Information Infrastructures Council

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Information Infrastructures Council
Founding year: 2014
Place: Goettingen
Website: http://www.rfii.de/
Chair: Petra Gehring

Deputy: Stefan Liebig

Former Chair Otto Rienhoff (term of office 2014–2017)

Sabine Brünger-Weilandt (term of office 2014–2016)

Head of the office: Barbara Ebert

The Council for Information Infrastructures (RfII) is a science policy advisory body that advises the federal and state governments on issues relating to the further development of scientific information infrastructures . The 24 voluntary members are appointed by the Joint Science Conference (GWK).

object

The RfII accompanies the development of the German science system in the field of information infrastructures in the digital age. The aim is to design sustainable information infrastructures and services for science. The focus of the digital transformation of science is on new forms of research and publication, the most open access to scientific knowledge, the development of innovative tools and services, and the qualification of specialist staff. As a coordinating body, the RfII is intended to identify potential synergies and improve the interlinking of activities in this area.

organization

The council members represent a broad spectrum of scientific disciplines, facilities and institutions (stakeholders):

  • 8 representatives of scientific users,
  • 8 representations of information infrastructure institutions,
  • 4 federal and state representations,
  • 4 representations of public life.

The first 16 representatives are named in the same way as the nomination procedure for members of the Science Council . For the other 8 representatives, the right of proposal lies with the federal and state governments in the GWK.

Otto Rienhoff was elected as the first chairman of the council, his deputy was Sabine Brünger-Weilandt until 2016. Petra Gehring then took over the deputy chairmanship. In November 2017, Petra Gehring was elected as the new chairman and Stefan Liebig as deputy chairman. During the 13th council meeting and the first meeting of the second mandate phase in November 2018, the chairmen Petra Gehring and Stefan Liebig were confirmed for a second term.

The administrative support of the RfII is carried out by an office financed by the federal and state governments. The Georg-August-Universität Göttingen is responsible for the office established in 2014 .


Current members

Stakeholder group Surname institution
Scientific users Marion Albers University of Hamburg , law
Lars Bernard TU Dresden , environmental sciences
Stefan Decker Fraunhofer FIT and RWTH Aachen
Petra Gehring TU Darmstadt , philosophy
Kurt Kremer MPI for Polymer Research , Mainz
Wolfgang Marquardt research center Julich
Joachim Wambsganß Center for Astronomy Heidelberg (ZAH)
Doris Wedlich Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Facilities Sabine Brünger-Weilandt FIZ Karlsruhe
Friederike Fless German Archaeological Institute (DAI) , Berlin
Michael Jackel University of Trier , President
Stefan Liebig German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) , Berlin
Sandra Richter German Literature Archive Marbach (DLA)
Katrin Stump Braunschweig University Library
Klaus daughter man German Central Library for Economics (ZBW) , Kiel
Ramin Yahyapour Society for Scientific Data Processing Göttingen (GWDG)
Federal and State Rüdiger Eichel Ministry for Science and Culture Lower Saxony (MWK)
Hans-Josef Linkens Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Dietrich Nelle Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Annette Storsberg Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia (MKW)
Public life Anke Beck Publisher IntechOpen
Marit Hansen State Commissioner for Data Protection Schleswig-Holstein
Christine Regitz SAP SE
Harald Schöning Software AG


former members

history

In November 2013, the GWK decided to set up a “Council for Information Infrastructures” and to finance it jointly by the federal and state governments, initially for four years. This was preceded by an inventory by the “Commission for the Future of Information Infrastructure” (2009–2011) and by the Science Council (2011–2012). The appointment of the RfII was also a measure on the digital agenda of the Federal Government 2014-2017 in the field of education, research, science, culture and media.

activities

The main focus of the RfII is currently in the area of research data , which in the understanding of the RfII includes both digital databases and analog material collections. The RfII meets two to three times a year. In addition, recommendations are prepared in relevant committees and working groups. The international interdependencies of information infrastructures as well as the associated opportunities and challenges for Germany as a location for science are also analyzed.

