Current work
Internally, LEAPS WG3 coordinates some (mostly facility-funded) activity through various topical Special Interest Groups. One goal of such SIGs is to continue the dialogue and coordination started during (time-limited) projects.
LEAPS members facilities receive funding through participation in various projects. Some projects are funded by the European Commission (part of the European Union), while others are nationally funded.
Finally, the EC-funded OSCARS project itself funds various (smaller scale) third-party projects through a "cascading grant" mechanism. A summary table is provided below, which shows those projects that impact PaNOSC, the science cluster in which LEAPS is represented.
Special interest groups
Following the RDA model, WG3 work is organised in Special Interest Groups or SIGs. A SIG is a group of people from different PaN facilities, working together on a particular topic of common interest. The SIGs have defined targets and report progress back to the WG3 meetings. More details on what SIGs are can be found in "What is a SIG?".
The current list of SIGs is the following:
AI/ML active
Coordinator: Markus Janousch (PSI)
- Mandate: This SIG is focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) within the context of the PaN facilities. This includes facility operations and supporting AI/ML applications that depend on data obtained from PaN facilities.
- Mailing list: ai-sig@leaps-wg3.eu [admin]
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Core Trust Seal active
Coordinator: Andy Götz (ESRF)
- Mandate: CoreTrustSeal offers to any interested data repository a core level certification based on the Core Trustworthy Data Repositories Requirements. This universal catalogue of requirements reflects the core characteristics of trustworthy data repositories. This SIG is working on supporting CoreTrustSeal adoption at PaN facilities.
- Mailing list: core-trust-seal-sig@leaps-wg3.eu [admin]
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EOSC Node active
Coordinator: Andy Götz (ESRF)
- Mandate: The EOSC Node SIG is dedicated to defining and setting up the Photon and Neutron (PaN) EOSC Node in the EOSC Federation. The SIG will setup the PaN EOSC Node and identify which PaN services are ready to be included in the PaN EOSC Node and onboard them. It will assist facilities whose services are not ready yet to become ready. The SIG will follow the evolution of the EOSC Federation and contribute to the EOSC Federation Handbook.
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Direct DOI Data Access (D3A) active
Coordinator: Paul Millar (DESY)
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Data reduction awaiting kick-off
Coordinator: Zdenek Matej (MAX IV)
- Mandate: (preliminary mandate) The Data reduction SIG focuses on managing the high data flows generated by the new generation of x-ray photon detectors. Our focus includes all processes that facilitate the reduction of stored data. Key activities encompass:
- receiving detector data
- streamlining and accelerating data reduction workflows
- high-throughput automated data processing
- data compression techniques
- Mailing list: data-reduction-sig@leaps-wg3.eu [admin]
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OSCARS projects
The OSCARS project is funding various small projects. The following table provides a summary of those projects that impact the PaNOSC cluster, within which LEAPS facilities are represented.| Title | PI | Organisations (host in bold) | Duration | Science Clusters |
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| Findable Big Data from Various Material Characterisation Techniques | Sandor Brockhauser
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HUHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin , HZBHelmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, ESRFEuropean Synchrotron Radiation Facility
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2024-10-01/P24M | PaNOSC, Other |
| VISA: User experience enhancement | Ludovic Leroux | ILLInstitut Laue-Langevin
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2024-10-01/P20M | PaNOSC |
| AI-SCOPE: AI-Driven Enhancement of Surface Scattering Data for Open Science Platforms Across Europe | Stefan Kowarik
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University of Graz, SASSlovak Academy of Sciences, UTÜBTübingen University
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2024-12-01/P24M | PaNOSC |
| HiMAGNETOS: High Magnetic Field Open Science | Christiane WARTH-MARTIN, Bruyant Nicolas | LNCMILaboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses
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2025-01-01/P24M | ENVRI, PaNOSC, OTHER, ESCAPE, LSRI |
| OSPARK - Open Science Promotion and Advocacy for Research Knowledge Bootcamp | Heidi Seibold | DRADigital Research Academy | 2025-01-01/P24M | ESCAPE, PaNOSC, LSRI, ENVRI, SSHOC, Other |
| AMBCAT - Digital Amber Catalogue | Jörg Hammel
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HereonHelmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, DESYDeutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, LIBLeibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change
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2025-01-01/P24M | PaNOSC, LSRI, ENVRI |
| CDIF-4-XAS: Describing X-Ray Spectroscopy Data for Cross-Domain Use | Simon Hodson
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CODATACommittee on Data of the International Science Council, STFCScience and Technology Facilities Council, Cardiff University, HZBHelmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, HMCHelmholtz Metadata Collaboration
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2024-10-01/P24M | PaNOSC |
| mTeSS-X: Scaling training portal federation for RIs through Multi-tenanting and Exchange | Carole Goble | HZDRHelmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, ULUniversity of Limerick, UTUniversity of Tartu
