4th NFDIxCS Symposium: RDM From Research to Sustainable Services

Description

NFDIxCS is one of the consortia within National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) and is dedicated to advancing sustainable, FAIR-compliant (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) infrastructures for managing research data and research software in computer science.

A central innovation within NFDIxCS is the Research Data Management Container (RDMC). The RDMC encapsulates research outputs, supports reproducibility and enables the long-term preservation of research artifacts in accordance with good scientific practice.

In its fourth edition, the symposium aims to foster collaboration and integration of existing approaches within the NFDIxCS context. We aim to bring together researchers, infrastructure providers and practitioners to consolidate existing approaches and move toward operational services for RDM across computer science disciplines.

Topics of Interest

We welcome contributions addressing, but not limited to:

• Research data and software management infrastructures (platforms, architectures and archiving systems)
• Metadata standards, registries and persistent identifiers (PIDs)
• Semantic annotations, ontologies and machine-actionability of research artifact
• Middleware and services enabling integration of artifact workflows into research infrastructures
• Containerization approaches and workflows for reproducible research and execution environments
• Evaluation process, standards, and best practices of research artefact (e.g. ACM artifact review and badging)
• Cross-disciplinary approaches, challenges and cultural barriers in adopting RDM practices
• International collaboration for global RDM services (e.g., EOSC, ESFRI, RDA, international stakeholders)
• Quality assurance of sustainable services for research data and research software management

Submission guidelines 

Authors are invited to submit original contributions using the LaTeX template:

CTAN Link : https://www.ctan.org/pkg/lni
Overleaf Link: https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/template-for-lecture-notes-in-informatics-lni-manuscripts/hydnrjckjwrp

Submissions may be in German or English and can be made in one of the following formats: 

• Full papers (maximum 10 pages plus references - will be published in proceedings)
• Short papers/ work-in-progress abstracts (maximum 4 pages plus references - will not be published)

All submissions will be peer-reviewed by the symposium committee and will be evaluated based on their relevance and alignment with the symposium themes. 

Each accepted contribution will be allocated 30 minutes (20-min presentation + 10-min interactive discussion) in the symposium program. All presentations are expected to be delivered in English.

Submission: Please submit your contributions through the ConfTool.

Important Dates

• Submission Deadline: 21.05.2026  
• Acceptance Notification: 01.07.2026
• Camera-ready Submission (Proceedings): 26.07.2026
• Symposium: 22.09.2026

Contact / Symposium Committee

For questions regarding the symposium or submission process, please contact one of the organizing committee members:

Firas Al Laban
Jan Bernoth
Ulrike Lucke
Michael Goedicke

Learn more about previous editions of NFDIxCS symposium: 3rd NFDIxCS Symposium