This Weeks Science Data Literacy Links (weekly)

• Australian National Data Service

  This looks like an interesting effort to make research data more accessible in Australia. I really like their slogan – ANDS enables the transformation of:Data that are: to Structured Collections that are:Unmanaged –> ManagedDisconnected –> ConnectedInvisible –> FindableSingle-use –> Reusable…so that Australian researchers can easily publish, discover, access and use research data.

  Tags: data, management, standards

  • – By Sam Donovan

• Air Quality Egg by @EdBorden — Kickstarter

  This is a great example of how environmental sensors can be used to collect local data and feed into shared databases. It would be really interesting to think about what types of school science could be tied to this resource.

  Tags: open, sensor, citizen, science

  • – By Sam Donovan

• Cutting Edge: Emerging trends in biostatistics | AAAS MemberCentral

  This article discusses the important role that biostatistician play in dealing with the evolving world of big data in biological and biomedical research.

  Tags: big, data, statistics

  • – By Sam Donovan

• Core Techniques and Technologies for Advancing Big Data Science & Engineering (BIGDATA) (nsf12499)

  This will be interesting to track. A joint call for proposals from NSF and NIH. From the call, “BIGDATA seeks proposals that develop and evaluate core technologies and tools that take advantage of available collections of large data sets to accelerate progress in science, biomedical research, and engineering.”

  Tags: big, data, nsf

  • – By Sam Donovan

• US NSF – Dear Colleague Letter – Data Citation (NSF12058)

  This is an interesting “dear colleague” letter from the NSF Geosciences Director that encourages researchers to engage in “data citation” so that the data is accessible to others.

  Tags: nsf, data, policy

  • – By Sam Donovan

• US NSF – Dear Colleague Letter – Data-Intensive Education-Related Research Funding Opportunities (NSF12060)

  Unfortunately, when you say big data in educational circles it applies only to data about educational outcomes not students tapping into scientific research data.

  Tags: big, data, education

  • – By Sam Donovan

• nsf.gov – National Science Foundation (NSF) News – NSF Leads Federal Efforts In Big Data – US National Science Foundation (NSF)

  A press release from NSF about their new efforts related to big data. Lots of interesting stuff here.

  Tags: big, data, nsf

  • – By Sam Donovan

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