efficient data processing. In addition, a joint concept for the sustainable and cooperative use of geodata is being developed and implemented.

Communities – RDM TU Graz – Vibrant communities play a crucial role in the further development and dissemination of FDM software solutions and practices. Through regular developer meetings, knowledge transfer between national institutions, orientation towards international developments, mutual support and openness towards external parties and new participants, FDM support solutions can be established in a needs-based and comprehensive manner.

CyVerse Austria – CyVerse Austria is an infrastructure for research data management and data analytics. CyVerse Austria provides a secure environment for FDM where data sets can be managed and metadata attached. Researchers are able to exchange data securely and quickly with collaboration partners. Data analyses are made reproducible through Docker technology.

daspario: digital art & science platform – daspario is a collaboration between four Austrian art universities and serves as a platform for presenting, documenting and networking artistic and scientific achievements. Flexible import and export options, links to common databases and catalogues, and simple, AI-supported input allow users to save, curate and publish their achievements and network with others. The scalable platform supports institutions and individuals in presenting their work and creates a reliable basis for reporting and sustainable documentation.

Data Steward Kurs Uni Graz – Data stewards support researchers in handling their data at all stages of the research cycle. The university course Data Steward prepares graduates for handling research data in a scientific environment. As part of the course, participants receive basic training in research data management, data publication and the FAIR principles, as well as an insight into the associated legal principles. 

Data Steward Kurs Uni Wien – Data stewards operate at the interface between science and research infrastructure. The part-time certificate course "Data Steward" at the Postgraduate Centre of the University of Vienna offers the opportunity to acquire specialist knowledge and key skills for data stewards in research institutions over two semesters.

Data Stewardship – RDM TU Graz – Data stewardship refers to the responsible management, use and maintenance of data within a company or organisation. A data steward is a person who is responsible for the entire data lifecycle and ensures that data is of high quality, accessible, secure and properly managed. Data stewardship is crucial for organisations that make data-driven decisions, as it helps to build trust in the data and decision-making processes.

DBRepo – DBRepo is a repository for data in databases that is used from the beginning to the end of a research project and supports the development, citation and versioning of data. DBRepo implements the RDA WGDC Query Store for the precise identification of data subsets.

DiTAH – ditah.at , dhinfra.at und gams.uni-graz.at – The aim of the DiTAH joint project (2020-2024) was to establish and prepare the methods and approaches developed in the digital humanities in such a way that they can be transferred into everyday use in humanities research and the training of young researchers. To this end, jointly developed solutions were created in three major subject areas: integration of digital infrastructure, preparation and access to digital methods and tools, and the teaching of digital skills in science and education. DHInfra: As part of a comprehensive digital infrastructure for the digital humanities (DH), we are developing a central access point that will enable researchers from various partner institutions to access distributed resources – from high-performance computers and digitisation robots to virtual research environments. Using the example of our GPU high-performance computing resources, we present an innovative approach to resource management that combines flexible access levels with automated allocation and supports the entire usage cycle from authentication and data management to calculation and result storage through practical workflows and best practices. The GPU infrastructure goes beyond purely technical aspects and tests new forms of user-oriented resource management through pre-built workflows and interactive learning and working environments – with the aim of creating an accessible yet powerful computing environment that gives DH researchers access to state-of-the-art GPU computing capacity and serves as a model for contemporary and research-oriented computing in the larger DH infrastructure landscape. GAMS is an OAIS-compliant and certified repository for the management, publication and long-term archiving of digital resources from all humanities disciplines. GAMS was planned and developed at the Institute for Digital Humanities (formerly the Centre for Information Modelling) as part of a large number of collaborative projects and in response to the specific requirements of university research. The focus is on the field of digital editions and the representation of cultural heritage.

DOI-Service Austria – TU Wien Bibliothek – The DOI Service Austria is managed by the TU Wien Library – Austrian higher education and research institutions as well as non-profit organisations can become members of the DataCite Consortium Austria through us and thus assign their research outputs globally unique and permanently discoverable Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs). Members receive an unlimited number of repository accounts on the Fabrica registration platform, which they can use to independently assign DOIs to a wide range of research objects – from publications and research data to software and physical materials.

EGI Council – The EGI is an association of international cloud providers of computing and storage resources for research purposes. It offers various services tailored to different interest groups (e.g. mainframe computers, data analysis and tools for federated data management). These EGI services can support Austrian research and facilitate the integration of digital services from Austria into a European, computation-intensive ecosystem.

EODC – The Earth Observation Data Centre (EODC) is an organisation based in Austria that specialises in the use and processing of Earth observation data. The EODC primarily supports research projects, scientific institutions and companies involved in remote sensing, environmental monitoring and related topics. The main tasks and objectives of the EODC include data management, operation of cloud infrastructure, and the development and operation of big data services.

EOSC SOA – Das EOSC Support Office Austria (EOSC SOA) unterstützt ACONET als beauftragte Organisation und alle österreichischen Forschungseinrichtungen bei der Verwirklichung der EOSC-Vision – einer föderierten und offenen multidisziplinären Umgebung, in der Daten, Tools und Dienste für Forschungs-, Innovations- und Bildungszwecke veröffentlicht und wiederverwendet werden können.

Invenio RDM – InvenioRDM is a research data repository that serves the long-term storage, publication and retrieval of research data. User interfaces are used to upload the data together with structured metadata and other contextual information, and to define the terms of use. The data can be viewed, downloaded and reused.

