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Open 
Digital Science 
& 
e-Infrastructures 
3rd EUDAT conference 
24 September 2014, Amsterdam 
Carl-Christian Buhr
http://bit.ly/EUDAT_ODS 
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Carl-Christian Buhr 
@ccbuhr 
http://bit.ly/cc_buhr
(...but I am speaking in a personal capacity.)
The European Commission is... 
...Policy Maker 
Launches policy debates 
Invites Member States to take action 
Proposes EU legislation 
...Funding Agency 
e.g. Research & Innovation 
Driving policies through funding 
...Infrastructure Builder 
Funds research infrastructures 
Funds related research 
Supports networking activities
Partners 
http://europarl.europa.eu/ 
http://consilium.europa.eu/ 
Parliament 
Council 
Member States
http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/ 
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn
“[...] the Commission will 
propose a European Research 
Area framework and […] open 
access to publications and 
data from publicly funded 
research”. 
Innovation Union (COM(2010)546, 06.10.2010), 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52010DC0546:EN:NOT 
Example: Innovation 
Union & Open Access
@NeelieKroesEU 
http://bit.ly/NeelieKroesEU 
http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/
Example: Digital Agenda & Open Access 
“[…] publicly funded research should be widely disseminated through Open Access publication of scientific data and papers” 
A Digital Agenda for Europe(COM(2010)245, 19.05.2010), 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52010DC0245(01):EN:NOT
http://ec.europa.eu/about/juncker-commission/structure/index_en.htm
http://ec.europa.eu/about/juncker-commission/structure/index_en.htm 
Research, Science 
& Innovation 
VP Digital Single 
Market 
Digital Economy 
& Society 
Carlos Moedas 
Andrus Ansip 
Günther H. 
Oettinger
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda
Main Actions: 
More ICT R&D&I, including infrastructures 
More pooling of resources 
Plus: Digital Science Policy
3 pillars: 
1.Excellence 
2.Competitiveness 
3.Societal Challenges 
Health, Transport, Energy, Food, Climate, Innovation & Reflection & Inclusion, Security 
incl. Infrastructures for ODS, High Performance Computing
~ EUR 80bn 
2014-2020 
... H2020 agreed 
& first calls published 12/2013
Towards better access to scientific information: boosting the benefits of public investments in research, COM(2012) 401 
Commission, Recommendation on access and preservation of scientific information, C(2012) 4890 final 
A Reinforced European Research Area Partnership for Excellence and Growth, COM(2012) 392 
The 
Open Science Package
http://www.allea.org/Pages/ALL/33/144.bGFuZz1FTkc.html 
Amid Broad Discussions
http://royalsociety.org/policy/projects/science-public-enterprise/report/ 
Amid Broad Discussions
Better ToolsInfrastructures (e.g. net, cloud, HPC) 
Better Data 
Open Access to Research Publications 
Open Access to Research Data 
Open Data/Public Sector Information 
Better Uses 
Altmetrics for evaluating research 
All together 
Citizen science 
and more...!? 
ODS is work in Progress
http://ec.europa.eu/research/consultations/science-2.0/consultation_en.htm
http://bit.ly/riding_the_wave 
”the data themselves become the infrastructure”. 
