Impacts of COVID-19: science and big data with Barend Mons
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In this episode Jean-Claude talks to Professor Barend Mons about big-data-driven science. He discusses the importance of data stewardship so that research findings can be shared across different countries, and different scientific disciplines.
Barend and Jean-Claude also discuss the TWOC – Trusted World of Corona – project, in which researchers match established knowledge with real world observations to accelerate discovery and provide accurate, expert-annotated information about the pandemic for policymakers and the scientific community.
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Professor Barend Mons
Barend Mons is Professor of BioSemantics at the Human Genetics Department of Leiden University Medical Center. He is also the elected President of CODATA, the standing committee on data for the International Science Council. He was instrumental in developing the FAIR principles and founding GO FAIR.
Photo by Mons Photography.
Jean-Claude Burgelman
Jean Claude Burgelman is Professor of Open Science Policy at the Free University of Brussels (VUB) and former Head of Unit for Open Science Policy at the European Commission, hosts in-depth conversations and analysis with leading experts in policy, business, and academia on the lessons and legacy of COVID-19.
He is the editor in chief for Frontiers’ Policy Labs.
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