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Ti stai per laureare o sei prossimo al tirocinio e ti piacerebbe fare un’esperienza in un contesto dinamico e internazionale? Dai uno sguardo alla proposta di Tirocinio e Tesi dello European Plate Observing System (EPOS). EPOS - European Plate Observing system Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia EPOS (www.epos-eu.org) è una infrastruttura di ricerca europea innovativa che ha lo scopo di integrare dati e servizi nel dominio delle scienze della Terra solida. Si tratta di dati e servizi relativi a terremoti, eruzioni vulcaniche, deformazioni geodetiche, osservazioni satellitari e altro, che presentano un alto grado di eterogeneità in termini di tecnologie di data provision, formati e modalità di presentazione delle risorse. L’integrazione avviene tramite un sistema avanzato, gli Integrated Core Services (ICS), che permette di ricercare, scaricare e analizzare dati delle comunità specifiche da un’unica piattaforma e interfaccia web. La proposta di collaborazione rivolta a tirocinanti e tesisti interessati all’utilizzo di tecnologie innovative, mira a contribuire all’ulteriore sviluppo e ottimizzazione del sistema Integrated Core Services, e si sviluppa nei seguenti temi: database relazionali (PostgreSQL) e non relazionali (e.g. MongoDB); sistemi basati sul paradigma dei Microservizi; ottimizzazione e tuning del sistema e dei servizi; creazione di moduli Java e Python per mapping e conversione di dati e metadati; creazione e ottimizzazione interfacce grafiche con AngularJS; integrazione semantica, sviluppo e ottimizzazione di estensioni di DCAT-AP. Le attività da svolgere saranno concordate con lo studente sulla base degli argomenti di interesse. ...

Are you about to graduate, or close to starting an internship, and would you like to gain experience in a dynamic international environment? Take a look at the internship and thesis proposal from the European Plate Observing System (EPOS). EPOS - European Plate Observing system Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia EPOS (www.epos-eu.org) is an innovative European research infrastructure whose purpose is to integrate data and services in the domain of solid Earth sciences. These include data and services related to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, geodetic deformation, satellite observations, and more. They are highly heterogeneous in terms of data-provision technologies, formats, and ways of presenting resources. Integration is performed through an advanced system, the Integrated Core Services (ICS), which allows users to search, download, and analyze data from specific communities through a single web platform and interface. This collaboration proposal is addressed to interns and thesis students interested in using innovative technologies. It aims to contribute to the further development and optimization of the Integrated Core Services system, and covers the following topics: relational databases (PostgreSQL) and non-relational databases, for example MongoDB; systems based on the microservices paradigm; optimization and tuning of the system and services; creation of Java and Python modules for mapping and converting data and metadata; creation and optimization of graphical interfaces with AngularJS; semantic integration, development, and optimization of DCAT-AP extensions. The activities to be carried out will be agreed with the student based on their topics of interest. ...

(This article was originally written for VRE4EIC Newsletter. Follow this link to the original source). The European Plate Observing System (EPOS) highlights how its research infrastructure has become more efficient and user friendly by utilizing technology developed in the frame of the EU H2020 VRE4EIC project. In the last decades quite an amount of tools, technologies and software has been developed to support and improve research throughout the entire data lifecycle[1]. This includes software, modeling tools, and even code that can be used and re-used by researchers around the world. However, more and more emphasis has been given to the structural components that enable a Research Infrastructure[2] to be sustainable, robust and, even most importantly, compliant to the FAIR principles[3]. Such principles prescribe–in order to enable reproducible science–that data need to be findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable. It is usually up to research infrastructure designers, developers and managers to find the best architecture and technologies to enable FAIR to become reality in their scientific domain. However, looking transversally at science domains, it is clear that there is a number of challenges common to several communities, as evidenced by the common requirements elicitation and analysis of existing technical assets carried out both in the VRE4EIC and ENVRIplus project[4]. In this framework, VRE4EIC is promoting the adoption of common, standard technical solutions in order to facilitate Research Infrastructures in facing shared challenges and thus complying with FAIR principles. This is the case of the European Plate Observing System (EPOS), a Distributed Research Infrastructure long-term plan to facilitate integrated use of data, data products, and facilities from distributed research infrastructures for solid Earth science in Europe. ...

(This article was originally written for VRE4EIC Newsletter. Follow this link to the original source). The European Plate Observing System (EPOS) highlights how its research infrastructure has become more efficient and user friendly by utilizing technology developed in the frame of the EU H2020 VRE4EIC project. In the last decades quite an amount of tools, technologies and software has been developed to support and improve research throughout the entire data lifecycle[1]. This includes software, modeling tools, and even code that can be used and re-used by researchers around the world. However, more and more emphasis has been given to the structural components that enable a Research Infrastructure[2] to be sustainable, robust and, even most importantly, compliant to the FAIR principles[3]. Such principles prescribe–in order to enable reproducible science–that data need to be findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable. It is usually up to research infrastructure designers, developers and managers to find the best architecture and technologies to enable FAIR to become reality in their scientific domain. However, looking transversally at science domains, it is clear that there is a number of challenges common to several communities, as evidenced by the common requirements elicitation and analysis of existing technical assets carried out both in the VRE4EIC and ENVRIplus project[4]. In this framework, VRE4EIC is promoting the adoption of common, standard technical solutions in order to facilitate Research Infrastructures in facing shared challenges and thus complying with FAIR principles. This is the case of the European Plate Observing System (EPOS), a Distributed Research Infrastructure long-term plan to facilitate integrated use of data, data products, and facilities from distributed research infrastructures for solid Earth science in Europe. ...

It feels a little strange: I am both proud of and slightly shy about the video we released in the framework of the VRE4EIC project. It was funny: I had just landed at Schiphol airport and rushed to TU Delft University. I suddenly found myself at the New Media Center, in front of a camera, inside a soundproof studio with a bright green background, with a few people watching, or perhaps staring, from behind the soundproof glass. Then I had to start speaking with my southern European English accent. That was the embarrassing part. ...

Well, it’s weird: I’m at the same time proud and shy about the video we released in the framework of VRE4EIC project. It was funny: I had just landed at Schipol airport and then rushed to TUDelft university… and I found myself at the New Media Center in front of a camera, in a soundproof studio with a bright-green background, just a few people watching (or staring at? :)) me behind the soundproof glass and I had to start talking with my south European English accent (that’s the embarrassing part :)) ...

I am particularly proud to share this work, coordinated by Luca Trani. I hope it will pave the way for future developments and formal recognition of the EPOS-DCAT-AP extension. ...

I’m particularly proud to share this nice work we did with the coordination of Luca Trani. I hope this will pave the way for future developments and official “acknowledgement” of the EPOS-DCAT-AP extension. ...