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The University Libraries hosts numerous events related to open data and data management, including Open Data Day (2014 and 2015) and Open Data Week (2016 and 2017).
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- Open Research/Open Data Forum: Transparency, Sharing, and Reproducibility in ScholarshipPotter, Peter J.; Chen, Daniel; DePauw, Karen P.; Morton, Sally C.; Petters, Jonathan L.; Radcliffe, David H.; Sands, Laura P. (Virginia Tech. University Libraries, 2017-04-10)Join our panelists for a discussion on challenges and opportunities related to sharing and using open data in research, including meeting funder and journal guidelines: Daniel Chen (Ph.D. candidate in Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology) Karen DePauw (Vice President and Dean for Graduate Education) Sally Morton (Dean, College of Science) Jon Petters (Data Management Consultant, University Libraries) David Radcliffe (English) Laura Sands (Center for Gerontology)
- Text and Data Mining ForumArrow, Tom; Ewing, E. Thomas; Fan, Weiguo; Fox, Edward A.; House, Leanna L.; Huang, Bert; Pannabecker, Virginia (Virginia Tech. University Libraries, 2017-04-12)This panel discussion was part of Open Data Week 2017 at Virginia Tech. Panelists discussed opportunities and challenges related to text and data mining, with a focus on research purposes and information access. Panelists: Tom Arrow (ContentMine), Tom Ewing (College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Virginia Tech), Weiguo (Patrick) Fan (Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech), Ed Fox (Computer Science, Virginia Tech), Leanna House (Statistics, Virginia Tech), Brent Huang (Computer Science, Virginia Tech). Moderator: Virginia Pannabecker (University Libraries, Virginia Tech). Open Data Week 2017 events were supported by a Virginia Tech Beyond Boundaries innovation grant as well as a Virginia Tech faculty mentoring grant.
- Introduction to Content Mine: Tools for Mining Scholarly and Research LiteratureArrow, Thomas; Kasberger, Stefan (Virginia Tech. University Libraries, 2017-04-12)This panel discussion was part of Open Data Week 2017 at Virginia Tech. ContentMine instructors, Thomas Arrow and Stefan Kasberger, provide an overview of text and data mining and an introduction to ContentMine tools for text and data mining of scholarly and research literature. Open Data Week 2017 events were supported by a Virginia Tech Beyond Boundaries innovation grant as well as a Virginia Tech faculty mentoring grant.
- Open Government Data in VirginiaJaquith, Waldo (2015-02-20)On Friday, February 20 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Waldo Jaquith will be speaking on "Open Government Data in Virginia" followed by an introduction to Open Data Day and CodeAcross in Newman Library's Multipurpose Room (1st floor). Waldo Jaquith is the director of the U.S. Open Data Institute, an organization building the capacity of open data and supporting government in that mission. In 2011, in acknowledgement of his open data work, Jaquith was named a "Champion of Change" by the White House and, in 2012, an "OpenGov Champion" by the Sunlight Foundation. He went on to work in open data with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Jaquith, a 2005 Virginia Tech graduate, lives near Charlottesville, Virginia with his wife and son.