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SERENATE “End-user” workshop @ IBM - Montpellier, 17 – 19 January 2003 Research and Educational Networks across Europe: End-user views and perspectives for the Social Sciences Ekkehard Mochmann German Social Science Infrastructure Services
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SERENATE “End-user” workshop @ IBM - Montpellier, 17 – 19 January 2003 Research and Educational Networks across Europe: End-user views and perspectives for the Social Sciences Ekkehard Mochmann German Social Science Infrastructure Services GESIS – ZA at the University of Cologne mochmann@gesis.org
Three perspectives • Research • Education • Infrastructure
Social Science Research Based on analysis of small to complex data bases: e.g. cross section/ panel/ European/global surveys/ Increasing are: statistical microdata, text, cartography ... ...images Currently rarely serious deficits in network capacities to access and analyse data
Education / Training in Social Science Research Data Based teaching in university seminars and international summer schools Customized data is set up for training purposes > Starting: - Virtual training seminars - Teacherline for schools Bottlenecks when heavy demand on dedicated servers
Infrastructure for Socio-Economic Research Stock-taking and recommendations: NESSIE project: network for socio-economic infrastructure in Europe (CEPS,ECASS,NSD,ZA) Commission for Improving Informational Infra- structure between Statistics and Research (KVI) Comité de Concertation pour les Données en sciences humaines et sociales (France) Dynamic extension towards eastern Europe (EDAN)
Trends Improving and integrating the evidence base Facilitating access for research and education Standards for data definition (DDI / MetaDater) Opening multilingual access (Madiera) Virtual libraries Data – literature – event – knowledge integration > Meaningful context and interpretation knowledge
Visions ComNet Scenario: Competence centers and researcher networks also in interactive video conferences and moderated groups Collaborative working in virtual data observatories pro- active and validated data cumulation New tools for access to and analysis of linked ressources from the socio – economic data base