SAON News

Call for Papers – Data Science Journal

The Data Science Journalis a peer-reviewed, open access, electronic journal dedicated to the advancement of data science and its application in policies, practices and management of Open Data.

We are currently soliciting submissions for papers on a wide range of data science topics, across the whole range of computational, natural and social science, and the humanities. The scope of the journal includes descriptions of data systems, their implementations and their publication, applications, infrastructures, software, legal, reproducibility and transparency issues, the availability and usability of complex datasets, and with a particular focus on the principles, policies and practices for data.

All data is in scope, whether born digital or converted from other sources, and all research disciplines are covered. Data is a cross-domain, cross-discipline topic, with common issues, regardless of the domain it serves. TheData Science Journalpublishes a variety of article types (research papers, practice papers, review articles and essays). TheData Science Journalalso publishes data articles, describing datasets or data compilations, if the potential for reuse of the data is significant or if considerable efforts were required in compilation. Similarly, theData Science Journalalso publishes descriptions of online simulation, database, and other experiments, partnering with digital repositories on ‘meta articles’ or ‘overlay articles’, which link to and allow visualisation of the data, thereby adding an entirely new dimension to the communication and exchange of data research results and educational materials.

For further information, and to submit a manuscript, please visithttp://datascience.codata.org/

http://www.eu-polarnet.eu/index.php?id=1073741881#What%20is%20EU-PolarNet

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Dear Polar Community,

The European Polar Board Strategy Action Group (http://www.europeanpolarboard.org/activities/action-groups/epb-strategy-group/) would like to solicit input from all EPB stakeholders regarding future strategic direction of the European Polar Board. Your views will help the Action Group to develop a clear vision of the objectives and expectations for EPB. Your feedback will form an important input for creating the EPB Strategic Plan. Please help us by filling out a short form (5 questions only!):

http://www.europeanpolarboard.org/index.php?id=100

The last date for providing your input is Friday, 30^th of October.

In case of any queries, please feel free to contact Renuka Badhe, Executive Secretary EPB at rbadhe@nwo.nl

CALL FOR EARLY REGISTRATION, TRAVEL SUPPORT ETC.

Call for Early Registration
Polar Data Forum II: International Collaboration for
Advancing Polar Data Access and Preservation
27-29 October 2015
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Early bird registration deadline: 31 August 2015

For more information, go to: http://www.polar-data-forum.org/home

To register online, go to: http://www.polar-data-forum.org/registration

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Organizers of the Polar Data Forum II: International Collaboration for
Advancing Polar Data Access and Preservation announce a call for early
bird registration. The forum will convene 27-29 October 2015 in
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

The Polar Data Forum II (PDF II) will build on successes of the first
Polar Data Forum, which convened during October 2013 in Tokyo, Japan, and
a series of other international and national meetings that have
identified priority themes and key challenges in the domain of polar
data management. PDF II will further refine these themes and
priorities and will accelerate progress by establishing clear actions to
address the target issues, including meeting the needs of society and
science through promotion of open data and effective data stewardship,
establishing sharing and interoperability of data at a variety of
levels, developing trusted data management systems, and ensuring
long-term data preservation. The forum will be held in conjunction with
the scheduled annual meetings of the Arctic Data Committee (ADC) of the
International Arctic Science Committee and Sustaining Arctic Observing
Networks (IASC/SAON) and the Standing Committee on Antarctic Data
Management (SC-ADM) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
(SCAR).

Organizers welcome data managers, Arctic and Antarctic scientists,
students, aboriginal and northern residents, funding agency
representatives, and others interested in improving management of polar
and other data.

A data management workshop directed at graduate students and early
career researchers interested in preserving research data will be held
on Tuesday, 27 October 2015. The workshop is open to anyone interested
in data management. Attendance will be first come, first served.

A room block has been arranged for reduced accommodation rates. Block
reservation deadline: 21 September 2015.

For more information about block reservations, go to: 
https://www.deltahotels.com/Groups/Delta-Waterloo-Groups/Polar-Data-Forum.

Limited travel funding support for students, early career researchers,
and indigenous participants is available. For more information about
travel funding please contact the Local Organizing Committee online:
http://www.polar-data-forum.org/contact-form.

Travel funding application deadline: Monday, 31 August 2015.

Early bird reservation deadline: 

Reservation ends: 30 September 2015.

For more information, and to register online, go to:
http://www.polar-data-forum.org/registration.

For further information, including excursions to Toronto and Niagara
Falls, please see: http://www.polar-data-forum.org.

The upcoming 3rd Arctic Observing Summit, AOS 2016, will be held at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, March 15-18, 2016, in conjunction with Arctic Science Summit Week (March 12-15) and the 2016 Arctic Council Senior Arctic Officials meeting (March 15-17).

The AOS Executive Organizing Committee has selected a set of themes based on needs and recommendations from AOS 2013, AOS 2014, community Town Hall meetings, and previous white paper contributions. Please see our AOS 2016 Themes below or visit this link for more detailed descriptions.

We look forward to receiving community input in the form of AOS WHITE PAPER AND SHORT STATEMENT CONTRIBUTIONS. THIS CALL IS NOW OPEN! For more information about Fairbanks, the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, and other important meetings and side events associated with ASSW 2016, please visit the ASSW 2016 homepage. The AOS is SAON's outreach platform. 

http://www.arcticobservingsummit.org