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About us

The vision of NFDI4DataScience (NFDI4DS) is to support all steps of the complex and interdisciplinary research data lifecycle in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.

The past years have seen a paradigm shift, with computational methods increasingly relying on data- and often deep learning-based approaches, leading to the establishment of Data Science as a discipline driven by advances in the field of Computer Science. Transparency, reproducibility and fairness have become crucial challenges for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence due to the complexity of Data Science methods, often relying on a combination of code, models and data. NFDI4DS will promote FAIR and open research data infrastructures supporting all involved digital artifacts such as code, models, data, or publications through an integrated approach.

The overarching objective of NFDI4DS is the development, establishment, and sustainment of a national research data infrastructure for the Data Science and Artificial Intelligence research community. The key idea is to work towards increasing the transparency, reproducibility and fairness of projects, by making all digital artifacts available, interlinking them, and offering additional tools and services.

NFDI4DS will represent the Data Science and Artificial Intelligence research community in Germany, which is an interdisciplinary field rooted in Computer Science. In the initial phase, NFDI4DS will focus on application areas: language technology, biomedical research, information sciences and social sciences.

Goals

  • Increase the transparency, reproducibility and fairness of projects
  • Promote a FAIR and open research data infrastructure for the research community
  • Support all steps of the complex and interdisciplinary research data lifecycle
  • Make all digital artifacts (such as code, models, data, or publications) available, interlink them, and offer additional tools and services
  • Develop, establish, and sustain a national research data infrastructure for the research community
  • Represent the Data Science and Artificial Intelligence community in Germany
  • Focus on four application areas in the initial phase: language technology, biomedical research, information sciences and social sciences

Task Areas

Task Areas NFDI4DataScience
Prof. Dr. Erhard Hinrichs

Prof. Dr. Sonja Schimmler

Sprecherin des Konsortiums

(Co-)applicant institutions and (co-)speakers:
  • Prof. Dr. Ziawasch Abedjan, Leibniz-Universität Hannover
  • Dr. Marcel R. Ackermann, Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (Schloss Dagstuhl)
  • Prof. Dr. Sören Auer, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Technik und Naturwissenschaften (TIB)
  • Prof. Dr. Oya Beyan, Universität zu Köln
  • Prof. Dr. Stefan Dietze, Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften (GESIS)
  • Prof. Dr. Manfred Hauswirth, TU Berlin
  • Dr. Christoph Lange-Bever, RWTH Aachen
  • Dr. Zeyd Boukhers, Fraunhofer FIT
  • Prof. Dr. Volker Markl, TU Berlin
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Möller, TU Berlin
  • Prof. Dr. Wolfgang E. Nagel, TU Dresden
  • Prof. Dr. Thomas Neumuth, Universität Leipzig
  • Prof. Dr. Dietrich Rebholz-Schuhmann, Informationszentrum Lebenswissenschaften (ZB MED)
  • Dr. Georg Rehm, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI)
  • Prof. Dr. Harald Sack, Leibniz-Institut für Informationsinfrastruktur (FIZ Karlsruhe)
  • Prof. Dr. Reimund Seidel, Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (Schloss Dagstuhl)
  • Dr. Markus Stocker, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Technik und Naturwissenschaften (TIB)
  • Prof. Dr. Klaus Tochtermann, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft (ZBW)
  • Prof. Dr. Ricardo Usbeck, Universität Hamburg
  • Prof. Dr. Claudia Wagner, Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften (GESIS)
  • Dr. Michael Wagner, Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (Schloss Dagstuhl)
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Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.

Applicant institution

Participating Institutions
  • Dr. Carsten Baldauf, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (FHI) – Participant
  • Prof. Dr. Franziska Boehm, Leibniz-Institut für Informationsinfrastruktur (FIZ Karlsruhe) – Participant
  • Prof. Dr. Frank-Oliver Glöckner, Alfred-Wegener-Institut (AWI) – Participant
  • Franziska Heine, Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. – Participant
  • Prof. Dr. Matthias Scheffler, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (FHI) – Participant
Prof. Dr. Erhard Hinrichs

Prof. Dr. Sonja Schimmler

Sprecherin des Konsortiums

Fraunhofer Fokus Logo

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.

Applicant institution

(Co-)applicant institutions and (co-)speakers:
  • Prof. Dr. Ziawasch Abedjan, Leibniz-Universität Hannover
  • Dr. Marcel R. Ackermann, Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (Schloss Dagstuhl)
  • Prof. Dr. Sören Auer, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Technik und Naturwissenschaften (TIB)
  • Prof. Dr. Oya Beyan, Universität zu Köln
  • Prof. Dr. Stefan Dietze, Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften (GESIS)
  • Prof. Dr. Manfred Hauswirth, TU Berlin
  • Dr. Christoph Lange-Bever, RWTH Aachen
  • Dr. Zeyd Boukhers, Fraunhofer FIT
  • Prof. Dr. Volker Markl, TU Berlin
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Möller, TU Berlin
  • Prof. Dr. Wolfgang E. Nagel, TU Dresden
  • Prof. Dr. Thomas Neumuth, Universität Leipzig
  • Prof. Dr. Dietrich Rebholz-Schuhmann, Informationszentrum Lebenswissenschaften (ZB MED)
  • Dr. Georg Rehm, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI)
  • Prof. Dr. Harald Sack, Leibniz-Institut für Informationsinfrastruktur (FIZ Karlsruhe)
  • Prof. Dr. Reimund Seidel, Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (Schloss Dagstuhl)
  • Dr. Markus Stocker, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Technik und Naturwissenschaften (TIB)
  • Prof. Dr. Klaus Tochtermann, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft (ZBW)
  • Prof. Dr. Ricardo Usbeck, Universität Hamburg
  • Prof. Dr. Claudia Wagner, Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften (GESIS)
  • Dr. Michael Wagner, Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (Schloss Dagstuhl)
Participating Institutions
  • Dr. Carsten Baldauf, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (FHI) – Participant
  • Prof. Dr. Franziska Boehm, Leibniz-Institut für Informationsinfrastruktur (FIZ Karlsruhe) – Participant
  • Prof. Dr. Frank-Oliver Glöckner, Alfred-Wegener-Institut (AWI) – Participant
  • Franziska Heine, Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. – Participant
  • Prof. Dr. Matthias Scheffler, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (FHI) – Participant