This summer semester, there are again numerous offers of the Competence Center Digital Research (zedif), the Data Literacy Project and the Thuringian Competence Network for Research Data Management (TKFDM) with regard to courses and information events on the topics data and software in research.

For the zedif courses, you can register in the qualification portal of the University of Jena.

Courses on Tuesdays from 08:15 to 12:00

  • 18.04.2023 & 20.04.2023 (Thursday) Introduction to Git and GitLab
  • 25.04.2023 Data cleansing and quality improvement with OpenRefine
  • 23.05.2023 Introduction to Julia for Programmers
  • 13.06.2023 First Hands-on Experience on a HPC Cluster
  • 20.06.2023 Data visualization with Python and Matplotlib
  • 27.06.2023 Introduction to Containerization with Docker

Hackathons (bring your own project) on two Thursdays from 09:00 to 16:00

  • 27.04.2023 High-Performance Computing (HPC)
  • 04.05.2023 Research Software Engineering (RSE)

Workshops on four half-days from 08:15 to 12:00

  • 08.05.-11.05.2023 Software Carpentry Workshop
  • 06.06.-09.06.2023 Data Carpentry Workshop

Workshop by the Research Data Management Helpdesk in the Graduate Academy Program

  • 08.05. & 11.05.2023 09:00-13:00 Research Data Management – Make your data count!

For the Data Literacy Certificate Program DaLiJe, the first lecture giving an overview on the topic and introducing the offers takes place on 17.04.2023 (German).

Level 1 „Awareness“

  • Online course
  • Hands-on sessions to select
    • Looking behind the scenes: Artificial intelligence for non-computer-scientists
    • Organizing tables: An introduction to OpenRefine
    • Algorithms, proxies, feedback: Critical examination of applications in Artificial intelligence
    • Introduction to the programming language R
    • Better structure for notes and information: An introduction to Markdown
    • Formatting documents more efficiently: An introduction to LaTeX

Further Information

Level 2 „Basics“

Further information

In the monthly online Coffee Lectures of the Thuringian Competence Network for Research Data Management on Wednesdays 14:00-14:30, various tools for research data management will be introduced (German). You can register via the network’s website.

  • 26.04.2023 Research data management with LinkAhead
  • 31.05.2023 FAIR research data management (RDM) from the beginning – Introduction to the RDM platform Coscine
  • 28.06.2023 FAIR research data management for materials science with NOMAD
  • 19.07.2023 BEXIS2 – Research data management in collaborative projects

Offers by the Thuringian State and University Library

The Thuringian State and University Library (ThULB) also provides information on various topics during the summer semester in its weekly online Coffee Lectures on Wednesdays 12:30-13:00 (German).

  • 03.05.2023 Linked Open Data and Semantic Web
  • 10.05.2023 Information resources for statistical data
  • 17.05.2023 Data visualization without programming for Humanities
  • 24.05.2023 ChatGPT: More than just generating text – an introduction to the language model of OpenAI
  • 31.05.2023 ORCID ID – being „visible“ in the world of science
  • 07.06.2023 More than dancing and harassing – science communication on Twitter and TikTok
  • 14.06.2023 The Electronic Laboratory Notebook
  • 21.06.2023 Podcasts/Casts as tools for science communication
  • 28.06.2023 DEAL, Open Access & Co – What researchers need to keep in mind when it comes to Open Access publishing
  • 05.07.2023 Data Literacy & Co: Skills for Data Society

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