EPOS Summer School 2026
28 June – 4 July 2026 – Espai Cràter – Olot, Spain
Knowing and understanding Research Data Management in Geosciences
Foundations of Data
Understanding the data lifecycle
(meta)data standards and formats
Open Science and FAIR Principles
Discussing challenges and benefits of Open Science; understanding challenges and benefits of FAIR; undestranding Findability, Accessbility, Interoperability, Reusability.
Data regulation
Memorising the key points of legislation concerning data relevant to geosciences. Understanding and using licenses for different scientific products.
Geoscience data portals
Awareness about open data portals relevant to Geoscientists.
Data analysis
Foundation of data analysis and tools that can be used to make our life easier; foundations of AI.
Knowing and understanding EPOS and its global partners
The EPOS Research Infrastructure and its sister infrastructures
Understanding the EPOS’ governance and Architecture. Introducing other global RIs for Geosciences.
Using the EPOS Platform and other tools for data discovery, visualisation and analysis
Using the EPOS Platform
Discovering data through the EPOS Platform or other sources. Visualising, combining and downloading data through the EPOS Platform. Using and creating Jupyter Notebooks for data analysis. Defining a workflow to manage own data in an open context.
Hands-on exercises with tutors, Q&A and feedback session.
Multidisciplinary research through the EPOS Platform
Group work: creating a real multidisciplinary case study.
Groups resent its own use case and feedbacks.
