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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444444">CODATA invites proposals for Task
Groups to be approved by the<b><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"> 31st </span></b></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.codata.org/events/general-assembly/general-assembly-2018" target="_blank"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#3b663c;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">CODATA General Assembly</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444444"> which
will be held on 9-10 November 2018, in Gaborone, Botswana, following </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://internationaldataweek.org/"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#3b663c;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">International Data Week 2018</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444444">, 5-8
November 2018 (comprising our research conference <b><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"><a href="http://www.scidatacon.org/"><span style="color:#3b663c">SciDataCon 2018</span></a>)</span></b>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444444"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444444">The final deadline for submissions
of Task Group Proposals is 18 July 2018. Proposals will be reviewed
by the CODATA Executive Committee and by external experts.
Recommendations will be presented to the CODATA General Assembly which will
select the Task Groups.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444444"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white;vertical-align:top"><img width="350" height="263" src="cid:image001.jpg@5B3BA43A.3E5C3EFC" align="right" hspace="12" alt="http://www.codata.org/uploads/images/18-03-23-SCIDATACON%20INTERNATIONAL%20DATA%20WEEK.jpg"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444444;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Task Group Proposals should be submitted on </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.codata.org/uploads/CODATA%20TG%20PROPOSAL%20FORM-2018-REVISED-v03.docx"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#3b663c;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">this form</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444444;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"> to Simon Hodson, CODATA Executive Director </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:simon@codata.org" target="_blank"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#3b663c;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">simon@codata.org</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444444;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"> by the deadline of 18 July 2018.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444444;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444444;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Task Groups are approved by the General Assembly for 2 years.
Existing CODATA Task Groups may apply for renewal and are subject to the same
criteria, as described in the attached document.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444444"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444444">The three priority areas in the
CODATA Strategy are as follows:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444444"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:25.5pt;line-height:normal;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444444">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444444">To promote Open Data principles, policies and practices;</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:25.5pt;line-height:normal;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444444">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444444">To advance the frontiers of data science and its adaptation to
scientific research;</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:25.5pt;line-height:normal;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444444">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444444">To build capacity for improving skills and the functioning
of science systems (particularly in low and middle income countries - LMICs)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444444">The call suggests some high priority
topics under each of these headings (see the call document for further
details): </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444444"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white;vertical-align:top"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444444;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Open data principles, policies and practices</span></b></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#444444;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif">developing good
practice and recommendations around data principles and policies;</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#444444;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif">examining the limits
of openness;</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#444444;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif">synthesizing and
advancing work on the benefits of data sharing;</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#444444;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif">exploring the theme
of data diplomacy to consider what international agreements can promote
the more open availability of data.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444444"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white;vertical-align:top"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444444;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Frontiers of Data Science</span></b></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#444444;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif">Reproducibility in
research</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#444444;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif">Statistical,
epistemological and ethical challenges of Big Data</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#444444;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif">Criteria for
selection and preservation of research data</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#444444;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif">Development of
glossaries, data dictionaries or ontologies</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#444444;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif">Data integration and
data strategies for international, transdisciplinary research programmes</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444444"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white;vertical-align:top"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444444;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Capacity building, data skills and education</span></b></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#444444;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif">analyzing
requirements for data education</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#444444;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif">developing and
refining the curriculum for ‘research data science’;</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#444444;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif">examining and
articulating the processes and standards for the creation of reusable
online materials and the development of those materials;</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#444444;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif">examining and
addressing issues around access to research software, the maintenance and
development of Open Source research software.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444444"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444444">Task Group proposals addressing
these or similar issues are particularly encouraged. <b><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">This does not mean that Task
Group proposals addressing areas not described below will be considered out of
scope: we invite and encourage innovative ideas from the CODATA community.</span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Best,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Asha</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Asha Law | Program Assistant, CODATA
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