Our popular Digital Research Lunchtime Seminars are coming back this year with four sessions, taking place from January until April in hybrid mode, online Via MS Teams and in person at Bayes Centre. Each seminar will last approximately an hour, including short presentations and Q&A, followed by a mini-networking session. The seminars are open to all; postgraduate research students, academics and professional staff.
Featured Digital Research Services
The seminars will cover a wide range of research services, including:
- Developing data management plans (DMPOnline, Research Data Support);
- Active data storage services (DataStore); Version Control (GitLab);
- Research computing (Eddie, Eleanor, Research Services Support);
- Long-term preservation repositories (DataVault);
- Open data (DataShare);
- Supporting your research profile presence (Pure, Edinburgh Research Explorer)
Research Planning
Lunchtime Session 1: How to plan and design your research project better
22nd January 2024
This session will provide overview presentations of available services and support for planning your research project, including the following:
- Research Data Management Planning to comply with funders’ requirements
- DMPOnline, the online platform for the development of DMPs
- Developing data skills to assist you conducting your project
- Resource Finder to build your personalised toolkit
- Research Computing Funding checklist to budget your project properly
- Research Funding Support provided by Edinburgh Research Office
Contributors: Edinburgh Research Office, Research Data Support, Digital Skills, Research Facilitation
Store and Organise
Lunchtime Session 2: How to store and organise your data
27th February 2024
This session will provide overview presentations of available services and support for data storage and organization of your research data, including the following:
- Services to store your data properly and safely
- Services to enable collaborations with data within UoE and beyond
- Version control services
Contributors: Research Services, Open Science Framework, Research Facilitation
Intrepret and Analyse
Lunchtime Session 3: How to interpret and analyse your data efficiently
13th March 2024
This session will provide overview presentations of available services and support for interpretation and analysis, including the following:
- Free at the point of use high-performance and cloud computing services at The University of Edinburgh
- Regional and National supercomputing services
- Automated Systematic Reviews
Contributors: Research Services, EPCC, EIDF, EDINA, Research Facilitation
Manage, Publish, Share and Preserve
Lunchtime Session 4: How to manage, publish, share and preserve your work effectively
2nd April 2024
This session will provide overview presentations of available services and support for sharing and preservation of research data and publications of research outputs, including the following:
- Repositories to share your data openly and long-term preservation
- Management of your research profile
- Publication Support
Contributors: Research Data Services, Library Research Support, Research Facilitation
Spotlight on...
Additional lunchtime seminars will be scheduled, shedding light on themes of particular interest for the research community. These spotlight events series will uncover some of the stumbling blocks in Digital Research, and how to best avoid them. Topics will be announced soon.