21st International CODATA Conference in Ukraine

Date
October 6th-8th, 2008

Location
Culture Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine

The YS related sessions from October 7th-8th

 * Peer reviewed data publication (= providing data for future reuse) (Sünje Dallmeier, Tiessen and Hans Pfeiffenberger (Young Scientist)) in "Issues in Long-Term Data and Knowledge Management", Chair: Joe Hourcle, at the Room 102, building #7
 * Implementing Some Basic Operation of OLAP in Excel (Tang Hewen (Young Scientist)) in "Data Management and Applications", Chair: Shibasaki Ryosuke, at the Administrative Council Hall, building #6
 * The Protection of Unoriginal Databases and Data-Intensive Scientific Research (Sebastian Krujatz (Young Scientist)) in "e-Science Collaboration", Chairs: Evgey Martunov and Shuhei Ohnishi, at the Room 10, Library
 * A Scientific Workflow Approach to Distributed Scientific Data Processing (Zhou Yuanchun* and Xiaoguang Lin, Weizhong Lv, Gang Huang, Kaichao Wu, Jianhui Li (Young Scientist)) in "Data Accessibility and Workflow", Chair: Carole Goble, at the Room 103, building #7
 * The Beijing Olympic Central Area Person Flow Control Based on Multi-Agent System Models and Dynamic Game Theory Analysis (Wang Jian and Chen Rui (Young Scientist)) in "Data Accessibility and Workflow", Chair: Carole Goble, at the Room 103, building #7
 * New cage compounds as potential Influenza A inhibitors: synthesis and docking/QSAR study (Gaydai, Alexander V. and Igor A. Levandovskiy, Ken G. Byler and Tatyana E. Shubina (Young Scientist)) in "Biological and Genetics Data", Chair: Leslie Derr and Jean Garnier, at the Room 11, Library
 * A Simple Method of Classification with VCL Components (Hewen Tang, Wei Fang and Yongsheng Cao (Young Scientist)) in "Algorithm and Data Processing Innovation II", Chairs: Alexander Sterin and William Anderson, at the Room 103, building #7
 * Computer system for modeling and analysis of plant tissue growth and development (Viktoriya V. Lavreha, Aleksei V. Penenko, Sergei V. Nikolaev, and Nikolai A. Kolchanov (Young Scientist)) in "Agricultural Informatics", Chair: Lulu Makhubela, at the Room 101, building #7
 * Evaluating the First Year of the eSDDC Young Scientists Forum (YSF) Experience: Challenges and Opportunities (Raed M. Sharif) in "GAID Session I: UN GAID e-SDDC, CODATA, IAP Joint Action: A Decentralized Network of Networks of Scientific Data for Millennium Development Goals", Chairs: Liu Chuang and Paul Uhlir at the Conference Hall, Culture Centre
 * Science for Society is to be done within the Society (Mihoko Otake (Young Scientist)) in "Social Aspects: Development of Data Communities and Scientific Capacity Building", Chairs: Lei Liu and Jack Smith, at the Library, room #11
 * Biodiversity Evaluation Tools for Nepal: An Inset of Forest (Anjala Pyakurel (Young Scientist)) in "Biodiversity Data", Chair: Jack Hill, at the Room 103, building #7
 * Access to scientific data: Copyright is much of the problem, but changing copyright is not the solution (Dov Greenbaum (Young Scientist)) in "Recent Developments in National and International Policies for Scientific Data II", Chairs: Paul Uhlir and Subhash Kuvelker, at the Room 12, Library
 * The role of young scientists in maximizing the value of scientific data in the information age (Raed Sharif) in "Social and Technologocal Issues in Scientific Data Management: Awareness, Facilitation and Access", Chairs: Raed Sharif and Todd E. Marshall at the Room 12, Library

The YSF round table session

 * "Young Scientist Roundtable"
 * Date: October 8th, 2008
 * Co-chairs: Raed Sharif and Alexis Pasichny

On Wednesday October 8, 2008, approximately 35 young scientists and researchers representing different regions as well as different scientific disciplines gathered at the facilities of Kyiv Polytechnic Institute to discuss issues of importance and concern to their studies and future careers. This roundtable discussion, was organized and led by Raed M. Sharif, Ph.D. Candidate in Information Science and Technology at Syracuse University, USA, and Alexis Pasichny, Head of the Student Science Association of the NationalTechnical University of Ukraine "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute". [Read more...]

The GAID sessions

 * "GAID Session I: UN GAID e-SDDC, CODATA, IAP Joint Action: A Decentralized Network of Networks of Scientific Data for Millennium Development Goals"


 * Co-chairs: Liu Chuang and Paul Uhlir
 * Date: October 6th, 2008
 * Location: Conference Hall, Culture Centre


 * Showcase Application Network of Open Access to and Application of Scientific Data for Approaching Millennium Development Goals (Liu, Chuang)
 * New IAP Program on Digital Knowledge Resources and Infrastructure in Developing Countries (Paul F. Uhlir)
 * eGY-Africa: reducing the digital divide for science in Africa, Alem Mebrahtu, Charles Barton (Peter Fox)
 * Evaluating the First Year of the eSDDC Young Scientists Forum (YSF) Experience: Challenges and Opportunities (Raed M. Sharif)
 * "GAID - Session II: Roundtable Discussion on UN GAID e-SDDC and CODATA Cooperation on the Five Action Lines and Near-term Deliverable Products"


 * Co-chairs: Liu Chuang and Paul Uhlir
 * Date: October 6th, 2008
 * Location: Conference Hall, Culture Centre

Useful documents

 * Pamphlet of Data Service Infrastructure for Global Change Research Joint Session under ISDE conference with CODATA & WGISS
 * CODATA News letter 97