After a great start of our colloquium series (watch the talk by Barend Mons here: https://youtu.be/N4CBAqKQmQs), our next colloquium will take place on December 2 at 10:15 CET. 

Christoph T. Koch will talk about Ingredients for Effective Computer-augmented Experimental Materials Science.

We are very much looking forward to her talk since it will set the stage for fruitful discussions in many sessions. So come ready to ask questions!

https://www.fair-di.eu/fairdi-colloqium-home

Toward Sustainable Development

Matthias Scheffler (NOMAD CoE coordinator) gave a plenary talk titled "Artificial Intelligence for Surface Science and Heterogeneous Catalysis: Learning Rules and Creating Maps of Materials Properties" at the ISSS9 virtual conference (Nov. 28 - Dec. 01, 2021). The meeting was organized by the Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science (JVSS) and highlights recent achievements in surface science and its related fields. ISSS9 was originally planned as a face-to-face conference but had to be changed to an online format due to the pandemic.

Elsa Olivetti's talk about Text and Data Mining for Materials Development will be postponed to spring 2022. Originally, the talk was to take place on November 4, 2021, as part of the second FAIR-DI - FAIRmat colloquium. 

The next colloquium with Christoph Koch from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin will be held as a hybrid event on December 02 at 10:15 CET.

We are very much looking forward to his talk since it will set the stage for fruitful discussions in many sessions. So come ready to ask questions! In case you missed it, you can watch the talk by Barend Mons on How to materialise FAIR here: https://www.fair-di.eu/fairdi-colloqium-videos

After a great start of our colloquium series (watch the talk by Barend Mons here: https://youtu.be/N4CBAqKQmQs), our next colloquium will take place on November 4 at 10:15 CET. 

Elsa Olivetti from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will talk about Text and Data Mining for Materials Development.

We are very much looking forward to her talk since it will set the stage for fruitful discussions in many sessions. So come ready to ask questions!

https://www.fair-di.eu/fairdi-colloqium-home

We are excited to have leading FAIR data specialist Barend Mons as our first speaker at the FAIR-DI - FAIRmat Colloquium on October 7!

Barend Mons is the Scientific Director of the GO FAIR Foundation, President of CODATA, and key person behind the renowned paper The FAIR Guiding Principles for Scientific Data Management and Stewardship. He will talk about "How to materialise FAIR". 

Registration required: https://www.fair-di.eu/fairdi-colloqium-home

FAIRmat is seeking several highly qualified and motivated colleagues to join the consortium and the dynamic NOMAD team towards shaping the future of materials science! We are looking for

Scientific Software Developers, 
IT-affine Materials Scientists, 
Administrative and Scientific Team Leaders,
a Scientific Project Manager, 
and a Project Assistant
Apply here: https://nomad-lab.eu/career/nomad-hub

Let's build a FAIR infrastructure together!

We made it! Today, the Joint Science Conference (GWK) announced its final funding decision about the National Research Data Infrastructure Program: FAIRmat is being funded as an NFDI consortium! A total of 10 consortia were chosen this year. You can read the official press release here: https://www.gwk-bonn.de/presseaktuelles/pressemitteilungen.

This success would not have been possible without your motivation and commitment, and we would like to thank all of you very much for that! It is great to know that a large community is behind the FAIRmat idea.

We are now looking forward to getting down to work with full vigour. As a first important step, we are now in the process of expanding the FAIRmat team with experts from different fields. Please, forward these job advertisements to potential candidates and colleagues: https://nomad-lab.eu/career/nomad-hub.

Let's build up a FAIR data infrastructure together!

NOMAD PI Kristian Sommer Thygesen appointed as Villum Investigator

The Danish VILLUM Foundation has appointed NOMAD PI Kristian Sommer Thygesen as Villum Investigator with a grant of 30 Mio DDK (4 Mio Euro) for the project “Data-Driven Discovery of Functionalized 2D Materials”.

A tailored AI Approach for Heterogeneous Catalysis

NOMAD CoE researchers Lucas Foppa, Luca M. Ghiringhelli, Matthias Scheffler and other colleagues have developed a customized artificial intelligence approach for modeling of heterogeneous catalysis. This method takes into account the key physicochemical parameters that are correlated with catalytic performance to accelerate the discovery of improved or novel materials. The study was published in the prestigious high-ranking journal MRS Bulletin in November 2021.