GYA, CODATA-ECDP and Open Science
During May 25-29, 2015, the Global Young Academy (GYA) held the 5th International Conference for Young Scientists and its Annual General Meeting at Montebello, Quebec, Canada. I attended the public day...
View ArticleData and Semantics — Topics of Interest at ESIP 2015 Summer Meeting
The ESIP 2015 Summer Meeting was held at Pacific Grove, CA in the week of July 14-17. Pacific Grove is such a beautiful place with the coast line, sand beach and sun set. What excited me more are the...
View ArticleHistoric launch of the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data
An information email in early September from Simon Hodson, the CODATA Executive Director, attracted my deep interest. His email was about the high-level political launch for the Global Partnership for...
View ArticleDo we have a magic flute for K-12 Web Science?
In early July of 2015, Tetherless World Constellation (TWC) opened its door for four young men of the 2015 summer program of Rensselaer Research Experience for High School Students. The program covered...
View ArticleWebSci ’17
The Web Science Conference was hosted by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute this year. The Tetherless World Constellation was heavily involved in organizing the event and ensuring the conference ran...
View ArticleGet Off Your Twitter
Web Science, more so than many other disciplines of Computer Science, has a special focus on its humanist qualities – no surprise in that the Web is ultimately an instrument for human expression and...
View ArticleWebSci ’17 Tutorial Note– Analyzing Geolocated Data with Twitter
Speaker: Prof. Bruno Gonçalves, New York University (http://www.bgoncalves.com/) Schedule 09:00 -10:20 theory session 10:30 -12:00 practical session Theory Session: GPS-enabled smartphone: provides...
View ArticleTWC at AGU FM 2018
In 2018, AGU celebrated its centennial year. TWC had a good showing at this AGU, with 8 members attending and presenting on a number of projects. We arrived at DC on Saturday night, to attend the DCO...
View ArticleAGU Conference: Know Before You Go
If this is your first American Geophysical Union (AGU) conference, be ready! Below are a few pointers for future first-timers. The conference I attended was hosted in Washington, D.C. at the Walter E....
View ArticleDCO-DS participation at Research Data Alliance Plenary 5 meeting
In early March I attended the Research Data Alliance Fifth Plenary and “Adoption Day” event to present our plans for adopting DataTypes and Persistent Identifier Types in the DCO Data Portal. This was...
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