National Committee for Data in Science

The committee addresses national data policy, data infrastructure, and data access across the science and research system, promoting data interoperability and usability informed by and informing international data standards and principles. 

The National Committee for Data in Science aims to:

• provide strategic evidence-based advice on the use of data in science to the Academy and other bodies as required
• support best practice regarding data use in science by engaging with researchers, professionals and relevant national organisations
• liaise with relevant international bodies, ensuring Australian involvement in international activities
• promote interdisciplinary collaboration and take a multi-disciplinary approach in providing advice to the Academy
• advance the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) and CARE (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, Ethics) data principles 

Reports and activities

• Submission - 2021 National Research Infrastructure Roadmap Exposure Draft, December 2021
• Submission—University Research Commercialisation Scheme, April 2021
• Submission - State of the Social Sciences 2021, April 2021
• Submission - State of the Social Sciences 2021, April 2021
• Submission – Australian Human Rights Commission, Human Rights and Technology Discussion Paper, March 2020
• Submission—National Archive of Australia Consultation, August 2020
• Submission–2030 Strategic Plan for Science , June 2017
• Submission—Data use, December 2016
• Submission—Targeted consultation on the draft principles for accessing and using publicly funded data for health research, February 2016

Related groups and organisations

• ISC Committee on Data (CODATA)
• Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC)

Members

• Chair: Dr Adrian Burton
  • Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC), Director, Data Policy, and Services
  • Research expertise: Computer science
• Committee member: Associate Professor Jessica Kasza
  • Monash University, School of Public Health, and Preventive Medicine
  • Research expertise: Computer science, statistical methods, analysis and communication of data and results
• Committee member: Dr Andrew Young
  • CSIRO Plant Industry
  • Research expertise: Forest conservation genetics
• Committee member: Anusuriya Devaraju
  • CSIRO Mineral Resources
  • Research expertise: Intersection of computer science with earth and environmental science
• Committee member: Professor Louisa Jorm
  • The University of New South Wales, Foundation Director of the Centre for Big Data Research in Health
  • Research expertise: Health services and systems, data engineering and data science, epidemiological methods
• Observer: Professor Lesley Wyborn
  • Australian National University, National Computational Infrastructure Facility and Research School of Earth Sciences
  • Research expertise: Inorganic geochemistry, global information systems, ore deposit petrology