OSA – Open Science Austria (OSA) is an interdisciplinary stakeholder platform under the umbrella of the Austrian Universities Conference (uniko) dedicated to information and dissemination, coordination and networking, and the development of recommendations and guidelines in the various areas of open science.

Phaidra + Phaidra Depot – PHAIDRA (Permanent Hosting, Archiving and Indexing of Digital Resources and Assets) is the University of Vienna's repository dedicated to the permanent preservation, archiving and provision of digital holdings. With Phaidra National Depot, Phaidra is now also available to all non-university institutions.

RIS Synergy + FUNDify – Overview of RIS Synergy project results: Presentation and description of the implemented interfaces and tools. FUNDify is one of the products developed as part of RIS Synergy. FUNDify is a tool for maintaining programme information (manual entry or import via standardised interfaces from funding agency tools) and automatically transmitting this information to research institutions. Research institutions have the option of enriching the programme information directly in FUNDify with specific information before the programme information is imported into their internal systems via standardised interfaces.

Shared Competences TU Graz – The Shared Competences working group is part of the Shared RDM Services & Infrastructure cluster project. Its aim is to facilitate knowledge transfer and exchange on research data management topics. Training materials are developed jointly and opportunities for knowledge transfer are created.

Shared RDM – The Shared RDM Services & Infrastructure project is a ministry project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF), which aims to create the framework conditions for offering selected tools and infrastructures in the field of FDM as shared services for Austrian universities and research institutions. The project draws on the findings of the already completed FAIR Data Austria project and is working on a critical basic infrastructure that will be supported by cross-university operating models. The aim is to enable efficient, collaborative and interdisciplinary research based on the reliable and easy reuse of research data and research output.

TransIT – TransIT is working on establishing a physical and virtual interdisciplinary and inter-university research platform for digital transformation in civil engineering and tunnelling. This Tunnelling Hub comprises the Montanuniversität Leoben (MUL), the Vienna University of Technology (TUW) and the Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU Linz). The hub serves as a "shared open space for science and innovation" and aims to bring the results closer to scientists, research groups and students.

VSC/EuroCC/MUSICA – Der Vienna Scientific Cluster (VSC) ist eine Kooperation mehrerer österreichischer Universitäten, die ihren Nutzern Supercomputer-Ressourcen und technischen Support zur Verfügung stellt. Das neueste System ist das MUSICA-System, das Anfang 2025 in Betrieb genommen wird. EuroCC Austria bietet Unternehmen, Forschungseinrichtungen und dem öffentlichen Sektor in Österreich Fachwissen in den Bereichen Hochleistungsrechnen (HPC), Hochleistungsdatenanalyse (HPDA) und künstliche Intelligenz (KI). Wir bieten Beratung, Schulung und Ausbildung, Zugang zu Rechenzeit auf Supercomputern, Unterstützung und Umsetzung Ihrer HPC-Projekte sowie Hilfe bei der Beantragung öffentlicher Fördermittel.

Demos and Workshops:

BMBWF Forschungsinfrastruktur-Datenbank – The BMBWF Research Infrastructure Database provides an information platform on research infrastructures in science, research and industry. The database can be used to find or offer research infrastructures that are suitable for cooperation.

DAMAP – The machine-actionable DMP tool DAMAP assists researchers in creating data management plans and supports them by automatically transferring information that is already available in other systems within their own institution. It is based on the RDA Common Standards for maDMPs and the Core Requirements for DMPs from Science Europe. The result is an editable DMP in Word format, which can be exported as a JSON file if required.

eLabFTW – eLabFTW is an electronic solution for the traditional laboratory notebook and offers many additional practical functions (schedule, collaborative work, laboratory equipment management, etc.). It is an open-source solution. Since you mainly interact with the software via your browser, no additional software is required.

MEDem – AmCAT, Atlas, Meteor, Autnes,  – MEDem is a European infrastructure currently in the planning stages that will serve quantitative social science research on democracy. AmCat is a searchable database for unstructured text data supplemented by structured metadata. It supports both text and metadata searches via an API and also functions as a data storage and sharing system with the option of restricting access to copyrighted material. Atlas is a database that organises concepts with definitions, similar research papers, sub-dimensions, indicators and datasets, together with objects such as parties and individuals linked to external sources such as Wikipedia. Meteor is an inventory that helps text analysts obtain detailed information. It contains a linked knowledge graph of parties, data sets, news sources, organisations, tools and much more. The Austrian National Election Study (AUTNES) has already established itself as an election research infrastructure. From November 2024, there will also be a user-friendly dashboard that will allow users to explore the data (e.g., on democracy satisfaction, trust in institutions, voting behaviour) over time.

Portfolio Showroom – Portfolio is an open source CRIS developed specifically for art universities with a privacy-by-design approach. Showroom is a standalone showcasing app that displays entries published in Portfolio, giving users the opportunity to publicly curate their artistic and academic work, while the operating university can generate its knowledge balances via Portfolio.

17th of January 2025, 09:00-12:00, TU Wien
Kuppelsaal, Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Wien, 4. Stock (Wegbeschreibung)

The Work Area offers an informal opportunity for networking and exchange and is open to the public. The Kuppelsaal is available for this purpose from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.

The following communities will be represented:

• AMDC
• ARI&Snet 
• Austrian ELN Community with Pop-Up Store ELN
• Shared RDM – (Shared Competence Gruppe)-Meeting
• FIS/CRIS Interest group Metadata for research data (closed working group, no registration possible)