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Big discussions at the BIG-MAP workshop

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This week, Gerhard Goldbeck participated in the BIG-MAP EUnified Battery Data Space Workshop in Grindelwald, Switzerland. The BIG-MAP project is part of the Battery 2030+ initiative that works to define best practice in battery research and ensure a strong European battery knowledge-base for future generations.

This workshop covered a range of digital aspects of battery research — data capture and management, data models, ontologies, modelling and AI – for a range of people and projects involved in this challenging, fast-moving field.

Over the last few days, Gerhard has taken part in two, lively ‘Big Picture’ panel sessions and discussions. He presented pertinent community developments from the European Materials Modelling Council (EMMC) including governance of the European Materials Modelling Ontology (EMMO), which is fast becoming the ontology framework of choice underpinning a unified battery data space of the future.

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Grindelwald Switzerland January 2024

 

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Harmonising materials modelling and characterisation

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Outcomes from two current EU-funded projects that Goldbeck Consulting are involved in — NanoMECommons and OntoTrans — have been presented and discussed with attendees as part of a joint NMBP-35 workshop in Madrid.

The NMBP-35 workshop, combined under the umbrella of the European Materials Characterisation Council (EMCC) and European Materials Modelling Council (EMMC), formed part of a broader, 3-day meeting that incorporated a general assembly and a project review meeting for NanoMECommons.

A photo of Pierluigi Del Nostro and Georgios Konstantopoulos sat hosting an event at the NanoMECommons review meeting 18 January 2024, Madrid.

There was significant interest from the community in improved data and knowledge management, harmonising materials modelling and characterisation.

With numerous projects, both old and new, actively using the characterisation data standard for materials, CHADA, and the template for the standardised description of materials modelling, MODA, we look forward to continued strong collaborations in the context of EMCC and EMMC.

Supported by the NanoMECommons project, we will work together to shape a new CEN Workshop Agreement for updating CHADA and MODA based on recent ontology developments.

 

Working Group consultation now open

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Goldbeck Consulting is involved in proposing a new working group within the Research Data Alliance (RDA). The proposed topic is “Harmonised terminologies and schemas for FAIR data in materials science and related domains”.

The proposal is currently under community review, and feedback and comments are encouraged. Detailed information about the group, including its objectives and work plan, is available here.

To read more and comment, visit the RDA’s case statement page. The review phase runs until 3 February 2024.

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Announcing the BatCAT project

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BatCAT is a new research and innovation project funded by the EU’s Horizon Europe programme that will run until June 2027.

The project aims to create a digital twin for battery manufacturing by developing a cross-chemistry data space for two technologies: Li-ion and Li-S coin cells and redox flow batteries.

Here at GCL, we are excited to be leading the work package on communication, dissemination and exploitation and contributing to physics-based modelling and ontologies.

The project is a large collaboration between 18 partner organisations from 9 European countries, coordinated by NMBU (Norwegian University of Life Sciences).

We look forward to working on this innovative and sustainable initiative.

Read more in an announcement from our partners at Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology.

 

Abstracts invited for MSE Congress 2024

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The Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) Congress 2024 will take place 24–26 September 2024 in Darmstadt, Germany and online. The scientific program features world-renowned experts and aspiring researchers alike.

The congress will cover numerous topics including biomaterials; characterisation; digital transformation; functional materials; surfaces and devices; circular materials; modelling and simulation; processing and synthesis; and structural materials.

Gerhard will be co-chairing a special symposium entitled “Digital materials: Experiments, simulation workflows, ontologies, and interoperability”.

Abstracts for talks are invited for submission by 31 January 2024.