Data Services at TU Delft

Presentation on research data services at TU Delft by Alastair Dunning, covering areas of focus such as Culture, Policy, and Infrastructure. It delves into the roles of Data Stewards, Managers, and Research Software Engineers in managing and advancing data practices within the academic environment.

• Research Data
• Data Management
• Data Stewardship
• TU Delft
• Research Software

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1. Research Data Research Data Services at TU Services at TU Delft Delft Alastair Dunning, 9 February 2021, Presentation to EUR @alastairdunning, Delft University of Technology

2. Three related Three related areas we areas we have have focussed on focussed on 1. Culture 1. Culture Getting the right staff in the right place to influence the right people 2. Policy 2. Policy Documents that are rarely read but occasionally come in handy 3. Infrastructure 3. Infrastructure Tools on the Internet

3. Culture, Data Steward Data Steward Analyse faculty needs for data management; provides disciplinary expertise Create policies and workflows Identify skill gaps and ensure appropriate training provisions Identify support service gaps and design strategies to fill them Advise faculty on internal and external developments in data management

4. Culture, Data Steward Data Steward One Data Steward per faculty Data Steward usually has PhD in discipline or methodology relevant to network Data Stewards coordinated by Library (vital!) Initially financed via strategic CvB funding; now funded by each faculty Work of Data Steward flows into other areas (Open Access, Information Management, Research itself) Articles and blogposts on Data Stewardship at TU Delft

5. Culture, Data Manager Data Manager Analyse data management needs of a research group Propose, implement and monitor workflows and tools to improve data management practice Oversee collection, description, cleaning, merging, licensing, sharing and publishing of data

6. Culture, Research Software Engineer (RSE) Research Software Engineer (RSE) Develops code for applications /interfaces / data processing / web services etc Champion software sustainability practices, oversee and ensure maintenance and documentation of code produced by group members Design and maintain databases for specific use cases

7. Culture, RSE & Data Manager RSE & Data Manager Funding for these two posts supported by TU Delft Open Science Programme, and NWO funding for Digital Competence Centre Sustainability plan being developed Responsibility for management shared by ICT & Library Data Steward for High Performance Computing also being appointed More information at TU Delft Digital Competence Centre

8. Culture - Training Network Training Network Our Vision for Research Data Management training is to provide four levels of training 1) Information, Digital Literacy 2) Basics of Research Data Management 3) Learning workflows for disciplinary data management 4) Co-creating disciplinary / methodological workflows

9. Research Data Umbrella Research Data Umbrella Policy Policy Policy Policy Defines the why of research data, and lists common responsibilities (link) Research Data Faculty Research Data Faculty Policy Policy Tailors umbrella policy with specific workflows and recommendations per faculty (link) Software Policy Software Policy (Ratified in 2021) Deals with ownership, publication, etc of software

10. Personal Research Data Personal Research Data Workflow Workflow Policy Policy Provides workflow for researchers to to ensure ethical, legal and funders requests 1) Data Management Plan 2) GDPR Privacy Check 3) Human Resource Ethics Committee

11. Policy Policy - - Multiple Multiple stakeholders stakeholders need to be need to be engaged engaged Keep the Wheels Turning (poster)

12. 4TU.ResearchData 4TU.ResearchData Infrastructure Infrastructure Trusted repository,and community development across technical universities HPC Facilities HPC Facilities Providing support for HPC beyond SURF offerings Generous ad hoc ICT Generous ad hoc ICT support but fewer support but fewer integrated services integrated services DMPOnline, GitLab but still much to do at storage / tool level

13. Long Term Long Term Approach Approach Disciplinary Disciplinary Approach Approach Helps build confidence of researchers and reflect their approach Summary Summary Changing behaviour takes time Cultural Cultural Research Data is more of a cultural than a technical challenge Recognition Recognition Recognition and reward by multiple parties is essential for cultural change to happen. Communication Communication Interpersonal skills are essential for research support Stakeholders Stakeholders Research Data effects multiple services & faculties across campus