DDSA Mission and Key Objectives

Scientific Excellence Partnerships & Synergy

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Build national research capacity and enable scientific excellence by awarding PhD and PostDoc fellowships.

Community Building

Create a collaborative data science community in Denmark that connects data scientists across institutions and sub-disciplines through activities and events.

Mission

To create a collaborative national network that elevates and supports data science, and enables excellent data science-driven research, teaching, networking, and knowledge sharing.

 Train more skilled data scientists that will benefit both the public and private sectors in Denmark and long term.

Act as a national network that is complementary to, and synergetic with, other initiatives. Be open towards other foundations.

Visibility & Branding

Improve visibility of data science as a scientific discipline by acting as a platform for communication and outreach about data science research, education, and societal impact

Training & Education

Support training of the next generation of researchers by supporting development of new courses to supplement, strengthen, and broaden the portfolio at Danish universities.

Community Resources

Enhance knowledge sharing by acting as aggregator of national overviews of courses, events, shared resources, methods, etc.