
Daniella Lowenberg
@danilowenberg
Data governance & all things open data, IPA on assignment to ACF/HHS from @UofCalifornia / @caldiglib. All opinions my own
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20-02-2010 03:33:15
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The Biden-ā Harris Administration is committed to advancing open, equitableĀ research. Announcing the YEAR OF OPEN SCIENCE, actions to provide access to taxpayer-supported research and data, accelerate innovation, and promote public participation and trust.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updaā¦

š”Another awesome grant from Wellcome (led by Hannah Hope & our research environment team)! Supporting DataCite (inactive Mar 2025) & Make Data Count to build a global (OPEN!) data citation corpus, with backup from our brilliant colleagues CZI Science!

In prep for my IPA departure I had the pleasure of dreaming up this work & I couldnāt be more excited for Make Data Count + DataCite (inactive Mar 2025) to take massive steps towards understanding data reuse & āmaking data countāā thank you Wellcome Hannah Hope Bilal A. Mateen! š«” Matthew Buys & team!


Through my home institution University of California Iāve stayed on as an Advisor to Make Data Count and I couldnāt be more excited about our event ā two days dedicated to the topic of evidence-based data metrics for open data summit.makedatacount.org

In 2013, a hunter set a campfire that escaped into a wildfire. Iāve spoken w/prosecutors, rangers, ranchers, and ā after years of searching ā the hunter himself. For Rolling Stone, this is a story about fire & what fills the vacuum in a devastated county: rollingstone.com/culture/culturā¦




First talk from Daniella Lowenberg (wearing her CDL hat) setting the scene on defining the need for #opendata metrics #mdcsummit


Great to be at the #MDCsummit in DC, Daniella Lowenberg giving the origin story of Make Data Count: includes a 2015 Carly Strasser "Making Data Count" Comment article, and the fact that they couldn't get that exact twitter handle nature.com/articles/sdataā¦


I feel the first light bulb in my soul. I could listen to Daniella Lowenberg all day #mdcsummit


GigaScience Daniella Lowenberg Carly Strasser Very true, we need EVIDENCE of the benefits #datasharing to build trust. Trust needs to be the driving force here. #mdcsummit


GigaScience Daniella Lowenberg Carly Strasser Prioritising #opendata metrics. We need evidence based ways to evaluate how effective our investments in open data have been. Great closing summary of why the aims of MDC are so important. #mdcsummit


Data metrics must be prioritized for responsible stewardship of data as a public asset. Just out in Harvard Data Science Review, Iratxe Puebla & Daniella Lowenberg discuss the need for evidence on data usage & steps to enable the development and adoption of #datametrics. doi.org/10.1162/99608fā¦


š£ Competition Launch Alert! Make Data Count - Finding Data References hosted by Make Data Count šÆ Identify and tag data citations from scientific literature š° $100,000 Prize Pool ā° Entry Deadline: September 2, 2025 kaggle.com/competitions/mā¦