News
National Data Service Enters a New Phase
- 1/12/2018
It's time now to enter the next phase of NDS, which will focus on executing commitments with partners and enabling new capabilities. Thank you to the NDS Consortium and Steering Committee for their contributions which have helped the project reach this milestone.
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ESIP and NDS sign Memorandum of Understanding
- 12/12/2017
In recognition of ESIP's and NDS's mutual goals and interests, a memorandum of understanding is now in place that agrees to principles of pathways for impact, our roles as learning organizations, and a commitment to collaborate. In the near term, ESIP and NDS will pursue joint pilots and training efforts.
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Container Analysis Environments Workshop Report
- 11/11/2017
The Container Analysis Environments workshop was held August 14-16, 2017, at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) on the University of Illinois campus and brought together researchers and cyberinfracture developers involved in the development and use of systems that leverage container based platforms to facilitate access to research data and research computing infrastructure.
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EarthCube and NDS sign Memorandum of Understanding
- 8/31/2017
In recognition of EarthCube and NDS's mutual goals and interests, a Memorandum of Understanding is now in place that agrees to principles of pathways for impact, our roles as learning organizations, and a commitment to collaborate.
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EarthCube Building Blocks now in NDS Labs Workbench
- 8/31/2017
Based on the NDS Labs Workbench framework, the workbench serves as a natural place to preserve, showcase, and use the EarthCube's Building Blocks, serving as an "App store" for finding, running, and working against these developed tools and services.
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National Data Service (NDS) to provide SEAD data and tools at conclusion of NSF funding
- 5/10/2017
NDS is pleased to host SEAD data and tools once SEAD's cooperative agreement with the NSF's DataNet program concludes on June 30, 2017.
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NDS Consortium responds to NSF RFI CI 2030
- 5/4/2017
"The nation must develop and deploy an initial framework for a set of core 'foundational' services."
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NDS an example of consortium addressing multiple stakeholders
- 3/31/2017
Written by Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, the commentary "Five ways consortia can catalyse open science" addresses researchers and scientists who may be less inclined to share their data. Part of this effort includes addressing "diverse, changing interests."
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Crop improvement research gets a boost from NDS Labs Workbench at Phenome 2017
- 3/29/2017
"...the Workbench is really transformative. I can't tell you how many hours I—like many scientists—have spent installing netcdf and similar libraries. Being able to hold a workshop where everyone has access to these tools [was] very powerful."
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Save the date: NDS7 Chicago April 13-14
- 2/27/2017
The seventh National Data Service Consortium workshop (NDS7) will be held in Chicago on April 13-14, 2017. The workshop's theme is "Scientific Data Platforms: from Silos to Ecosystems."
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Christine Kirkpatrick appointed Executive Director of the National Data Service
- 11/14/2016
The National Data Service (NDS)—a U.S. consortium focused on helping scientists and researchers find, reuse, and publish data—has named Christine Kirkpatrick as its first executive director.
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RDA/US 2016 Call for Adoption Projects
- 1/20/2016
The Research Data Alliance announces funding opportunities to assist U.S. projects, groups and organizations to adopt RDA Recommendations. Submissions are due Feb. 12.
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Approved NDS Vision and Charter documents
- 9/3/2015
At the 3rd NDS Consortium Workshop, the NDS Consortium approved the Shared Vision of Success and the Charter .
NDS Consortium Steering Committee elected
- 9/3/2015
Prior to the last NDS Consortium Workshop, the members of the NDS Consortium (NDSC) Steering Committee were elected. See the members of the NDSC Steering Committee and the members of the NDS Executive Committee and NDS Working Groups.
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Revised Vision and Charter documents to be presented at NDS3
- 3/4/2015
Two key documents drafted at the last NDS Consortium workshop, Shared Vision of Success and the Interim Charter, have been approved by the Interim Steering Committee and will be presented at the 3rd NDS Consortium Workshop. To continue the discussion, join us in Austin!
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Now accepting nominations to the NDSC Steering Committee
- 3/4/2015
You can send your nominations for the NDS Consortium Steering Committee in an email to info@nationaldataservice.org. See the announcement for details. You can participate in the election if you are subscribed to our nds-announce mailing list.
NDS Labs supports development of new data sharing tools
- 11/13/2014
To accelerate the advancement of a national infrastructure for data sharing and publishing, the National Data Services (NDS) Consortium is creating a virtual laboratory called NDS Labs.
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National Data Service kickoff
- 6/30/2014
Creating an infrastructure supporting data from across all disciplines of science, engineering, and humanities so that researchers can easily find, reuse, and publish data in a world where researchers generate immense amounts of it daily was the focus of the kickoff meeting for the National Data Service (NDS).
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Materials Data Facility launched in support of Materials Genome Initiative
- 6/19/2014
The National Data Service Consortium is launching a materials data facility for the advancement of materials science research through open data access and sharing.
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