CIRSS Seminar: Ashley Hedrick & Hoa Luong

This week, the Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship (CIRSS) Seminar Series will feature Ashley Hetrick, RDS assistant director for research data engagement and education and Hoa Luong, RDS assistant director for research data curation.

Hetrick will present "Data Management as People Management."

Abstract: Data management is important. It’s hard to find someone who disagrees with that statement and yet, in practice, data management is often neglected. Tools and technologies can and do help, but there's another crucial component to data management: people. People collect, clean, analyze, report on, and manage data throughout its lifecycle. Data management thus exists at the intersection of technology with researchers, in complicated work environments that can ultimately promote or undermine good data management. As such, our data management workshops are organized to put people first. Come learn about how we’ve structured our workshops to help participants identify not just best practices for data management overall but to better understand the needs of their specific work environments and to adapt these best practices to suit those needs.

Hetrick's work focuses on better understanding the socio-technical components of data management. Before coming to the RDS, she worked in IT support, communications, and data analysis at Technology Services. In her spare time, she enjoys programming and trying to beat various bad guys in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

Luong will present "Data Curation at Illinois."

Abstract: Data curation is performed when dataset is deposited into the Illinois Data Bank, our institutional data repository. The curation activity ensures that the datasets are as complete, accessible and understandable as possible. Different institutions have different workflow for curation. This talk will discuss the data curation practice at Illinois in comparison with other institutions in the Data Curation Network (DCN).

Luong's work focuses on the data curation aspect, work with programmer to develop new features for the Illinois Data Bank; and engage in Data Curation Network which Illinois is a part of. Before joining the RDS, she was at Grainger Engineering Library. In her spare time, she enjoys propagating her succulents (even though she has not succeeded).

This event is sponsored by CIRSS