Module 39-M-Inf-RDM Research Data Management

Faculty

Person responsible for module

Regular cycle (beginning)

Every winter semester

Credit points and duration

5 Credit points

For information on the duration of the modul, refer to the courses of study in which the module is used.

Competencies

Non-official translation of the module descriptions. Only the German version is legally binding.

The module presents an introduction into the motivation, challenges and solutions of managing research data. Students will learn the principles of research data management and its importance for good scientific practice. Students will acquire an overview of the organizational, technical and legal aspects of managing research data. Students will learn to create a data management plan to organize and structure their own data management activities.

Content of teaching

The module teaches strategies and tools for efficient documentation, back-up, long-term archiving, publication, retrieval and re-use of research data. Based on real-life case studies from the participants' disciplines, these will be applied and tested.
The foundations of good scientific practice and the ideas of Open Science will be discussed. In addition, legal aspects of privacy protection and intellectual property issues will be presented.
Hands-on demonstrations, group discussions and individual presentations by the participants will root the acquired knowledge in the participants? own research work to ensure it?s the practical applicability of the acquired competences of research data management. As part of the course, students will create their own data management plan to organize one of their own research projects.

Recommended previous knowledge

Necessary requirements

Explanation regarding the elements of the module

In some degree programmes, the module (partial) examination can also be "ungraded" at the student's discretion. A corresponding specification must be made before the module is taken; a subsequent change (graded - ungraded) is not possible. If the ungraded option is selected, it is not possible to use this module for a degree programme in which this module is taken into account in the overall grade calculation.

Module structure: 0-1 bPr, 0-1 uPr 1

Courses

Research Data Management
Type seminar
Regular cycle WiSe
Workload5 90 h (30 + 60)
LP 3

Examinations

term paper
Allocated examiner Person responsible for module examines or determines examiner
Weighting without grades
Workload 60h
LP2 2

In some degree programmes of the Faculty of Technology, the module examination can also be "ungraded" at the student's discretion (see explanations of the module elements and the respective subject-specific regulations). If the ungraded option is selected, it is not possible to use this module for a degree programme in which this module is taken into account in the overall grade calculation.
See below for explanations of this examination (graded examination option).

term paper
Allocated examiner Person responsible for module examines or determines examiner
Weighting 1
Workload 60h
LP2 2

Participants will create a written research data management plan (5-10 pages) that describes the data management aspects of one of their own research projects.
(The research data management plan may be graded upon request.)

The module is used in these degree programmes:

Degree programme Profile Recom­mended start 3 Duration Manda­tory option 4
Data Science / Master of Science [FsB vom 06.04.2018 mit Änderungen vom 01.07.2019, 02.03.2020, 21.03.2023 und 10.12.2024] Variante 1 3. one semester Compul­sory optional subject
Data Science / Master of Science [FsB vom 06.04.2018 mit Änderungen vom 01.07.2019, 02.03.2020, 21.03.2023 und 10.12.2024] Variante 2 3. one semester Compul­sory optional subject
Intelligent Systems / Master of Science [FsB vom 27.07.2018 mit Änderung vom 04.06.2020] 1. one semester Compul­sory optional subject
Informatics for the Natural Sciences / Master of Science [FsB vom 30.09.2016 mit Berichtigung vom 10.01.2017 und Änderungen vom 15.09.2017, 02.05.2018, 04.06.2020 und 31.03.2023] 1. one semester Compul­sory optional subject

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LP is the short form for credit points.
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The figures in this column are the specialist semesters in which it is recommended to start the module. Depending on the individual study schedule, entirely different courses of study are possible and advisable.
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Workload (contact time + self-study)
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Summer semester
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Winter semester
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