Data Standards and Sharing Working Group
The IBI Data Standards and Sharing Working Group aims to facilitate discovery, harmonization and use of data across IBI participants and other global research initiatives, international neuroscience-relevant societies, and neuroscience researchers through the following:
implementing mechanisms for searching across datasets
assuring data interoperability
developing data federation strategies
understanding data governance policies of different initiatives
promoting clear data governance policies to facilitate international collaborations
establishing training programs on data standards and best practices
Working Group Members
Damian Okaibedi Eke, EU Human Brain Project / De Montfort University, UK (Co-Lead)
Tristan Glatard, Canadian Brain Research Strategy / Concordia University, Canada (Co-Lead)
Mathew Abrams, INCF, Sweden
Nargis Akter, Japan Brain/MINDS Beyond / National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan (secretariat)
Stephanie Albin, The Kavli Foundation, US
Amy Bernard, Allen Institute, US (observer)
Jan Bjaalie, EU Human Brain Project / University of Oslo, Norway
Luonan Chen, China Brain Initiative / Chinese Academy of Science, China
Jung Kyoon Choi, Korea Brain Initiative / KAIST, South Korea
Sharon Crook, Arizona State University, US
Kenji Doya, Japan Brain/MINDS / OIST, Japan
Greg Farber, US BRAIN Initiative / NIH, US
Jack Gallant, University of California Berkeley, US
Takashi Hanakawa, Japan Brain/MINDS Beyond / Kyoto University, Japan
Anthony Hannan, Australian Brain Alliance / Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Australia
Michael Hawrylycz, Allen Institute, US
Sin-Kuen Hawkins, IEEE, US
Sean Hill, Canadian Brain Research Strategy / CAMH, Canada
Sungjin Jeong, Korea Brain Initiative / KBRI, South Korea
Yaohui Jin, China Brain Initiative / Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Tom Johnstone, Australian Brain Alliance / Swinburne University, Australia
Tina Kokan, EU Human Brain Project / Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
Masao Matsuhashi, Kyoto University, Japan
Maryann Martone, INCF / University of California San Diego, US
Megumi Maruyama, Japan Brain/MINDS Beyond / National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan (secretariat)
Franco Pestilli, The University of Texas at Austin, US
Oliver Ruebel, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, US
Paul Sajda, IEEE / Columbia University, US
Keiji Tanaka, Japan Brain/MINDS / RIKEN, Japan
Edda Floh Thiels, US BRAIN Initiative / NSF, US
Hiroaki Wagatsuma, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Cynthia Weber, IEE, US
Alexander Woodward, RIKEN, Japan
Yi Zeng, China Brain Initiative / Chinese Academy of Science, China
Guoqiang Bi, The Brain Cognition and Brain Disease Institute of Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Yanyang Xiao, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Working Group Activities:
At the Roundtable in January 2020 and the first WG meeting in February 2020, the following three initial goals were selected:
To publish a white paper proposing the best practices in data governance and pointing to any needs for international alignment.
To collect information about what kinds of data initiatives have collected and to clarify the measures for interoperability.
To collect information about ongoing efforts and to identify unmet needs in training to facilitate data sharing and usage.
Working Group Meetings:
January 12-13, 2020: IBI Data Standards and Sharing Roundtable (Tokyo)
February 22, 2020 (online)
April 24, 2020 (online)
June 24, 2020 (online)
August 20, 2020 (online)
October 9, 2020 (online)
December 16, 2020 (online)
February 19, 2021 (online)
April 23, 2021 (online): a public event on data sharing in neuroscience
April 29, 2021 (online): an extended meeting of the WG
June 22, 2021 (online)
September 2, 2021 (online)
November 23, 2021 (online)
February 25, 2022 (online)
May 18, 2022 (online)
September 19, 2022 (online)
November 14, 2022 (on-site): an open symposium (Satellite event, SfN Neuroscience 2022)
November 15, 2022 (on-site with limited online access): an invitation-only meeting with the IBI Funders Collective (Satellite event, SfN Neuroscience 2022)