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2024-10-01/P24M | PaNOSC, LSRI |
| SHARE: Synchrotron x-ray analysis of Heritage Accessible to and Reusable by Everyone | Marine Cotte | ESRFEuropean Synchrotron Research Facility, PPSMLaboratoire de Photophysique et Photochimie Supramoleculaires et Macromoleculaires, SCITECIstituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche "Giulio Natta", Rijksmuseum
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2025-01-01/P24M | PaNOSC, SSHOC |
| HEFTIE - Handling Enormous Files from Tomographic Imaging Experiments | David Stansby
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UCLUniversity College London, scalable minds
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2024-10-01/P12M | PaNOSC, LSRI |
| MC-ReDD - Metadata Capture and validation for Re-use of raw Diffraction Data | Loes Kroon-Batenburg
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European XFELEuropean X-Ray Free-Electron Laser, IUCrInternational Union of Crystallography
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2024-11-01/P18M | PaNOSC |
| CODEMETASOFT | Daniel Garijo, Thomas Villaume
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UPMUniversidad Politécnica de Madrid, LAPPLaboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules
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2024-11-01/P24M | ESCAPE, ENVRI, Other, LSRI, PaNOSC, SSHOC |
| Photon and Neutron federated knowledge finder, PaN-Finder | Massimiliano Novelli
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ESSEuropean Spallation Source
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2024-10-01/P24M | PaNOSC |
| MatScatNet - A Cloud Database for Sharing X-ray & Neutron Scattering Data for Materials Research | Maxwell Terban | Momentum Transfer, ESRFEuropean Synchrotron Radiation Facility
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2024-10-01/P24M | PaNOSC |
Current projects
The projects in which members of our group are or have been involved are listed in the following table:| Project | Teaser | Partners | Outcomes |
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ExPaNDS
(2019 - 2023) |
The ambition of EOSC Photon and Neutron Data Services (ExPaNDS) is to enrich the EOSC with data management services and to coordinate activities to enable national Photon and Neutron (PaN) RIs to make the majority of their data ‘open’ following FAIR principles and to... |
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PaNOSC
(2018 - 2022) |
PaNOSC will build on top of the existing local meta-data catalogues and data repositories to provide federated services for making data easily Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Re-usable (FAIR). Extracting the scientific value of the experimental data produced in our... |
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NEPHEWS
(2024 - ) |
Trans-national access for Neutron and Photon fundamental science |
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OSCARS
(2024 - 2027) |
The OSCARS project brings together ESFRI and other world-class research infrastructures organised in five Science Clusters, ENVRI-FAIR (environmental science), EOSC-Life (life science), ESCAPE (astronomy and particle physics), PaNOSC (neutron and light source science) and... |
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EOSC-Beyond
(2024 - 2027) |
EOSC Beyond overall objective is to advance Open Science and innovation in research in the context of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) by providing new EOSC Core capabilities allowing scientific applications to find, compose and access multiple Open Science resources... |
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EOSC-Future
(2021 - 2024) |
EOSC Future responds to INFRAEOSC-03-2020 call in order to integrate, consolidate, and connect e-infrastructures, research communities, and initiatives in Open Science to further develop the EOSC Portal, EOSC-Core and EOSC-Exchange of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC)... |
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LEAPS-INNOV
(2021 - 2025) |
LEAPS-INNOV is a pilot project aimed at kick-starting implementation of the LEAPS Technology roadmap and fostering partnerships between European light sources and industry. Workpackage 7, DATA, is focused on data reduction and compression, and aims to both develop new methods for data reduction and improve sharing of methods between our institutes and with industry. Information about the workpackage, including events and seminars, is available from the WP7 gitlab group. |
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DAPHNE4NFDI
(2021 - 2026) |
DAPHNE stands for DAta from PHoton and Neutron Experiments and is a project funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) for a National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI). Its goals are to:
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ROCK-IT
(2023 - ) |
ROCK-IT (remote, operando controlled, knowledge-driven, IT-based), aims to build a demonstrator beamline with a focus on automation of complex operando studies in catalysis research. It provides solutions to improve the efficiency of catalysis research, tailor-made, yet composed of generic building blocks portable enough to be applicable to a wide range of measurements. |
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EVERSE
(2024 - 2027) |
The EVERSE project aims to create a framework for research software and code excellence, collaboratively designed and championed by the research communities, in pursuit of building a European network of Research Software Quality and setting the foundations of a future Virtual Institute for Research Software Excellence. It incorporates all EOSC science clusters. HDZR serves as the proxy for PaNOSC. |
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