Nicola Marzari receives Open Research Data prize recognition
Nicola Marzari © EPFL - Alain Herzog CC BY-SA
Nicola Marzari, head of the Lab of Theory and Simulation of Materials, has been recognized along with his team by the jury of the new National Prize for Open Research Data for innovative practices in the field.
The National Prize for Open Research Data was awarded by the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences for the first time on December 6th. The theme of the prize was “The re-use of research data”. Its goal was to reward research projects that re-use data from previous studies, or that make data available so that others can use it for further research.
In addition to directing the School of Engineering’s THEOS lab, Nicola Marzari leads the National Centre of Competence in Research NCCR MARVEL. He was among four researchers, including EPFL Environmental Sciences postdoc Emmanouil Barmpounakis, who received a special acknowledgement from the prize jury, and was selected for the project “Novel two-dimensional materials from computational exfoliation of all known inorganic compounds”.
The National ORD Prize is part of the National Action Plan for “Open Research Data”, which the Swiss Academies are helping to implement in the scope of the National Strategy for Open Research Data. Open Research Data fosters transparency, reproducibility and collaboration in the scientific and academic community.