🎉Congratulations to all ten consortia on the approval of their continued funding: 👏 #FAIRmat #BERD_NFDI #DAPHNE4NFDI #MarDI #NFDI-Matwerk #NFDI4DS #nfdi4earth #NFDI4Microbiota #Punch4nfdi #Text+ 🔗 Read the official GWK press releases: www.gwk-bonn.de/fileadmin/Re...

In this free course, 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝟰 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟰 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀, we will track uncertainty across the entire data workflow: from biased labels and shaky measurements to model evaluation and LLM hallucinations. More infomation and 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟰𝘁𝗵: www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...

The 10|KSWD in Berlin focused on building an efficient, secure, and forward-looking research data infrastructure, and our BERDies contributed to bridging the gap between research data infrastructure and real-world practice. Thanks to KonsortSWD and RatSWD for the great conference!

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📊 New Course Launch: 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝟰 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 by Walter J. Radermacher Data is not neutral. Learn how statistics shape our world - from societal quantification to governance and indicators. Perfect for academia, policy, or practice. 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: berd-nfdi.github.io/data4policy/

Our #ELSA Webinar Series on Research Ethics continues this Wed, 10 June, from 16 to 17 h. Dr. Josef Jeschke will talk about the “CARE Principles.” ➡️ No registration is required: www.nfdi.de/section-elsa... #ResearchEthics #CAREPrinciples #rdm #fdm #OpenScience

⏰ Extended Deadline: May 8 Seats are still open for Reinforcement Learning for Business & Social Sciences. Master RL- from Multi-Armed Bandits to Deep Learning - with 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝘂𝗱 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺-𝗔𝗳𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿. 💻 Online | Starts June 9 💰 FREE 🎓 PhDs/Advanced Masters Apply here: 🔗 www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...

Speaker Spotlight: Wie verändert Ki die globale Wirtschaft? Wir freuen uns, 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗚𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲 (Google) in unserer Paneldiskussion am 29. April diese und ähnliche Fragen zu stellen. Er bringt 15 Jahre Erfahrung in KI & Datenstrategie mit. 👉 Anmeldung: www.berd-nfdi.de/berdnfdi-pan...

Wie bleiben unsere Entscheidungen im KI-Zeitalter fundiert? Am 29.04. diskutieren wir mit Dr. Katharina Schüller (@stat-up.com) über Data Literacy als Schlüsselqualifikation. Expertise in Datenstrategie & globalen Standards. 📊 👉 Hier anmelden (bis 20.04.): www.berd-nfdi.de/berdnfdi-pan...

Speaker Spotlight: Göran Kauermann Wie verlässlich ist KI? Der Statistik-Prof (LMU) & Vorsitzender der German Data Science Society diskutiert am 29.04. über Unsicherheit im Machine Learning. Statistik als Basis für robuste KI📊 👉 Anmeldung bis 20.04.: www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...

Speaker Spotlight: Andreas Gillhuber Wir freuen uns auf ihn am 29.04.! 30 Jahre KI- & IT-Erfahrung: 🔹CEO A. Gillhuber Investment & Co-Founder &act 🔹Ex-Führung (BMW, RWE, Siemens, IBM) 🔹CFO der GDS e.V. Insights zum Wert von Daten im KI-Zeitalter. ⏳Jetzt anmelden: www.berd-nfdi.de/berdnfdi-pan...

Join us for the next Research Skill session "𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗗𝗣𝗥 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁". 17 March 2026 | 2-3 pm Vasilka Paunova Online: www.uni-mannheim.de/news/fair-an... Can you reconcile open science with data privacy? Expert Vasilka Paunova shows you how, using the latest NFDI Section ELSA factsheets.

The EconData tour has come to a close! 🚀 Two inspiring days in Berlin showed the power of the unconference. Thanks to: Prof. Sonja Greven, Eliza Mandieva & the IZ D2MCM Team Digital Research Academy, Ilona Lipp & Carolina Natel Jan Klostermann (BERD) All participants! ✊📈

Panel: „𝗗𝗶𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗺 𝗭𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗜“ with Özlem Doger-Herter Fabian Kienle Göran Kauermann Katharina Schüller Mod: Larissa Holzki Full-Day of Networking (ENG): https:// berd-indico.uni-mannheim.de/event/39/ Panel Discussion (GER): www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...

🚀Record Linkage Workshop at Uni Duisburg-Essen! Master merging datasets while maintaining privacy (PPRL & Bloom filters). Live R-demo included. 🎙️ Experts: Prof. Rainer Schnell & Severin Weiand 📅 April 13, 2026 | On-site 💸 Free of charge ⏳ Deadline: March 23 Apply: www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...

