Special events
In addition to the workshops as part of the RDM-Curriculum of UA Ruhr, we offer other events and activities on various RDM topics, including NRW-wide trainings in cooperation with partners like Landesinitiative fdm.nrw.
Events offered on request
Introduction to R
R is a powerful programming language and statistical environment that is free to use and offers extensive data analysis and graphical visualization capabilities. This course takes participants from the initial introduction to R to the basics needed to further develop their skills independently or in subsequent R courses. The workshop covers the basics of programming in R, file handling, filtering and further manipulation of data, and can be extended to include basics of visualization and modeling. The course consists of short lecture sections, live coding, and many hands-on exercises to directly apply your new knowledge.
Prerequisites: No prior knowledge of R; computer with the latest version of R and RStudio (participants will receive installation instructions before the course begins).
Next date: 11.–12.09.2025, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM. Registration is now open.
Carpentries
The Carpentries format aims to impart basic knowledge on three different IT topics, e.g. programming languages, data structures and data management, in a two-day workshop or in individual modules. This can be further worked on individually.
Workshops are offered in the areas of data science (Data Carpentry), software programming (Software Carpentry) and also specifically for libraries (Library Carpentry).
The Carpentry workshops take place online or as a face-to-face event.
Prerequisites: No prior knowledge; participants will receive installation instructions prior to the start of the course, if necessary.
Dates: On request, we can offer Carpentries as a 1-2 day event or individual modules in presence or online, in German or English.
Open Science Escape Room
Imagine you're at an Open Science conference when suddenly the keynote is interrupted by a hacker threatening to destroy the speaker's research data. Only the conference guests can save the valuable data by publishing them in the next 45 minutes, before the hacker can irrevocably delete them – the clock is ticking ...
The Escape Room is a playful event during which participants work together to solve puzzles related to open science and RDM, and is suitable e.g. as a teambuilding activity for new PhD cohorts.
Prerequisites: No prior knowledge required
Next date: The Escape Room is offered on request and can be played with up to 10 participants. It works well in conjunction with a general introduction to RDM.
Events within the fdm.nrw network
Introduction to Git and RDM with GitLab
In the workshop "Einführung in Git und FDM mit GitLab" participants will learn the fundamentals of Git and GitLab as tools for data management through hands-on excercises.
Please note that the workshop will be held in German.
Further information: fdm.nrw
Upcoming dates: 14.11.2025, 9:00 AM – 02:00 PM
NRW-wide workshops from the RDM Curriculum
In cooperation with Landesinitiative fdm.nrw we are opening select workshops from our RDM Curriculum for all researchers in NRW. This summer, the following workshops will be opened: Data Reuse and Reusable Data, From 0 to Open Science Hero and Open Science Framework (OSF). For the full list of workshops and further information (in German), visit fdm.nrw.
External events
Landesinitiative für Forschungsdatenmanagement fdm.nrw
The Landesinitivative für Forschungsdatenmanagement fdm.nrw offers a wide range of training courses, including IT and data literacy, Train-the-Trainer workshops and the Zertifikatskurs Forschungsdatenmanagement. The main target groups are employees from university infrastructure facilities (such as libraries) and multipliers from research institutions.
DKZ.2R
The Rhine-Ruhr Center for Scientific Data Literacy offers regular trainings particularly in the fields of Data Science, AI, Machine Learning and High Performance Computing – including here at UDE.
NFDI4BIOIMAGE
The NFDI consortium NFDI4BIOIMAGE offers specialist workshops e.g. on handling microscope data with OMERO.
(Please note that the offers of NFDI4BIOIMAGE are still under construction.)