http://bit.ly/geantEG
CALL 1 
DEVELOPING NEW 
WORLD CLASS INFRASTRUCTURES 
CALL 2 
INTEGRATING AND OPENING 
RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES 
OF PAN-EUROPEAN INTEREST 
CALL 3 
E-INFRASTRUCTURES 
CALL 4 
SUPPORT TO INNOVATION, 
HUMAN RESOURCES, 
POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION 
FOR RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES 
DESIGN STUDIES 
SUPPORT TO 
PREPARATORY PHASE OF ESFRI PROJECTS 
SUPPORT TO THE 
INDIVIDUAL IMPLEMENTATION 
AND OPERATION 
OF ESFRI PROJECTS 
SUPPORT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CROSS-CUTTING INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES AND SOLUTIONS FOR CLUSTER OF ESFRI AND OTHER RILEVANT RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVES IN A GIVEN THEMATIC AREA 
INTEGRATING AND OPENING 
EXISTING NATIONAL AND REGIONAL 
RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES OF 
PAN-EUTROPEAN INTEREST 
MANAGING, PRESERVING AND COMPUTING WITH BIG RESERACH DATA 
E-INFRASTRUCTURES FOR OPEN ACCESS 
TOWARDS GLOBAL DATA 
E-INFRASTRUCTURES: 
RESEARCH DATA ALLIANCE 
PAN-EUROPEAN 
HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES 
CENTRES 
OF EXCELLENCE 
FOR COMPUTING APPLICATIONS 
NETWORK OF 
HPC COMPETENCE CENTRES FOR SMES 
PROVISION OF 
CORE SERVICES ACROSS 
E-INFRASTRUCTURES 
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NETWORKING �� GEANT 
E-INFRASTRUCTURES FOR VIRTUAL RESEARCH ENVIRONMENTS (VRE) 
INNOVATION 
SUPPORT MEASURES 
INNOVATIVE PROCUREMENT 
PILOT ACTION IN THE FIELD OF 
SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTATION 
STRENGTHENING THE HUMAN CAPITAL OF RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES 
NEW PROFESSIONS 
AND SKILLS 
FOR E-INFRASTRUCTURES 
POLICY MEASURES 
FOR RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES 
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION 
FOR RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES 
E-INFRASTRUCTURE 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION 
NETWORK OF NATIONAL CONTACT POINTS 
Research Infrastructures 
Work Programme 2014/2015
MANAGING, PRESERVING AND COMPUTING WITH BIG RESERACH DATA 
E- INFRASTRUCTURES FOR OPEN ACCESS 
TOWARDS GLOBAL DATA 
E-INFRASTRUCTURES: 
RESEARCH DATA ALLIANCE 
PAN-EUROPEAN 
HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES 
CENTRES 
OF EXCELLENCE 
FOR COMPUTING APPLICATIONS 
NETWORK OF 
HPC COMPETENCE CENTRES FOR SMES 
PROVISION OF 
CORE SERVICES ACROSS 
E- INFRASTRUCTURES 
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NETWORKING –GEANT 
E-INFRASTRUCTURES FOR VIRTUAL RESEARCH ENVIRONMENTS (VRE) 
Research Infrastructures 
Work Programme 2014/2015
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-1257_en.htm
Altmetrics & Co. 
Measuring use & impact 
For publications and data 
More granular metrics 
New Journals or no journals? 
Evaluating Researchers 
Measure more and better 
Data publications, teaching etc. to count 
New Models for Publishing 
Baking OA in 
Data publications
Citizen Science 
Everybody influences research directions 
Input to goal setting increases acceptance 
Anchoring Science in Society: for the long term 
Everybody collects data 
We are sensors: Smartphone Science 
We have many eyes: Crowdscience 
We are a data source: Quantified Self 
Everybody is a scientist 
Commercial Big Data IS still science 
Experiments as business models
ODS: Looking ahead 
Infrastructures for ODS 
Who will run data infrastructures? 
Will there be a common approach in Europe? 
What will the RDA deliver? 
Altmetrics & Co 
Is research into tools & methods enough? 
How to anchor a movement? 
Will the ERA help? 
Citizen Science? 
Link to “Big Politics”? 
To push or to accompany? 
What do Stakeholders think?
Data Protection Reform 2012-? 
High Performance Computing Strategy 2012-? 
Cloud Computing Strategy 2012-? 
Telecom Single Market Package 2013-? 
Data-Driven Economy (Big Data) 2014- 
New Commission 2014-2019 
Digital Single Market 2015-? 
