About
MatOSC: shaping together a future EOSC node for Materials - 2nd event
Location: CECAM-FR-MOSER
Organisers
MatOSC is a project to prepare a future thematic node for Materials in the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). This invitation-only event follows a previous open one that took place in Lausanne on July 2026 (https://www.cecam.org/workshop-details/matosc-shaping-together-a-future-eosc-node-for-materials-1565) and aims to be a discussion forum to agree on activities for the next year and identify weaknesses in the draft Node charter, all in preparation for the third wave of EOSC nodes.
MatOSC (https://eosc.eu/horizon-europe-projects/matosc) is one of the running (May-October 2026) cascading projects selected by EOSC-Gravity to create national and thematic nodes for the EOSC Federation. It is coordinated by UKRI, its board includes representatives from key initiatives and data infrastructures across Europe, namely MaterialsCloud (https://www.materialscloud.org/), FAIRmat (http://www.fairmat-nfdi.eu/), DIADEM (https://www.pepr-diadem.fr/), PSDI (https://www.psdi.ac.uk/), and it leverages the community engagement of CECAM.
MatOSC aims to act as the EOSC thematic entry point for materials science, turning today’s fragmented landscape of discipline-, technique-, and country-specific materials data initiatives into a coherent, discoverable, and reusable European system of systems. Building on the fact that data reuse is now central to materials research, MatOSC will enable researchers to find, access, and combine heterogeneous experimental and computational assets (datasets, workflows, analysis tools, and reference information) across subdomains, and to assemble them into reusable, citable collections aligned with FAIR practices.
Who should participate and why:
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Potential MatOSC providers (of data, software and other resources or use-cases), to bring own commitment and discuss next concrete steps for the coming year
Event goals include:
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Agree on activities for the next 12 months
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Identify weaknesses of the draft MatOSC charter for improvement
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All the above in preparation for a full proposal submission in the EOSC third wave
References
Jean-Bernard Maillet (CEA-DAM) - Organiser
Switzerland
Sara Bonella (CECAM HQ) - Organiser
United Kingdom
Juan Bicarregui (UKRI) - Organiser
Silvia Chiacchiera (Science and Technology Facilities Council - UK Research and Innovation (STFC/UKRI)) - Organiser
Barbara Montanari (Science and Technology Facilities Council) - Organiser
Event dinner