Welcome to the Thuringian Competence Network for Research Data Management
TKFDM ("Thüringer Kompetenznetzwerk Forschungsdatenmanagement") is a contact partner for researchers of all Thuringian universities and colleges as regards research data management. This encompasses all aspects of data handling that emerge during research.
The TKFDM connects the Research Data Management Helpdesks of the Thuringian universities (University Erfurt, Technical University of Ilmenau, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Bauhaus-University Weimar) and provides its services to all Thuringian colleges. We offer consulting and training regarding all aspects of the topic research data. Please contact us!
The competence network was founded in October 2018 and is funded by the Thuringian Ministry for Economy, Science and Digital Society (TMWWDG) as part of the Thuringian Strategy for the Digitalisation of Colleges for 2 years with a seed funding. Furthermore, the Thuringian universities contribute to the funding of the competence network.
The coordination office of the competence network is located at the Research Data Management Helpdesk at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
Development of the initiative:
- Funding extemded to 2025 through the Thuringian Strategy for Digitization in Higher Education 2021-2025 (in German),
- Monitored by a Stragegic Council
- Evaluation every 3 years
News

Aug 30 2023
Online Coffee Lecture Series for the Winterterm 2023/24
We continue our Online Coffee Lecture series in October 2023!
Read more … Online Coffee Lecture Series for the Winterterm 2023/24

Jul 21 2023
Coffee Lecture video and slides about BEXIS2 are online!
Materials from the new Coffee Lecture are available!
Read more … Coffee Lecture video and slides about BEXIS2 are online!
Events

Oct 18 2023 14:00
Coffee Lecture: Data cleansing and quality improvement with OpenRefine
A Coffee Lecture on the possibilities of data cleansing with OpenRefine.

Oct 26 2023 08:30
Efficient organization and preparation of tabular data
Online workshop to improve the quality of data using OpenRefine.

Nov 29 2023 14:00
Coffee Lecture: Image and video annotation with BIIGLE
A coffee lecture about the possibilities to use BIIGLE for image and video annotation...