eScience@NWZ covers NWZ-relevant aspects of Research Software Engineering (RSE), Research Data Management (RDM), Research Data Infrastructure (RDI), High Performance Computing (HPC) and Data Science/Machine learning (DS/ML) at WWU.
Upcoming events:
- 10.-14. February 2024 -- the international Love Data Week: https://forschungsdaten.info/fdm-im-deutschsprachigen-raum/love-data-week-2025/
- 25.-27 February 2025 -- 5th conference for Research Software Engineering in Germany: https://events.hifis.net/event/1741/ (and https://se2025.sdq.kastel.kit.edu/ ) -- Travel grants available! See https://www.fz-juelich.de/en/rse/community-initiatives/jurse-travel-grants
- KI-Month mAI 2025: https://www.ki.nrw/en/
- 13.-15. May 2025 -- the University:Futures Festival 2025 (free and online), see https://festival.hfd.digital/en/
- 8. to 9. September 2025 -- the 3. Open Science Festival: https://osfestival2025.univie.ac.at/en/
- ?. November 2024 -- 'Tag der Forschungsdaten' -- https://www.uni-due.de/rds/tag_forschungsdaten.php
- Our IVV Kolloquim features eScience talks on a regular basis: https://www.uni-muenster.de/NWZ/en/Angebot/Lehre/kolloquium/index.html
General information:
- eScience@WWU, see https://www.uni-muenster.de/EScience/en/index.html
- High-performance computing (HPC) @WWU, see https://www.uni-muenster.de/NWZ/en/Angebot/ScientificComputing/index.html and https://www.uni-muenster.de/IT/services/unterstuetzungsleistung/hpc/
- Research Data Management (RDM) @WWU, see https://www.uni-muenster.de/Forschungsdaten/ (German only)
- InterKIWWU, the artificial intelligence teaching initiative at WWU: https://www.uni-muenster.de/CeNoS/InterKIWWU/ with a complete listing of available AI lectures and courses: https://www.uni-muenster.de/CeNoS/InterKIWWU/Lehre/index.html
- Large language model chat bot der GWDG: https://chat-ai.academiccloud.de/
Lectures and courses
- Introduction to e-Science at NWZ -- Lecture (DE) via Zoom: Mondays, 1 to 2:30 PM (s.t.), starting 28.04.24 and block course (EN) via Zoom: SoSe25 Wednesday to Friday, 27.-29.08.25, 9 AM to 4 PM.
- Data Science/Machine learning
- Research Software Engineering (RSEng)
- Research Data Management (RDM)
- Linux Administration
Older courses (not updated anymore):
- Introduction to Multiphysics with COMSOL -- Zoom lecture upon request available
- Bioinformatics/Statistics with R -- Zoom lecture upon request available
Links to the latest version of the courses can be found here: https://www.uni-muenster.de/NWZ/en/Angebot/Lehre/index.html
Additional lectures and courses can be found at WWU-IT: https://www.uni-muenster.de/IT/en/services/lehre/index.html
Infrastructure and online resources:
- UniGPT, see https://gpt.uni-muenster.de/
- Learnweb, see https://www.uni-muenster.de/LearnWeb/learnweb2/
- Sciebo cloud storage service, see https://uni-muenster.sciebo.de/login
- elab electronic laboratory notebook (ELN), see https://elab.uni-muenster.de/dashboard.php and https://www.uni-muenster.de/Forschungsdaten/angebote/elabftw.html as well as https://mattermost.uni-muenster.de/wwu/channels/fdm-elab
- Jupyterhub, see https://jupyterhub.wwu.de/hub/login
- Datastore, see https://www.uni-muenster.de/Forschungsdaten/angebote/datastore/index.html
- Datasafe, see https://www.uni-muenster.de/Forschungsdaten/angebote/datasafe/
- Microscopy data management with OMERO, see https://www.uni-muenster.de/Cells-in-Motion/de/research/infrastructure/microscopy/omero.html
- Gitlab, see https://www.uni-muenster.de/IT/en/services/unterstuetzungsleistung/zivgitlab/index.html
- Confluence wiki, see https://www.uni-muenster.de/IT/en/services/kommunikation/wiki/index.html
- Mattermost chat services, see https://www.uni-muenster.de/IT/en/services/kommunikation/chat/index.html
- storage on WWUcloud, see https://confluence.uni-muenster.de/display/osc/WWU+Cloud
- WWUkube, see https://confluence.uni-muenster.de/display/osc/WWU+Kube
- NOMAD, see https://www.uni-muenster.de/NWZ/en/Hilfe/Nutzer/Anleitungen/Allgemein/NOMAD/index.html
Additional information on IT infrastrucuture can be found at WWU-IT (https://www.uni-muenster.de/IT/en/services/index.html) and IVV NWZ (https://www.uni-muenster.de/NWZ/en/Angebot/index.html).
To get an overview on how to use these resources, join our Introduction to eScience at NWZ lecture (see above).
External resources:
NFDI consortia & services: Stay tuned about what's going on in RDM in your field!
Chemistry: https://www.nfdi4chem.de/
- newsletter: https://www.nfdi4chem.de/index.php/newsletter/
- online RDM workshops: https://www.nfdi4chem.de/index.php/event/workshop-fair-research-data-management-basics-for-chemists/
- Chemotion: https://www.chemotion.net/chemotionsaurus/index.html
Catalysis: https://nfdi4cat.org/
- newsletter: https://nfdi4cat.org/kontakt/#newslettersec
Materials sciences: https://www.fairdi.eu/fairmat2/consortium
Particle & astro physics: https://www.punch4nfdi.de/ (mailing list available) -- with contributions from Uni Münster
Photon/neutron experiments: https://www.daphne4nfdi.de/
Life sciences: https://www.nfdi4life.de/
Plant research: https://nfdi4plants.de/
Biodiversity: https://www.nfdi4biodiversity.org/de/ (mailing list available)
Microbiology: https://nfdi4microbiota.de/
Bioimaging: https://nfdi4bioimage.de/en/start/ (mailing list available) -- at Uni Münster: https://www.uni-muenster.de/Cells-in-Motion/de/research/infrastructure/microscopy/omero.html
NFDI consortia with contributions from University of Münster outside of NWZ: MaRDi/mathematics (https://www.mardi4nfdi.de) and NFDI4Earth/earth sciences (https://www.nfdi4earth.de/)
Tool kit for RDM in life sciences: https://rdmkit.elixir-europe.org/
The future of computerlabs: https://www.uni-muenster.de/NWZ/eScience-at-NWZ/computerlabs.html
AG Smart labs: https://www.uni-muenster.de/NWZ/eScience-at-NWZ/smartlabs.html