EUDAT - Towards a pan-European Collaborative Data Infrastructure

Mallmann, D.; Riedel, M.; Koski, K.; von St. Vieth, B.; Rybicki, J.; Lecarpentier, D.; Wittenburg, P.

Journal Article

EUDAT - Towards a pan-European Collaborative Data Infrastructure

Mallmann, D.FZJ* ; von St. Vieth, B.FZJ* ; Riedel, M.FZJ* ; Rybicki, J.FZJ* ; Koski, K. ; Lecarpentier, D. ; Wittenburg, P.

2012
Stuttgart HLRS

Innovatives Supercomputing in Deutschland: inSiDE 10(1), 84 - 85 (2012)

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Abstract: On October 1, 2011 the EUDAT project was launched to target a pan-European solution to the challenge of data prolif- eration in Europe's scientific and research communities. Aiming to contribute to the production of a Collaborative Data Infrastructure driven by researchers' needs, the project is coordinated by CSC - IT Center for Science, Finland, and co-funded by the European Commission's Framework Programme 7. EUDAT aims at providing Europe's scientific and research communities with a sustainable pan-European infrastructure for improved access to scientific data. Burgeoning volumes of valuable and complex data - newly available from powerful new scientific instruments, simulations and digitization of library resources - represents a fantastic opportunity for science, but has created new challenges related to data manage- ment, access and preservation. The EUDAT consortium comprises 25 European partners, including data centers, technology providers, research communities and funding agencies from 13 countries, who will work together to deliver a Collaborative Data Infrastruc- ture that can sustainably meet future researchers' needs.

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