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Outline template for the BMBF call for proposals MaterialDigital2

Registered users of the MaterialDigital platform can now download the outline template for the BMBF call for proposals MaterialDigital2 in the download area. Interested parties are asked to note that the outline template differs from the template of the previous call for proposals MaterialDigital and that the old template cannot be used! The submission deadline for the outline proposal of the two-stage procedure is 1 July 2021.

MaterialDigital Youtube-Channel

The MaterialDigital platform is now also represented on YouTube. Here you will find video recordings of our webinars and workshops, tutorials and much more. We will start with recordings of our internal ontology onboarding and the information shop 2.0.

Information workshop 2.0 BMBF call MaterialDigital for industry-led consortia

In cooperation with the project management organization, the MaterialDigital platform is offering an information event on 22.04.2021 for all those who are planning to participate in the MaterialDigital call and would like to optimize their outline with regard to the possible connection and integration of PMD. Please register for the event on the PMD website if you are interested. The presentations will be recorded and made available online after the event.

Newsletter 5

Dear Platform MaterialDigital community, We hope you have all had a good start to the new year. 2021 is an exciting year for the MaterialDigital platform, not only because of the new BMBF projects currently starting, but also because of a new call for proposals within the funding programme. In addition, one of the member institutes of our consortium is celebrating an anniversary. Enclosed we give you an overview of current developments at PMD.

Nadine Golowin

BMBF call for proposals MaterialDigital for industry-led consortia

With the publication of the new call for proposals for industry-led consortia within the framework of the MaterialDigital funding programme on March 23rd, the BMBF has launched the next round of projects. Funding is to be provided for projects that represent a particularly industry-oriented perspective in terms of both content and technology and that can contribute this to the platform in the future.

Nadine Golowin

© BAM

150 years of BAM, we congratulate!

BAM, one of our consortium institutes, is celebrating its 150th anniversary and we, as the MaterialDigital platform, extend our warmest congratulations. As one of the oldest material science institutes in Germany, BAM has not only had a strong influence on the material sciences, it is also still at the forefront when it comes to ushering the material sciences into the digital age. As part of the 150th anniversary, there will be a symposium on 4 March from 15:30-17:30 on the topic of "Trust in future technologies". Register for this and take part, more information and events can be found on the anniversary page.
© Fraunhofer IWM

Relate material data: Designing data structures, integrating data islands

On 3 March 2021, the Workshop MaterialDigital format will be continued virtually on a smaller scale. Experts from industry and academia will address the questions of how materials data and information from different sources and of varying nature and quality can be related to each other and which hurdles have to be overcome in the process. The objectives are to improve the informative value of materials data for assessing the functionality and performance of materials and components, to reduce the effort and the need for new data to be generated or to create completely new bases for decision-making. And ultimately, this integration of data and data islands should not remain a one-off action, but should be transformed into a value-added process. Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM: Online Workshop MaterialDigital Relating material data: Designing data structures, integrating data islands Time frame: Wednesday, 3 March 2021, 10:00-15:00 hrs.

Nadine Golowin

Newsletter 4

Dear Platform MaterialDigital community, an extraordinary year is coming to an end, in which special challenges had to be mastered for all of us, including us as PMD team. This year, many hardworking hands were involved (most of them virtually) in the development of the platform MaterialDigital (PMD) and were able to achieve a lot despite some challenges and a large number of construction sites. We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved for their work and efforts. At the end of the year, we would like to give you an overview of what we have worked on this year and how it will continue in 2021.

Nadine Golowin

Further education on ontologies

Ontologies play a central role in digitization. But what do we mean by ontologies, how are they structured, why are they so important?For a better understanding of these and other questions, we recommend a Lecture on Knowledge Graphs from FIZ Karlsruhe to all users. The lecture is free of charge and in English.If you only want to learn more about ontologies, you can access the following links.

Nadine Golowin

QPTDat Workshop FAIR Research Data in Plasma Medicine.

On October 28 to 29, 2020, the BMBF-funded joint project Quality assurance and linking of research data in plasma technology - QPTDat hosts the virtual workshopFAIR Research Data in Plasma Medicine.The goal of the workshop is to bring together researchers in the field of plasma medicine with research data management experts to discuss requirements and possibilities for research data management in accordance with the FAIR principles.

Heike Fliegl

© Wendelin Detemple, FIZ Karlsruhe

CCDC/FIZ Webevent

A second joint interactive session is planned for October 7th, where the FIZ will discuss your requirements and priorities for a common interface that will enable advanced searches and other services across both databases. The joint interactive session is planned as an open, guided discussion to gather your requirements and identify some use cases that will help us prioritize the development of the required functionality.

