Data management meetings

24.01.2019

People involved

  • Simon Dürr
  • Daniele Narzi
  • Mathias Dankl
  • Pablo Baudin

Question discussed

  • What are the first steps we should take to improve data mangement at LCBC.

Decision taken

  • Simon will ask Ursula to get the DMPs she has already written for grant proposals.
  • Simon will create a github account for LCBC. This git repo should be used to store all the scripts and software developped by LCBC members. The goal is to improve sharing scripts and software to lab members but also to have something to reference in publications.
  • Pablo is writing a document containing guidelines and references for data management. This document should be available to everyone (put on gihub?) and can/should be modified as we are confronted with concrete problems regarding DM.
  • It has been suggested that a tool/script should be created to automatize the creation of a folder structure for a new project. (For example: make new_project) answer a few questions like name?, project name?, domain (bio, perovskites, methods)?… Which then produces a starting point for the folder hierarchy (with README files?).

Next meeting (31.01.2019 at 16.00)

  • We should each organize the data related to one of our project as we think it should be done. With proper metadata and following the guidelines provided by EPFL.
  • We should then discuss (the 4 of us) and find out if things are missing in our organizations.
  • We will then talk to the other people in the subgroups to figure out if everyone agrees with the file organization and naming conventions and eventually improve it.
  • Based on those conclusion the LCBC data documentation should be updated.

The subgroups are as follows

  • Dürr Simon Leonard:

    • Diamantis Polydefkis
    • Frisari Guido
    • von Erlach Thibaud

  • Narzi Daniele:

    • Kiliç Murat
    • Merlini Maria Letizia
    • Mouvet François
  • Dankl Mathias:
    • Mladenovic Marko
    • Ahlawat Paramvir
    • Boziki Ariadni
    • Jahanbakhshi Farzaneh
    • Kumari Simran

  • Baudin Pablo:

    • Bhattacharyya Swarnendu
    • Bircher Martin Peter
    • Browning Nicholas John
    • Villard Justin

31.01.2019

People involved

  • Simon Dürr
  • Daniele Narzi
  • Mathias Dankl
  • Pablo Baudin

Question discussed

  • We looked at the different ways we add to organize project data.

Decision taken

  • We have decided to create a script to generate metadata README templates that can be used and modified by people at LCBC.
  • The goal is to have something flexible and easy to use.
  • The script should go with some documentation and guidelines.

Next meeting

We should meet again when the script has been written.