CERN software to become central hub for EU research
Summary
Today, a new project is set to ensure Zenodo’s position as a prime repository for EU research data What is the link between particle physics, the study of biodiversity and historical linguistics? Notably, it was a key player in the COVID-19 response, providing a platform for researchers to efficiently share results, data sets and software to help the international scientific community respond to the pandemic. “With HORIZON-ZEN, we are striving to make being FAIR simpler and more streamlined for researchers, and we are working with scientific communities to tailor Zenodo for their specific domain,” explains Lars Holm Nielsen, Section Leader in Open Science Repositories in CERN’s IT department. Zenodo was born out of the need for a simple, easy-to-use storage solution for all types of research output: papers, theses, presentations, protocols, images, videos, data sets, software, etc. The European Commission has high hopes for this service, which could eventually become one of the EUs main repositories for research data,” Nielsen continues.