eScience at NWZ

eScience@NWZ covers NWZ-relevant aspects of Research Software Engineering (RSE), Research Data Management (RDM), Research Data Infrastructure (RDI), High Performance Computing (HPC) and Data Science/Machine learning (DS/ML) at WWU.

 

Upcoming events:

• 9.-13. February 2026 -- the international Love Data Week ...
• 3.-05 March 2026 -- 6th conference for Research Software Engineering in Germany: https://events.hifis.net/event/2945/page/962-registration
• AI month mAI 2026: https://www.ki.nrw/ki-monat-mai/
• 22.-24. June 2026 -- the University:Futures Festival 2026 (free and online), see https://festival.hfd.digital/en/
• The 4. Open Science Festival will be at University of Bamberg in 2027. For the 2025 event see https://osfestival2025.univie.ac.at/en/)
• 10. November 2026 -- 'Tag der Forschungsdaten' -- https://www.uni-due.de/rds/tag_forschungsdaten.php
• Our IVV Kolloquim features eScience talks on a regular basis: https://www.uni-muenster.de/NWZ/en/Angebot/Lehre/kolloquium/index.html

• previous events: https://www.uni-muenster.de/NWZ/en/eScience-at-NWZ/previous-events.html

 

General information:

• eScience@WWU, see https://www.uni-muenster.de/EScience/en/index.html
• High-performance computing (HPC) @WWU, see  https://www.uni-muenster.de/NWZ/en/Angebot/ScientificComputing/index.html and https://www.uni-muenster.de/IT/services/unterstuetzungsleistung/hpc/
• Research Data Management (RDM) @WWU, see https://www.uni-muenster.de/Forschungsdaten/ (German only)
• InterKIWWU, the artificial intelligence teaching initiative at WWU: https://www.uni-muenster.de/CeNoS/InterKIWWU/ with a complete listing of available AI lectures and courses: https://www.uni-muenster.de/CeNoS/InterKIWWU/Lehre/index.html
• Large language model chat bot der GWDG: https://chat-ai.academiccloud.de/

 

Lectures and courses

• Introduction to e-Science at NWZ -- Lecture (DE or EN) via Zoom, see course
• Data Science/Machine learning -- monthly KI workshop days, see course
• Software for Science (RSEng)
• Research Data Management (RDM)
• Linux Administration

Links to the latest version of the courses can be found here: https://www.uni-muenster.de/NWZ/en/Angebot/Lehre/index.html

Additional lectures and courses can be found at WWU-IT: https://www.uni-muenster.de/IT/en/services/lehre/index.html

 

Infrastructure and online resources:

• UniGPT, see https://gpt.uni-muenster.de/
• Learnweb, see https://www.uni-muenster.de/LearnWeb/learnweb2/
• Sciebo cloud storage service, see https://uni-muenster.sciebo.de/login
• elab electronic laboratory notebook (ELN), see https://elab.uni-muenster.de/dashboard.php and  https://www.uni-muenster.de/Forschungsdaten/angebote/elabftw.html as well as https://mattermost.uni-muenster.de/wwu/channels/fdm-elab
• Jupyterhub, see https://jupyterhub.wwu.de/hub/login
• Datastore, see https://www.uni-muenster.de/Forschungsdaten/angebote/datastore/index.html
• Datasafe, see https://www.uni-muenster.de/Forschungsdaten/angebote/datasafe/
• Microscopy data management  with OMERO, see https://www.uni-muenster.de/Cells-in-Motion/de/research/infrastructure/microscopy/omero.html
• Gitlab, see https://www.uni-muenster.de/IT/en/services/unterstuetzungsleistung/zivgitlab/index.html
• Confluence wiki, see https://www.uni-muenster.de/IT/en/services/kommunikation/wiki/index.html
• Mattermost chat services, see https://www.uni-muenster.de/IT/en/services/kommunikation/chat/index.html
• storage on WWUcloud, see https://confluence.uni-muenster.de/display/osc/WWU+Cloud
• WWUkube, see https://confluence.uni-muenster.de/display/osc/WWU+Kube
• NOMAD, see https://www.uni-muenster.de/NWZ/en/Hilfe/Nutzer/Anleitungen/Allgemein/NOMAD/index.html

Additional information on IT infrastrucuture can be found at WWU-IT (https://www.uni-muenster.de/IT/en/services/index.html) and IVV NWZ (https://www.uni-muenster.de/NWZ/en/Angebot/index.html).

To get an overview on how to use these resources, join our Introduction to eScience at NWZ lecture (see above).

 

External resources:

NFDI consortia & services: Stay tuned about what's going on in RDM in your field!

Chemistry: https://www.nfdi4chem.de/

• newsletter: https://www.nfdi4chem.de/index.php/newsletter/
• online RDM workshops: https://www.nfdi4chem.de/index.php/event/workshop-fair-research-data-management-basics-for-chemists/
• Chemotion: https://www.chemotion.net/chemotionsaurus/index.html

Catalysis: https://nfdi4cat.org/

• newsletter: https://nfdi4cat.org/kontakt/#newslettersec

Materials sciences: https://www.fairdi.eu/fairmat2/consortium

• NOMAD: https://nomad-lab.eu/about/scope

Particle & astro physics: https://www.punch4nfdi.de/ (mailing list available) -- with contributions from Uni Münster

Photon/neutron experiments: https://www.daphne4nfdi.de/

Life sciences: https://www.nfdi4life.de/

Plant research: https://nfdi4plants.de/

Biodiversity: https://www.nfdi4biodiversity.org/de/ (mailing list available)

Microbiology: https://nfdi4microbiota.de/

Bioimaging: https://nfdi4bioimage.de/en/start/ (mailing list available) -- at Uni Münster:  https://www.uni-muenster.de/Cells-in-Motion/de/research/infrastructure/microscopy/omero.html

NFDI consortia with contributions from University of Münster outside of NWZ: MaRDi/mathematics (https://www.mardi4nfdi.de) and NFDI4Earth/earth sciences (https://www.nfdi4earth.de/)

Tool kit for RDM in life sciences: https://rdmkit.elixir-europe.org/

 

The future of computerlabs: https://www.uni-muenster.de/NWZ/eScience-at-NWZ/computerlabs.html

AG Smart labs: https://www.uni-muenster.de/NWZ/eScience-at-NWZ/smartlabs.html