Investment Package 
Successor to H2020 2017/2018- 
Wider Digital Policy Context
Pointers 
The EC and open access 
http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/open_access 
Communication & Recommendation on Scientific Information 
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/12/790 
http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/index.cfm?fuseaction=public.topic&id=1301&lang=1 
Relevant Speeches by Neelie Kroes 
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/10/518 
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/10/716 
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/12/218 
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/12/258 
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/12/392 
Data Expert Group Report: “Riding the wave”http://bit.ly/riding_the_wave 
GÉANT Expert Group: “Knowledge without Borders” 
http://bit.ly/geantEG 
Horizon 2020 
http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm 
Contacts 
<web>http://bit.ly/{NeelieKroesEU, cc_buhr}</web> 
<twitter>@NeelieKroesEU, @ccbuhr</twitter> 
<facebook>http://on.fb.me/Neelie_Kroes</facebook>
Thank you! 
http://bit.ly/EUDAT_ODS 
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  • 1. Open Digital Science & e-Infrastructures 3rd EUDAT conference 24 September 2014, Amsterdam Carl-Christian Buhr
  • 3. Carl-Christian Buhr @ccbuhr http://bit.ly/cc_buhr
  • 4. (...but I am speaking in a personal capacity.)
  • 5. The European Commission is... ...Policy Maker Launches policy debates Invites Member States to take action Proposes EU legislation ...Funding Agency e.g. Research & Innovation Driving policies through funding ...Infrastructure Builder Funds research infrastructures Funds related research Supports networking activities
  • 8. “[...] the Commission will propose a European Research Area framework and […] open access to publications and data from publicly funded research”. Innovation Union (COM(2010)546, 06.10.2010), http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52010DC0546:EN:NOT Example: Innovation Union & Open Access
  • 10. Example: Digital Agenda & Open Access “[…] publicly funded research should be widely disseminated through Open Access publication of scientific data and papers” A Digital Agenda for Europe(COM(2010)245, 19.05.2010), http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52010DC0245(01):EN:NOT
  • 12. http://ec.europa.eu/about/juncker-commission/structure/index_en.htm Research, Science & Innovation VP Digital Single Market Digital Economy & Society Carlos Moedas Andrus Ansip Günther H. Oettinger
  • 14. Main Actions: More ICT R&D&I, including infrastructures More pooling of resources Plus: Digital Science Policy
  • 15. 3 pillars: 1.Excellence 2.Competitiveness 3.Societal Challenges Health, Transport, Energy, Food, Climate, Innovation & Reflection & Inclusion, Security incl. Infrastructures for ODS, High Performance Computing
  • 16. ~ EUR 80bn 2014-2020 ... H2020 agreed & first calls published 12/2013
  • 17. Towards better access to scientific information: boosting the benefits of public investments in research, COM(2012) 401 Commission, Recommendation on access and preservation of scientific information, C(2012) 4890 final A Reinforced European Research Area Partnership for Excellence and Growth, COM(2012) 392 The Open Science Package
  • 20. Better ToolsInfrastructures (e.g. net, cloud, HPC) Better Data Open Access to Research Publications Open Access to Research Data Open Data/Public Sector Information Better Uses Altmetrics for evaluating research All together Citizen science and more...!? ODS is work in Progress
  • 22. http://bit.ly/riding_the_wave ”the data themselves become the infrastructure”. http://bit.ly/geantEG
