Rhine-Ruhr Center for Scientific Data Literacy (DKZ.2R)
This is the official website of the Rhine-Ruhr Center for Scientific Data Literacy (DKZ.2R). We are one of the eleven Data Literacy Centers in Germany, that were founded in 2023. Our goal is to reduce data-related hurdles in research, train and support researchers in methodological data literacy in a hollistic way, and promote data-competent scientists.
Upcoming Events
In 14 Days...
By DKZ.2R: Interactive Data Visualizations in Python
As part of our “Trainings” work package, the DKZ.2R creates, curates and presents a variety of free trainings, seminars and courses. Our next offering will be a half-day workshop on creating and presenting interactive visualizations in python, to be presented at RWTH Aachen University on 4th June, 2025. The workshop will cover data wrangling, creating interactive visualizations using Ploty, and deploying a small web application using Streamlit.
Workshop material is available online and will be …
In 40 Days...
By WiNoDa, NFDI4ING, NFDI4Objects & DKZ.2R: DataLad Workshop and Hackathon
This event takes place in German. German description below.
Organizing decentrally stored data requires more than just a good overview and discipline. The right tool plays a crucial role in successful data management and productive collaboration in research teams. One such tool is DataLad, whose powerful features make it much easier to manage, version and distribute large amounts of data and promote the reproducibility of research processes. To help researchers use DataLad efficiently and deepen …
In 187 Days...
Save the Date: Data Competence College II
The second DKZ.2R Data Competence College will be hosted from November 24th to 26th at the IT center of RWTH Aachen. Based on the concept of the Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin or the Institute of Advanced Studies in Princeton, we have invited three individuals with high data competence from different scientific fields (“Data Experts”) as part of the data competence college.
The participating experts are to be announced shortly.
For three days we aim to create a space where local scientists, and …