Call for Papers

Emergent Approaches For Open Science

INFORMATION

Due to the health crisis related to the covid-19, the different deadlines of the abstract submission process have been modified. The deadline for abstract submission has been extended to 30 June 2020. The date of the event itself remains unchanged. Thank you for your understanding.

The Swiss Research Data Day, the 3rd edition of this DLCM event, will take place in Switzerland, at the Geneva School of Business Administration (HEG/HES-SO), October 22, 2020. It is organized by the Data Life-Cycle Management (DLCM) Project, led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and HEG/HES-SO in collaboration with the Zürich Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschafts (ZHAW), and mandated by swissuniversities.

This call is to kindly invite you to contribute to our coming event entitled Swiss Research Data Day 2020: Emergent approaches for Open Science. It will offer a discussion space to exchange on major challenging technologies and approaches that characterize the Research Data Management (RDM) practices from the institutional point of view as well as researcher perspective.

Research data need more than just basic management processes: RDM asks for a multidisciplinary governance approach to ensure the quality of research data, their visibility, operability, interoperability and reuse. These skills involve methodological, ethical, legal, technical and technological know-how for mastering RDM in a digital environment. Researchers face a growing number of issues and challenges.

Among others, they are increasingly expecting to know:

What use they may do from Artificial Intelligence to take as many advantages as possible on Automated Data Processing?
How to ensure their data use are compliant with the law and/or ethics?
Where to find Open Data and/or how to open their own data?
How to appraise the quality of the data they do collect and/or reuse?
How to correctly write their Data Management Plans (DMP)?
Where to find the best training methods?

Valuable answers will be provided during the Swiss Research Data Day 2020 to address those questions. This year, our event will particularly focus on emergent approaches to RDM. It will offer a relevant discussion on new developments, initiatives, projects, practices, standards and technologies in RDM applied in different fields.

Themes

Please choose between the themes below for your paper:

Emergent technologies in Research Data Management (RDM) and Artificial Intelligence

Automated Data Processing and other disruptive technologies
Blockchain technologies and preservation models
Research Data and Data Mining
Lots Of Copies Keep Stuff Safe program (LOCKSS)
Social impact
Assisted classification
Automated appraisal
Auto description
Automated data packaging
Data Profiling
[…]

RDM practical, ethical and legal aspects

Sensitive Research Data
Ethical questions for Research Data
AI accessibility and bias in machine learning
Research Data Intellectual Property issues
[…]

Research Data and Open Science

Open Science vs. Open Knowledge
Open Science strategies
Open Research Data repositories
[…]

Research Data Quality Assessment

Research Data quality methods and approaches
Research quality measurement
Research Data appraisal
FAIR best practices
[…]

Data Management Plans

DMP international practices
Automated DMP
Funders' requirements trends
[…]

"Train the trainer"

Emergent technologies in Research Data Management (RDM) and Artificial Intelligence
RDM practical, ethical and legal aspects
Research Data and Open Science
Research Data Quality Assessment
Data Management Plan
FAIR trainings and skills
[…]

Other suggested themes are welcome!

Submissions

Several formats may be used to apply for an intervention during SRDD2020 (see table and explanations of formats below). The agenda is the following:

Call opening 16.12.2019

Abstract submission closing (250 words) 30.06.2020

Accepted applications communication 01.08.2020

SRDD2020 event 22.10.2020

Text submission for an upcoming publication 31.12.2020

Depending on the chosen format, applicants will have to follow the directives below:

Format	Duration of presentation	Abstract	Publication	Tech./material needs indication
Papers	20 minutes 5 minutes questions	Mandatory Up to 250 words	Mandatory Up to 8 pages	No
Lightning Talks	10 minutes	Mandatory Up to 150 words	Optional Up to 2 pages	No
Demonstrations	20 minutes 5 minutes questions	Mandatory Up to 250 words	Optional Up to 5 pages	Yes
Workshops	1h30	Mandatory Up to 500 words	None	Yes

All submission have to be addressed to Silas Krug, Information Specialist at Geneva School of Business Administration (HEG), missing email.

Papers

Presentation of an advanced experience and innovative projects on specific dimension of Research Data solutions / good practices / challenges. It should be summarized in a short abstract (250 words). The presentation duration is set to 20 minutes followed by 5-minutes question session.

By December, 31s, 2020, a full article (maximum 8 single spaced pages, about 4000 words, excluding references and appendices) is required and will be published in an e-book.

Lightning Talks

Brief presentation outlining an ongoing project, an innovative idea, or a relevant experience to be shared and debated with the scientific community. It should be summarized in a short abstract (150 words). The presentation duration is set to 10 minutes and thus needs to be well structured to respect the allocated time.

By December, 31s, 2020, a short article (maximum 2 single spaced pages, about 1000 words, excluding references and appendices) can be submitted and will be published in an e-book.

Demonstrations

Concrete illustration of Research Data processing or Long Term Preservation technologies, standards, tools, systems and models which have recently been developed, adopted, or experienced. The presentation can be a showcase of the functionalities of some specific tools, softwares, etc. The details of the demonstration, including any technical aspects and requirements are to be summarized in a short abstract (250 words). The presentation duration is set to 20 minutes, followed by a 5-minutes question session.

By December, 31s, 2020, a short article (maximum 5 single spaced pages, about 2500 words, excluding references and appendices) can be submitted and upon acceptance will be published in an e-book.

Workshops

Animation of a workshop. Please provide a short abstract (500 words) on the chosen theme, including all details of the workshop session and technical and material needs. The workshop duration can take one or two sessions of 1h30.