TransNational access

Transnational access (TNA) is an opportunity for researchers and professionals to carry forward their big data projects as visitors of the SoBigData Research Infrastructure nodes. 

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Call 2023

 

WHY APPLY

SoBigData RI manages vertical, thematic environments, called Exploratories, on the top of the SoBigData infrastructures for cross-disciplinary social mining research.

 

TNA provides researchers and professionals access to big data computing platforms, big social data resources, and cutting-edge computational methods of the selected Exploratory and enables multi-disciplinary social mining experiments with the SoBigData Research Infrastructure assets: big data sets, analytical tools, services, and skills.

 

The TNA visitors will be able to:

  1. Interact with the local experts
  2. Discuss research questions
  3. Run experiments on non-public big social datasets and algorithms
  4. Present results at workshops/seminars
 

WHO CAN APPLY

We welcome applications from individuals with a scientific interest, professionals, startups, and innovators who may benefit from data science and social media analytics training. 

 

WHAT WE OFFER

Funding for a TNA participant is up to 5000 euros available to cover the cost of daily subsistence, accommodation, and economy flights/train.

 

WHEN APPLY

Transnational Access (TNA) activities and applications can be submitted anytime. Please note all applications received between July 15 and August 31 will not be processed until after September 1st.

TNA applicants may visit one of the SoBigData nodes listed here.

WHERE APPLY

uk.SoBigData.eu
USFD, United Kingdom

Thematic Cluster: Text and Social Media Mining (TSMM), Web Analytics (WA)

Contact: Kalina Bontcheva k.bontcheva@sheffield.ac.uk

Location: Sheffield, United Kingdom.

 
it.SoBigData.eu
CNR, UNIPI, IMT, SNS, UNIROMA, Italy

Thematic Cluster: Text and Social Media Mining (TSMM), Social Network Analysis (SNA), Human Mobility Analytics (HMA), Web Analytics (WA), Privacy Enhancing Technology (PET)

Contact CNR: Roberto Trasarti roberto.trasarti@isti.cnr.it Contact SNS: Fabrizio Lillo fabrizio.lillo@sns.it Contact UNIPI: Roberto Pellungrini roberto.pellungrini@di.unipi.it Contact IMT: Angelo Facchini angelo.facchini@imtlucca.it Contact UNIROMA: Aris Anagnostopoulos aris@diag.uniroma1.it

Location: Pisa, Lucca, Rome, Italy.

 
ee.SoBigData.eu, UT
UT, Estonia

Thematic Cluster: TText and Social Media Mining (TSMM), Social Network Analysis (SNA), Web Analytics (WA)

Contact: Rajesh Sharma rajesh.sharma@ut.ee 

Location: Tartu, Estonia.

 
de.SoBigData.eu
LUH, Germany

Thematic Cluster: Text and Social Media Mining (TSMM)

Contact: Avishek Anand anand@l3s.de

Location: Hannover, Germany.

 
fi.SoBigData.eu
AALTO, Finland

Thematic Cluster: Social Network Analysis (SNA), Human Mobility Analytics (HMA)

Contact: Kimmo Kasky kimmo.kaski@aalto.fi

Location: Aalto, FInland.

 
ch.SoBigData.eu
ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Thematic Cluster: Text and Social Media Mining (TSMM), Social Network Analysis (SNA), Web Analytics (WA)

Contact: Nino Antulov-Fantulin nino.antulov@gess.ethz.ch

Location: Zurich, Switzerland.

 
fr.sobigdata.eu
PSE Paris, France

Thematic Cluster: Social Network Analysis (SNA), Human Mobility Analytics (HMA)

Contact: Hillel Rapoport hillel.rapoport@univ-paris1.fr

Location: Paris, France.

 
sp.SoBigData.eu
URV, BSC, UPF, Spain

Thematic Cluster: Text and Social Media Mining (TSMM), Social Network Analysis (SNA), Human Mobility Analytics (HMA), Privacy Enhancing Technology (PET)

Contact URV: Jesus Manjon jesus.manjon@urv.cat

Contact BSC: Dario Garcia dario.garcia@bsc.es

Contact UPF: Carlos Castillo carlos.castillo@upf.edu

Location: Barcelona, Tarragona, Spain.

 
se.SobigData.eu
KTH, Sweden

Thematic Cluster: Social Network Analysis (SNA), Human Mobility Analytics (HMA)

Contact: Aristides Gionis argioni@kth.se

Location: Stockholm, Sweden.

 
nl.SoBigData.eu
UvA, Amsterdam

Thematic Cluster: Visual Analytics (VA)

Contact: Richard Rogers r.a.rogers@uva.nl

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands.

 
at.SoBigData.eu
CEU, Austria

Thematic Cluster:Text and Social Media Mining (TSMM), Social Network Analysis (SNA), Human Mobility Analytics (HMA)

Contact: Janos Kertesz kerteszj@ceu.edu

Location: Vienna, Austria.

HOW TO APPLY

This call is closed.

You can find the new call here.

ACCEPTED PROPOSAL

Proposals must be aligned with one of the following SoBigData Exploratories (visit this page for more details) and also specify the centre, of that listed above, the applicant wishes to access:

DEMOGRAPHY, ECONOMY AND FINANCE 2.0

Infrastructures involved: 

  • ETH Zürich - ch.SoBigData.eu
  • SNS, CNR, or UNIPI in it.SoBigData.eu
  • UT - ee.SoBigData.eu
 
SUSTAINABLE CITIES FOR CITIZENS

Infrastructures involved:

  • CNR, IMT, or UNIPI in it.SoBigData.eu
 
SOCIETAL DEBATES AND MISINFORMATION

​Infrastructures involved:

  • USFD - uk.SoBigData.eu
  • ETH Zürich - ch.SoBigData.eu
  • IMT - it.SoBigData.eu
  • CEU - at.SoBigData.eu
  • UT  - ee.SoBigData.eu
 
MIGRATION STUDIES

Infrastructures involved: 

  • PSE - fr.SoBigData.eu
  • CNR or UNIPI in it.SoBigData.eu
 
SPORTS DATA SCIENCE

Infrastructures involved:

  • ​UNIPI, or CNR in it.SoBigData.eu
 
SOCIAL IMPACT OF AI AND EXPLAINABLE ML

Infrastructures involved:

  • UNIPI - it.SoBigData.eu
  • BSC - sp.SoBigData.eu
  •  
NETWORK MEDICINE

​​​Infrastructures involved:

  • UNIROMA - it.SoBigData.eu
 
OTHER INFRASTRUCTURES AVAILABLE
  • ​LUH - de.SoBigData.eu
  • AALTO - fi.SoBigData.eu
  • URV or UPF in sp.SoBigData.eu
  • KTH - se.SobigData.eu
  • UvA - nl.SoBigData.eu

 

The results of each TNA visit will be applied to integrate existing open-source tools for social media mining or social datasets within the SoBigData infrastructure, both at the local and European levels. Applications focused on interoperability and integration with other European Research Infrastructures are strongly encouraged.