<div dir="ltr"><div>LAST CHANCE TO APPLY!  DEADLINE 27 JULY 2021</div><div><br></div><div><div class="et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_4 et_pb_column_2_tb_body et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 59.388px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;float:left;min-height:1px;width:795.143px;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif;mix-blend-mode:unset"><div class="et_pb_module et_pb_post_content et_pb_post_content_0_tb_body" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:50% 50%/cover no-repeat transparent"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">This year's event is hosted virtually by the ICTP and supported by the FAIRsFAIR Project.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">The deadline for applications is 27 July 2021: <a href="http://indico.ictp.it/event/9638/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">http://indico.ictp.it/event/9638/</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><img class="gmail-wp-image-6342 gmail-alignright" src="https://codata.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/codata_rda_itsp-gofairsfair-school-1024x353.png" alt="" width="500" height="172" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; max-width: 100%; height: auto; float: right; display: inline;">Applications are open for this year’s Summer School, providing Early Career Researchers (at MSc-level to 3 years post PhD) and Data Professionals (registering via ITU Academy) 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.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">The material covered is fundamental to all areas of Data Science and is therefore open to researchers from all disciplines dealing with significant amounts of data.  The focus is to provide a practical introduction to the topics with extensive labs and seminars.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">The School will be run on an online basis and participants will be given a week to complete each topic.  Participants will need to allow at least 7 to 8 hours to work through the content of the topic.  The content also provides practical exercises and at least one live question and answer session where facilitators will address any issues the participants may have.  Content will be provided as video lectures as well as presentation slides.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Topics: Open Science and Responsible Conduct of Research; Introduction to Unix Shell; Programming for Analysis; Git; Research Data Management; Author Carpentry; Data Visualisation; Information Security; Machine Learning; Computational Infrastructures.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Participation for selected candidates is free.  The Data School is open for all Early Career Researchers (ECRs).  Thanks to support from FAIRsFAIR and our hosts at ICTP, applications from ECRs from European and from Low and Middle Income Countries are particularly encouraged.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Application and further information <a href="http://indico.ictp.it/event/9638/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">http://indico.ictp.it/event/9638/</a> – Deadline 27 July 2021.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><img class="gmail-alignnone gmail-size-large gmail-wp-image-6341" src="https://codata.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Trieste2021-730x1024.png" alt="" width="730" height="1024" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thanks,</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:transparent">Asha</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:transparent">__________________________</span></p></div></div><div class="et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_4 et_pb_column_2_tb_body et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 59.388px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;float:left;min-height:1px;width:795.143px;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif;mix-blend-mode:unset"><div class="et_pb_module et_pb_post_content et_pb_post_content_0_tb_body" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:50% 50%/cover no-repeat transparent"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div><br></div><div><b>Applications Open: CODATA-RDA Research Data Science Summer School 2021, 6 Sept-5 Nov 2021:</b> <a href="https://codata.org/applications-open-codata-rda-research-data-science-summer-school-2021-6-september-5-november-2021-deadline-27-july-2021/" target="_blank">deadline 27 July</a></div><div><b><br></b></div><b>Global Open Science Cloud Initiative:</b> <a href="https://codata.org/initiatives/strategic-programme/global-open-science-cloud/gosc-introduction-event/" target="_blank">introduction event</a> and <a href="https://codata.org/initiatives/strategic-programme/global-open-science-cloud/sign-up-for-gosc-groups-and-studies/" target="_blank">sign up for WGs and Case studies</a></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><b>1st International Forum on Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals: </b><a href="https://codata.org/1st-international-forum-on-big-data-for-sustainable-development-goals-6-8-september-2021/" target="_blank">6-8 September 2021</a><br><br><div><b>CODATA Connect-Data Science Journal Early Career Essay Competition:</b> <a href="https://codata.org/an-invitation-to-take-part-in-the-codata-connect-data-science-journal-early-career-essay-competition/" target="_blank">deadline 31 August</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>Call for Proposals to Host International Data Week 2025: </b><a href="https://codata.org/call-for-applications-to-host-international-data-week-2025/" target="_blank">deadline 30 September 2020</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://codata.org/may-2021-publications-in-the-data-science-journal/" target="_blank"><b>May 2021 publications</b></a> in the <a href="https://datascience.codata.org/" target="_blank">CODATA Data Science Journal</a></div></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div><br></div><div><b>Stay in touch with CODATA:</b></div><div></div><div><br></div><div>Stay up to date with CODATA activities: <a href="http://lists.codata.org/mailman/listinfo/codata-international_lists.codata.org" target="_blank">join the CODATA International News list</a></div><div><br></div><div>Looking for training and career opportunities in data science and data stewardship?  <a href="http://lists.codata.org/mailman/listinfo/data_science_training_lists.codata.org" target="_blank">Sign up to the CODATA early career community-run data science training and careers list</a></div><div><br></div></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:transparent">Follow us on social media! </span><a href="https://twitter.com/CODATANews" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:transparent">Twitter</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:transparent"> - </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/codata.org/" target="_blank" style="f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