Last week’s EconData Workshop at IAB was incredible! Thanks to all participants, instructors (Ilona Lipp, Carolina Natel, Malte Schierholz) & Georg-Christoph Haas (IAB) for the top collaboration. Join our last workshop in the series: 🗓️March 9–10, 2026 📌HU Berlin 🔎 izd2m.hu-berlin.de/events/2026-...

The webinar series of our #NFDI Section #ELSA will continue on 4 March at 4 p.m. with a talk by Alexandra Bendixen (TU Chemnitz) about “Ethical aspects of human-participant research data collection: The open-source ‘#Ethiktool’ software”. ➡️ Info: www.nfdi.de/section-elsa... #researchethics

⏳Our EconData Workshop is happening very soon, and we still have seats left🏃 Whether it is a specific algorithm or a general data query, bring your questions to us! Grab your spot: izd2m.hu-berlin.de/events/2026-... Organized by @humboldtuni.bsky.social, BERD@NFDI & @digiresacademy.bsky.social

𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘿𝙖𝙩𝙖 𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙥: 𝙐𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝘿𝙖𝙩𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙈𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙨 The workshop took place on January 22nd, 2026 at LMU. Laura Young captured the highlights in a blog post - read her take here: www.berd-nfdi.de/data-quality...

𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗗𝗙𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮, led by Jack Collins Online course starting April 14, 2026 Learn how to extract data from documents using 𝘄𝗲𝗯 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗢𝗖𝗥 & 𝗡𝗟𝗣 (incl. Selenium, RAG, data quality). 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝘆 𝗙𝗲𝗯 𝟮𝟳: www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...

NFDI Section ELSA Working Group Ethics: Social risk assessment for secondary use of sensitive data @berd-nfdi.bsky.social‬ #event #online #JEL_C www.econbiz.de/event/24458

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We invite you to the new webinar series of our #NFDI section #ELSA. The series addresses everyone with an interest in ethics. ➡️ Dates: www.nfdi.de/section-elsa... 🗓️ The first talk will be an "Introduction to Research Ethics" on 5 February at 4 p.m.. #rdm #fdm #researchdata #researchethics

Janne Jensen ist Softwareentwickler bei uns an der ZBW und arbeitet am @berd-nfdi.bsky.social Data Portal. Er erzählt uns, was Open Science im Alltag eines Softwareentwicklers bedeutet und wie Offenheit und Fairness seine Arbeit prägen. zbw.to/AQluZ

🤖 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗔𝗜 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸? Learn how to use LLMs & more for research planning, literature reviews, analysis, and communication - with hands-on practice. - Free of charge - Apply by 𝗝𝗮𝗻 𝟯𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 🔗 www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...

Do you have data that sometimes drives you crazy - or a question you have never had the right space to ask? Here’s the right place to ask, share, and learn: 📅 Feb 26 (13:00–17:00) & Feb 27 (09:00–17:00) 📍 IAB, Nürnberg 💻 Bring your laptop & ideas 🆓 Register: eveeno.com/econ-data-wo...

🌟❄️ Run, run, Rudolph.... 🎸🫎 - your brain is still looping the same old carols on repeat? The 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘁 (𝗣𝗗𝗠𝗫) to the rescue: 250,000+ copyright-free MusicXML scores - perfect for composing new carols.. 🎁https://openbigdata.org/resource/public-domain-music-dataset/

✨📱𝗗𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝟮𝟯: Curious about how festive cheer turns into measurable influence? This 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘁 with 33,935 creators and 10+ million posts across multiple niches. 🎁https://openbigdata.org/resource/instagram-influencer-marketing-dataset/

🛷🗣️ 𝗗𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝟮𝟮: Looking forward to long Christmas debates at the dinner table? Then try SpeakGer - 74 years of German parliamentary speeches, broken down into individual speeches and rich metadata. 🎁 berd-platform.de/records/g322...

🎶🍬𝗗𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝟮𝟭: Driving home for Christmas and searching for the perfect playlist? The 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘁 gives you metadata + audio features for 1 million tracks - a data-driven way to decide what actually works for long winter drives ❄️🚗 🎁https://openbigdata.org/resource/million-song-dataset/

🎬🍿 𝗗𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝟮𝟬: 𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙖 𝙒𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 or 𝙃𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝘼𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚? The annual Christmas debate returns .. - Let data speak: the 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺𝗧𝗩 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘁 delivers 40,000+ films with genres, ratings, countries, directors, and votes. 🎁https://openbigdata.org/resource/filmtv-movies-dataset