  • 23. CALL 1 DEVELOPING NEW WORLD CLASS INFRASTRUCTURES CALL 2 INTEGRATING AND OPENING RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES OF PAN-EUROPEAN INTEREST CALL 3 E-INFRASTRUCTURES CALL 4 SUPPORT TO INNOVATION, HUMAN RESOURCES, POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION FOR RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES DESIGN STUDIES SUPPORT TO PREPARATORY PHASE OF ESFRI PROJECTS SUPPORT TO THE INDIVIDUAL IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION OF ESFRI PROJECTS SUPPORT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CROSS-CUTTING INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES AND SOLUTIONS FOR CLUSTER OF ESFRI AND OTHER RILEVANT RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVES IN A GIVEN THEMATIC AREA INTEGRATING AND OPENING EXISTING NATIONAL AND REGIONAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES OF PAN-EUTROPEAN INTEREST MANAGING, PRESERVING AND COMPUTING WITH BIG RESERACH DATA E-INFRASTRUCTURES FOR OPEN ACCESS TOWARDS GLOBAL DATA E-INFRASTRUCTURES: RESEARCH DATA ALLIANCE PAN-EUROPEAN HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE FOR COMPUTING APPLICATIONS NETWORK OF HPC COMPETENCE CENTRES FOR SMES PROVISION OF CORE SERVICES ACROSS E-INFRASTRUCTURES RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NETWORKING – GEANT E-INFRASTRUCTURES FOR VIRTUAL RESEARCH ENVIRONMENTS (VRE) INNOVATION SUPPORT MEASURES INNOVATIVE PROCUREMENT PILOT ACTION IN THE FIELD OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTATION STRENGTHENING THE HUMAN CAPITAL OF RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES NEW PROFESSIONS AND SKILLS FOR E-INFRASTRUCTURES POLICY MEASURES FOR RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION FOR RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES E-INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION NETWORK OF NATIONAL CONTACT POINTS Research Infrastructures Work Programme 2014/2015
  • 24. MANAGING, PRESERVING AND COMPUTING WITH BIG RESERACH DATA E- INFRASTRUCTURES FOR OPEN ACCESS TOWARDS GLOBAL DATA E-INFRASTRUCTURES: RESEARCH DATA ALLIANCE PAN-EUROPEAN HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE FOR COMPUTING APPLICATIONS NETWORK OF HPC COMPETENCE CENTRES FOR SMES PROVISION OF CORE SERVICES ACROSS E- INFRASTRUCTURES RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NETWORKING –GEANT E-INFRASTRUCTURES FOR VIRTUAL RESEARCH ENVIRONMENTS (VRE) Research Infrastructures Work Programme 2014/2015
  • 26. Altmetrics & Co. Measuring use & impact For publications and data More granular metrics New Journals or no journals? Evaluating Researchers Measure more and better Data publications, teaching etc. to count New Models for Publishing Baking OA in Data publications
  • 27. Citizen Science Everybody influences research directions Input to goal setting increases acceptance Anchoring Science in Society: for the long term Everybody collects data We are sensors: Smartphone Science We have many eyes: Crowdscience We are a data source: Quantified Self Everybody is a scientist Commercial Big Data IS still science Experiments as business models
  • 28. ODS: Looking ahead Infrastructures for ODS Who will run data infrastructures? Will there be a common approach in Europe? What will the RDA deliver? Altmetrics & Co Is research into tools & methods enough? How to anchor a movement? Will the ERA help? Citizen Science? Link to “Big Politics”? To push or to accompany? What do Stakeholders think?
  • 29. Data Protection Reform 2012-? High Performance Computing Strategy 2012-? Cloud Computing Strategy 2012-? Telecom Single Market Package 2013-? Data-Driven Economy (Big Data) 2014- New Commission 2014-2019 Digital Single Market 2015-? Investment Package Successor to H2020 2017/2018- Wider Digital Policy Context
  • 30. Pointers The EC and open access http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/open_access Communication & Recommendation on Scientific Information http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/12/790 http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/index.cfm?fuseaction=public.topic&id=1301&lang=1 Relevant Speeches by Neelie Kroes http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/10/518 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/10/716 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/12/218 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/12/258 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/12/392 Data Expert Group Report: “Riding the wave”http://bit.ly/riding_the_wave GÉANT Expert Group: “Knowledge without Borders” http://bit.ly/geantEG Horizon 2020 http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm Contacts <web>http://bit.ly/{NeelieKroesEU, cc_buhr}</web> <twitter>@NeelieKroesEU, @ccbuhr</twitter> <facebook>http://on.fb.me/Neelie_Kroes</facebook>
  • 31. Thank you! http://bit.ly/EUDAT_ODS http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/