Author: Robert Ping

On September 9–10, a dynamic group of data-sharing leaders gathered at Carnegie Mellon University for the RDA-US Futures Meeting. The goal? To talk openly about the future of US-based data-sharing consortiums: how challenge can spark opportunity. Day 1: Gems, Grit, and Big Ideas We kicked things off by asking each organization to share their “gems”, […]

You’re invited to join an open session of the RDA-US futures meeting to be held Wednesday, September 10, 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Eastern. Research Data Alliance Secretary General Hilary Hanahoe and Sayeed Choudhury, Associate Dean for Digital Infrastructure and Director of Open Source Programs Office (OSPO) at Carnegie Mellon University, will give keynote talks to […]

The second day of the US 10 year RDA celebration event in May 2023 brought together the RDA-US community to shape RDA-US moving forward. The feedback was overwhelmingly supportive for continuing a US-based community.  We announced a newly envisioned RDA-US in Oct 2023 at the Research Data Alliance (RDA) Plenary 20 in Gothenburg, Sweden. It […]

June 10, 2024 Research Data Alliance – United States is pleased to give its unqualified endorsement1 to the report Developing a US National PID Strategy (https://zenodo.org/records/10811008), released in March 2024. The report outlines the benefits of Persistent IDs, their associated metadata, and the systems that connect them. Its objective is to advance open scholarship goals […]

The Research Data Alliance’s 22nd Plenary meeting (VP22) took place as a fully virtual event. Organized by the RDA Secretariat, VP22 was held for half-days spread across two weeks, between 14-23 May 2024. With the theme “Local Action – Global Connection”, which also aligns with the four themes of RDA’s Strategic Plan, the plenary focused […]

The RDA-US organization will on occasion put its collective voice behind a work product by giving it RDA-US endorsement. RDA-US applies the guidance contained herein as it considers a product for endorsement. RDA-US may endorse an RDA work product (an “RDA Recommendation”) as is applied in a situation; it will not endorse the RDA Recommendation […]

The RDA-US Targeted International working GRoup Facilitation Program (TIGRUS) recently announced the first two RDA Working Groups (WG) it will be facilitating as part of its pilot: the National PID Strategies WG and the Common Standard for Machine-actionable Data Management Plans WG. With the National PID Strategies WG, TIGRUS will liaise with group co-chairs Todd […]

Announced during Plenary 21, the Targeted International Working GRoups – US Program, TIGRUS, is officially launched and underway at RDA-US. Led by RDA-US Executive Director Beth Plale and TIGRUS Program Manager Rob Quick, the TIGRUS Facilitation Program leverages RDA’s Working Group structure to address data challenges happening within the US. Through the creation and support […]

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.— Indiana University (IU)’s Data To Insight Center (D2I) and the Cyberinfrastructure Research Integration Center (CIRC) are pleased to announce a partnership with the Research Data Alliance-United States (RDA-US), a national hub of the Research Data Alliance (RDA) representing emerging research and data management communities throughout the US. Read the full news release.