Who will win the Dutch Data Prize 2018?

This year, for the fifth time, the Dutch Data Prize will be awarded for a scientist or research group that has made an extraordinary contribution to science by making research data available for additional or new research. Just as in 2016 there will be a Data Prize in three categories: humanities & social sciences; exact & technical sciences and medical & life sciences.

Nomination

Are you a researcher with a good example of shared data? Or do you know someone who is? You can nominate yourself, another researcher or a research group through the website of RDNL - Research Data Netherlands. Deadline for nominations is July 1st. The winners will receive a sculpture and €5,000 to make their data set (more) accessible, for instance by organising a symposium or disclosing the data online.

Reward ceremony & jury

The award ceremony will be held on 28 November 2018 at NWO.

Under supervision of Stan Gielen (voorzitter NWO), the members of the jury are:

• In the category 'Humanities and Social Sciences': Jos Bazelmans (hoofd Archeologie Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, bijzonder hoogleraar Monumentenzorg Vrije Universiteit) and Hans de Jonge (adviseur Open Science & Kwaliteit NWO)
• In the category 'Exact and Technical Sciences': Frank van Harmelen (hoogleraar Knowledge Representation & Reasoning Vrije Universiteit) and Geert-Jan Houben (hoogleraar Web Information Systems TU Delft, directeur Delft Data Science)
• In the category 'Medical and Life Sciences': Inez Joung (Chief Data Officer Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu) en Nanda Piersma (bijzonder lector Big Data in de Stad Hogeschool van Amsterdam)