Optimizing Discovery in the Big Data Era
The Netherlands eScience Center (NLeSC) supports and reinforces multidisciplinary and data-intensive research through creative and innovative use of ICT in all its manifestations. To stimulate this enhanced Science (eScience) NLeSC works as a network organization focused on collaboration, with the aim to change scientific practice by making large-scale data analysis possible across multiple disciplines.
It is the goal of NLeSC to:
- Stimulate creative data-driven research across all scientific disciplines
- Develop and apply tools to enable data-intensive scientific research
- Promote knowledge-based collaboration between cross-disciplinary researchers.
A list of current eScience projects can be found here.
An introduction to the key people can be found here.
NLeSC works with closely with academic and NWO institutes, such as CWI, with SURF and SURFnet, with external parties like NBIC, with SURFsara and projects (Big Grid) and commercial technology providers.
Scientific areas currently prioritized by NLeSC:
- Chemistry & Materials
- Life Sciences
- eScience Methodology
- Humanities & Social Sciences
- Sustainability & Environment
Newsrss
- Indo Dutch Science Industry Collaboration Call
- NLeSC participating in international collaboration to understand Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
- NLeSC project participant wins Spinoza
- "Vogel het Uit" in the final round of the Academic Year Award
- Big Thinking on Big Data
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eScience Engineer Presents to
Prince Willem-Alexander
Dr. Jason Maassen presenting NLeSC funded project during recent visit of Prince Willem-Alexander to the Collaboratorium. The project is a collaboration with the group of Prof. Henk Dijkstra (eScience Integrator) at the Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU).
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Chairmen Amandus Lundqvist (SURF) and Jos Engelen (NWO) introduce the concept of enhanced Science (eScience):
“When they hear the term ‘eScience’, a lot of people immediately think of ‘electronic’ in the service of ‘science’, but the ‘e’ in fact stands for ‘enhanced’, for enhancement and innovation in science. The Center aims to enhance scientific and scholarly endeavor, for example by deploying advanced ‘Big Data’ analysis tools and ICT methods from other scientific disciplines for research purposes. It will also help researchers use the various tools in an innovative and creative manner. So eScience also encourages interdisciplinarity, making it logical for SURF and NWO to tackle this venture together.”
Download the second Netherlands eScience Center Newsletter by clicking image above.
Download the first Netherlands eScience Center Newsletter by clicking image above.