EUDAT Conference Porto 2018

1. Angus Whyte
Digital Curation Centre
University of Edinburgh
Linking service
capabilities to data
stewardship
competences for
professional
development
Skills Framework

2. The European Open Science Cloud for Research pilot project
Outline of Skills WP
• Defining a stewardship skills framework
(next presentation)
• Consulting on current skills gaps - what we
found so far
• Developing recommendations on training-as-a-
service in EOSC

3. The European Open Science Cloud for Research pilot project
Overview of WP7 Skills
Skills landscape
and gap analysis
Skills workshops -
how to fill the
competence gaps
Skills framework
linking EOSC
services to
competences
Recommendations
to service
providers and
governance
Scoping training-
as-a-service in
EOSC
Layered model for
delivering training/
information
Partners
KIT
DCC
EGI
LIBER
DANS

4. The European Open Science Cloud for Research pilot project
Why ‘stewardship’ ?
“An important aspect of the EOSC is… professional data
management and long term data stewardship.”
A Cloud on the 2020 Horizon, EOSC HLEG
“The necessary skills and education in research data
management, data stewardship and data science should
be provided throughout the EU …”
“Researchers need the support of adequately trained
data stewards”
EOSC Declaration, European Commission D-G Research &
Innovation

5. The European Open Science Cloud for Research pilot project
What is ‘stewardship’ ?
Formalisation of roles and responsibilities to
ensure that data is research objects are
managed in accordance with FAIR principles
and for long-term reuse
D7.1 Skills Landscape Analysis and Competence Framework

6. The European Open Science Cloud for Research pilot project
Skills landscape
Current provision by a complex network of
inter-connected providers of skills resources
• Infrastructures, clusters
• Institutions, national bodies
• Service providers both European and US
• Audience, topics, modes of delivery
D7.1 Skills Landscape Analysis and Competence Framework
https://eoscpilot.eu/content/d71-skills-landscape-analysis-and-competence-model

7. The European Open Science Cloud for Research pilot project
Skills gaps
• Science demonstrators reported needs,
challenges in integrating and operating
• Desk research using competence
framework to analyse available materials
• Feedback from workshops with OpenAire,
Stakeholder Forum, DI4R
Sources

8. The European Open Science Cloud for Research pilot project
Skills gaps
1. Data policy legal and funder
requirements
2. FAIR and OA policy
3. Research strategy and open
research potential
4. Personnel and skills
development
5. Tools and domain standards
6. FAIR metadata for
interoperability
7. Workflows for cloud resource
utilization – description for
reproducibility and portability
8. AAI integration/management
9. Secure storage integration
10. Virtual machines and
containers setup and
deployment

9. The European Open Science Cloud for Research pilot project
Next steps
Workshops & surveys -
• Research Infrastructures - are we missing
competences?
• Other skill gaps?
• How may EOSC amplify your training?
• What resources have lasting value?
• Can we apply FAIR to training?
A.whyte@ed.ac.uk
Next: IDCC18 Barcelona 19 Feb

10. The European Open Science Cloud for Research pilot project
Next steps
Workshops & surveys -
• Research Infrastructures - are we missing
competences?
• Other skill gaps?
• How may EOSC amplify your training?
• What resources have lasting value?
• Can we apply FAIR to training?
A.whyte@ed.ac.uk
Next: IDCC18 Barcelona 19 Feb