[CODATA-international] Call for Applications - The CODATA-RDA Research Data Science School, Costa Rica, 2-13 December 2019

[Asha CODATA]

This school will provide early career researchers (at MSc-level to 3 years
after their PhD) from the Latin American Region with the necessary set of
foundational data science skills to enable them to analyse their data in an
efficient and effective manner for the 21st century.

*Description:*

The material covered here is fundamental to all areas of data science and
hence open to researchers and professionals from all disciplines that deal
with significant amounts of data. The goal is to provide a practical
introduction to these topics with extensive labs and seminars.

*Topics:*

   - Open Science
   - Introduction to Unix Shell
   - Programming for Analysis
   - Git
   - Research Data Management
   - Author Carpentry
   - Data Visualization
   - Information Security
   - Machine Learning
   - Computational Infrastructures

*How to apply:*

Online application: *https://www.ictp-saifr.org/sis/datasci2019.php
<https://www.ictp-saifr.org/sis/datasci2019.php>*

Female students and scientists are encouraged to apply

*Grants:*

The school has no cost, and a limited number of grants are available to
support the attendance of selected participants from developing countries.

*Directors:*
M. ALFARO CÓRDOBA, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
R. COBE, UNESP, Brazil
R. QUICK, Indiana University, USA
H. SHANAHAN, Royal Holloway University, UK
L. BEZUIDENHOUT, University of Oxford, UK

*Local Organizers:*
C. GAMBOA, CNCA CeNAT
E. MENESES, CNCA CeNAT

[image: Afiche CODATA-RDA 2019 SAN JOSE]

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Registration Open: CODATA 2019 Beijing
<http://codata2019.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/1>, Towards next-generation
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*CODATA FAIR Data Training Activities:*
<http://www.codata.org/fair-data-training> a short report on *A Terminology
for FAIR Stewardship Skills Workshop*
<https://terms4fairskills.github.io/Announcement.html>, CODATA, Paris,
20-21 May 2019

*Call for Comments: White Paper on Next Generation Disaster
Data Infrastructure
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deadline 30 June

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E-Mail: asha at codata.org
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