STARS Talks
STARS EU Challenge Lab is launching STARS Talks, a series of monthly webinars given by specialists from different areas of knowledge linked to the STARS EU alliance and featuring innovative projects with the potential to support regional development. Each webinar includes a short lecture on the chosen topic by the guest speaker, after which the session will be open for dialogue and interaction.
First webinars have already been scheduled:
17 April, María José Ferreira (Portuguese Footwear Research Center): "Portuguese footwear cluster – Innovative green materials, processes and products".
15 May, Mikael Ericsson (University West, Sweden): "Sustainable Industry – A New Thematic Interest Group".
19 June, José Sigut Saavedra (Universidad de La Laguna (ULL): "Medical Diagnosis using Artificial Intelligence – Application to Retinal Images".
Want to learn more? Visit https://starseu.org/stars-talks-announcement/.
Blended intensive program of Pedagogical Innovation – From teachers to teachers
Educators from STARS EU universities have come together to develop a Blended Intensive Program (BIP) for their academic peers across all nine partner institutions. This initiative aims to encourage cooperation and the exchange of effective strategies in innovative teaching and pedagogical techniques.
Want to learn more? Visit https://www.slu.cz/opf/en/aktuality/15/1216.
Open Science and Open Data Training Sessions
Promoting open science is one of STARS EU's priorities and is part of Work Package 8 of the project. For this reason, this online training program, divided into four sessions of two hours each, has been created and is open to administrative staff involved in open science / open data, researchers, and academic staff.
How to
attend the training: The sessions can be attended using the following link: https://meet.google.com/ycj-mern-axp. Alternatively, if the capacity of
the room (250 people) is reached or for those who do not want to ask any
questions, the sessions will be streamed at: https://stream.meet.google.com/stream/2b3b1687-a849-403d-9e14-9667b4554dcd
Overview of
the sessions:
Session I (120 minutes): 19 April, 10:00 a.m. CEST
Speaker: Eloy Rodrigues, University of Minho,
PORTUGAL
I – Introduction: The
concept, definitions, components, and dimensions of open science
II – Open Access to
Publications - What, why, and how. The colors and flavors of open-access
Session II (120 minutes): 22 April, 10:00 a.m. CEST
Speaker: Angel Delgado,
University Pablo de Olavide, SPAIN
I – Research data
management in the context of Open Science
II – Fundamentals of
Research Data Management in the Context of Open Science. FAIR data. Legal
and ethical aspects in the processing of research data. Store your data
and ensure its security
III – Plan the
Management of your research data. Creation of research data management plans.
Data management during project execution. Working with your data
Session III (120 minutes) 24 April, 10:00 a.m. CEST
Speaker: Eloy Rodrigues, University of Minho,
PORTUGAL
I – New models of
scholarly publication and communication (preprints, PRC -
Publish-Review-Curate – model, open peer review, etc.).
II – Open Science and
research assessment – The Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment and the
Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA)
Session IV (60 minutes) 26 April, 10:00 a.m. CEST
Speaker: Angel Delgado,
University Pablo de Olavide, SPAIN
Practical
session for librarians: create and manage an open data repository