Heike Fliegl

© Wendelin Detemple

Survey and Webinar: Searching across the ICSD and CSD

Since mid-2018, the CCDC and FIZ Karlsruhe have been offering the crystallographic community a joint depot, which standardizes the deposit of crystal structures for inorganic and organic structures. Scientists currently find further information on many crystallographic structures in the two cured databases Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) and Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD) which will be currently linked to the common repository, so that users can be directed to the two databases for further information.

Heike Fliegl

Newsletter 3

Dear users of the MaterialDigital platform, A lot has happened worldwide in the last few months. The MaterialDigital platform (PMD) was also surprised by the Corona pandemic and as a result switched its cross-organizational working methods to a virtual working environment. Despite the difficult conditions, we are pleased with what we have been able to achieve since then: The PMD is taking on more and more shape. Enclosed we give you an overview of our highlights. Information on the PMD's approach, its organisation, upcoming projects and a survey on behalf of NFDI-MatWerk.

Nadine Golowin

Workshop MaterialDigital2020 on the 22th and 23.th April 2020 in Freiburg cancelled because of Covid 19

Because of the current Covid 19 situation the workshop had to be cancelled.

Heike Fliegl

Active participation at the information workshop MaterialDigital on the 09.01.2020

At the headquarters of the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) in Berlin-Steglitz, an information workshop on the "MaterialDigital" call for proposals initiated by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) took place on 09.01.2020. The information workshop was attended by 200 representatives from numerous university and non-university research institutions that intend to participate in the open call for proposals.

Heike Fliegl

Information workshop regarding the BMBF call from the 20.09.2019

The Platform MaterialDigital is offering an information workshop on the 09th of January 2020 in connection with the "Announcement of the BMBF call MaterialDigital". The workshop will take place at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) in Berlin. We kindly ask interested participants to register. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us: Office of the MaterialDigital platform, Tel.: 0721 608 28950, E-Mail: info@material-digital.de. We look forward to your participation.

Heike Fliegl

Newsletter 2

In the second newsletter, the platform MaterialDigital responds to the current BMBF call for proposals MaterialDigital and points out supporting contents on the website, as well as a workshop on the call for proposals in January 2020.

Markus Niebel

Newsletter 1

In den ersten Plattform-News der Plattform MaterialDigital stellt sich das Vorhaben vor und geht genauer auf die Ziele Gründe und das Vorgehen des Verbundprojekts ein

Markus Niebel

Workshop: Research data management and machine learning

Research data management in engineering sciences is becoming increasingly essential, especially in the materials sciences, as research into new materials is becoming increasingly complex. Storing, exchanging and accessing such amounts of data, including metadata, in a structured manner poses a major challenge. This is where research data management comes into play, the aim of which is to make digital research data accessible and usable.

Heike Fliegl

Informative talk about ontologies

Professor Sack a known expert from FIZ Karlsruhe, shares a talk about ontologies on Twitter.

Heike Fliegl

A material database for plastics - CAMPUS

The CAMPUS plastics information system offers free online datasheets for resins from participating material producers. CAMPUS is a database that offers high quality and comparable material information, restricted to uniform standards.

Heike Fliegl

MaterialDigital is partner at the "Bunte Nacht der Digitalisierung Karlsruhe"

The BMBF innovation platform MaterialDigital participates as a partner in the "Bunte Nacht der Digitalisierung Karlsruhe". The aim of the "karlsruhe.digital" initiative is to make digitisation in Karlsruhe visible and tangible for everyone through the "Colorful Night of Digitisation".

Heike Fliegl

DIN SPEC

DIN SPEC is a possibility to build up and test new standards.

Heike Fliegl

Werkstoffwoche 2019 in Dresden

Within the BMBF technology discussion topic "MaterialDigital", the planned activities of the MaterialDigital platform were presented to a broad audience and discussed in a lively manner.

Heike Fliegl

BMBF call 20.09.2019

The BMBF published on the 20.09.2019 a new call where collaborations with the Platform MaterialDigital are explicitly encouraged.

Heike Fliegl

Start of joint project »Innovation Platform MaterialDigitial«

How will scientific work and product development evolve in the future? How will we share new insights with colleagues, who might work on the other side of the planet? Funded by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research, the joint project »Innovation Platform MaterialDigitial« has recently been established to pave the way towards a digital infrastructure for material science research data. The objective is to create a virtual materials data space that allows a systematic handling of materials data.

Heike Fliegl