First mandate phase

In the first mandate phase, the RfII concentrated on the topic of “Research Data - Sustainability - Internationality”. Explanations of terms for the German-speaking area were defined as the basis for the cooperation. With the position paper “Achievement from Diversity” (June 2016), the Council made recommendations on the structures, processes and financing of research data management. The suggestion for the development of a division of labor organized, distributed and networked National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) was taken up and implemented by the GWK. In addition, the recommendations and discussion impulses of the RfII were widely received in the German science system. In November 2018, the establishment of the NFDI was decided in a federal-state agreement, which will be endowed with funding of up to € 90 million annually for an initial period of ten years from January 2019.

The activities of the RfII also include the observation of international developments and networking with international actors. A first technical report on the development of information infrastructures in Canada, Australia, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom was published in 2016. As part of the 11th General Assembly of the International Research Data Alliance (RDA) in Berlin, the RfII organized a "co-located event" with more than 80 representatives of national and international science and research institutions, which offered the possibility of user involvement in the development of information infrastructures on the subject would have.

Second mandate phase

After a positive evaluation of the first mandate phase since 2014 by the GWK, the RfII was appointed for a further four years. For the second mandate phase since November 2018, fourteen members were confirmed and ten new members were appointed.

In the second mandate phase, the RfII is continuing two projects that have already been initiated on the subject of “data quality” as well as digital skills and new career and training perspectives for the science labor market. In the first meeting of the second mandate phase, it was also decided to resume the international comparative analyzes, and recommendations for the design of services at the interface between science and business are to be drawn up in the context of the “ open data ” discourse. The RfII will only monitor the establishment and development of the National Research Data Infrastructure it initiated.

Publications

Most of the recommendations and papers of the RfII are also available in English.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Council for Information Infrastructures: Chairmen Prof. Gehring and Prof. Liebig confirmed in office. November 27, 2018, accessed December 7, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Georg-August-Universität Göttingen: Press release: Digital knowledge is better networked. November 3, 2014, accessed December 7, 2018 . ; Federal Ministry of Education and Research: Making knowledge more accessible digitally. November 3, 2014, accessed December 7, 2018 .
  3. ^ RfII: Annual Reports. Retrieved December 7, 2018 .
  4. ^ Commission for the Future of Information Infrastructure: Overall Concept for the Information Infrastructure in Germany. (PDF) April 2011, accessed August 1, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Wissenschaftsrat: Recommendations for the further development of scientific information infrastructures in Germany by 2020. (PDF) July 13, 2012, accessed on August 3, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (ed.): Digitale Agenda 2014-1017 . August 2014, p. 27 ( bmwi.de [PDF; accessed December 7, 2018]).
  7. ^ GWK: Research policy discussion of the GWK on research data management in Germany. (PDF) June 24, 2016, accessed December 7, 2018 .
  8. ↑ forschungsdaten.org: NFDI. Retrieved June 11, 2019 . Research infrastructures for the humanities: position papers and press releases on the subject of NFDI. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .
  9. ↑ GWK: Information Infrastructure / NFDI. Retrieved December 7, 2018 .
  10. ^ Council for Information Infrastructures: Development of Research Data Infrastructures in International Comparison. Report and suggestions . June 2017 ( rfii.de ).
  11. ^ "If we build it, they will come": Ways of user involvement in infrastructure development - RDA 11th Plenary Collocated Event. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .
  12. ^ Council for Information Infrastructures : RDA RfII-Workshop Report . Göttingen July 2018, p. 9 , urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-2018071812002315037042 .
  13. ^ Council for Information Infrastructures: Chairmen Prof. Petra Gehring and Prof. Stefan Liebig confirmed in office. November 27, 2018, accessed December 7, 2018 .

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