eLwazi Open Data Science Platform and Coordinating Center

eLwazi 开放数据科学平台和协调中心

• 批准号: 10666676
• 负责人: Nicola Mulder
• 金额: $ 220.82万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-20 至 2026-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10666676
• 关键词: Accountability; Address; Africa; African; Agreement; Biomedical Research; Computational Biology; Country; Data; Data Analyses; Data Science; Data Set; Data Storage and Retrieval; Deposition; Development; Educational workshop; Elements; Ensure; Environment; Event; Fostering; Goals; Grant; Health; Human; Industrialization; Industry; Informatics; Infrastructure; Joints; Knowledge; Methods; Organizational Efficiency; Outcome; Output; Participant; Policies; Policy Developments; Privatization; Reporting; Research; Research Personnel; Resource Informatics; Resource Sharing; Resources; Running; Science Policy; Scientist; Sum; Techniques; Technology; Training; Training Programs; Translations; Universities; Vision; Work; cohesion; data access; data management; data sharing; data submission; ethical, legal, and social implication; experience; flexibility; innovation; insight; member; multidisciplinary; novel; open data; preservation; success; tool; tool development; website development

Project Summary/Abstract The Open Data Science Platform (ODSP) and Coordinating Center (CC) for DS-I Africa is led by a well-established partnership between Prof Mulder (current PI H3ABioNet) and Dr Michelle Skelton (current Coordinator, H3Africa CC) hosted within the Computational Biology Division and IDM at the University of Cape Town (UCT). Using 8 years of experience in leading a pan African informatics consortium aimed at data and informatics resource and capacity development, Mulder will establish the ODSP gateway and its eLwazi platform, a flexible, scalable African open data science platform for depositing, sharing and accessing data, selecting data-specific tools and data science methods, and deploying tools and workflows on a choice of computing environments suited to the African context, facilitating novel discoveries for health. Skelton will use her 7 years of experience in coordinating the large H3Africa consortium to develop an efficient CC addressing all the joint administrative, collaborative and logistical needs of the consortium. Together, this formidable pair will transition their current teams and activities from H3Africa to DS-I Africa, wrapping up one and starting the new, complementary endeavour with highly experienced teams ready to provide immediate impact. They will support each other’s activities, technically from the ODSP and operationally/logistically from the CC and co-develop an effective data science and professional development training program. ODSP will support the CC on website and tool development, while the CC will support ODSP in events planning, managing data deposition, access policies and agreements and integration with the DS-I Africa consortium. The outcomes will be: 1) an open, transparent and sustainable ODSP developed with user input to ensure their needs are met, accompanied by adequate user and administrative support; 2) access to a choice of public and private Cloud and local African computing facilities for data storage and analysis; 3) access to a comprehensive set of African and other relevant datasets, tools/workflows and resources required for the implementation of data science techniques to biomedical data; 4) a comprehensive data science and professional development training program; 5) consolidated consortium policies, documents and resources; 6) efficiently organized consortium activities, workshops and events; 7) avenues for exploration of new collaborative and translational ideas and partnerships with industry and other stakeholders. Collectively these provide the elements required for a fully supported cohesive consortium facilitating the application of data science to health. The ODSP and CC are African led, developed in Africa by Africans and for the benefit of African scientists and research participants.

项目摘要/摘要 DS-I非洲的开放数据科学平台（ODSP）和协调中心（CC）领导 通过Mulder教授（现任PI H3ABIONET）和Michelle博士之间建立了公认的合作伙伴关系 Skelton（当前协调员，H3AFRICA CC）在计算生物学部门内举办 开普敦大学（UCT）的IDM。利用8年的经验来领导锅 非洲信息联盟针对数据和信息资源和能力的信息 开发，Mulder将建立ODSP网关及其Elwazi平台，一个灵活的， 可扩展的非洲开放数据科学平台，用于存入，共享和访问数据， 选择特定数据的工具和数据科学方法，并在上部署工具和工作流程 选择适合非洲背景的计算环境，促进新发现 健康。 Skelton将利用她7年的协调经验 财团开发有效的CC，以解决所有共同行政，协作和 财团的后勤需求。 这对强大的一对将把他们当前的团队和活动从H3africa转变为 DS-i非洲，结束一个，并以高度的方式开始了新的，全面的努力 经验丰富的团队准备立即产生影响。他们将互相支持 从ODSP进行技术上的活动，以及从CC和共同开发的运营/逻辑上的活动 有效的数据科学和专业发展培训计划。 ODSP将支持 网站和工具开发的CC，而CC将支持ODSP在活动计划中， 管理数据沉积，访问策略和协议以及与DS-1的集成 非洲财团。 结果将是：1）与用户一起开发的开放，透明和可持续的ODSP 输入以确保满足他们的需求，并通过足够的用户和管理来实现 支持; 2）访问公共和私人云以及当地非洲计算设施的选择 用于数据存储和分析； 3）访问一套全面的非洲和其他相关性 实施数据科学所需的数据集，工具/工作流和资源 生物医学数据的技术； 4）全面的数据科学和专业人士 发展培训计划； 5）合并财团政策，文件和 资源; 6）有效组织的财团活动，研讨会和活动； 7）大道 探索与行业以及与行业以及合作伙伴关系的新的合作和转化思想以及 其他利益相关者。共同提供了完全支持的所需的要素 有凝聚力的联盟促进数据科学在健康中的应用。 ODSP和CC 是非洲人，非洲人在非洲开发，以及非洲科学家的利益和 研究参与者。