About Us
Taxila
The inception of Taxila emerged from collaborative brainstorming sessions, where a dedicated group of individuals recognized the need for a comprehensive catalogue of training materials and events related to research data and software management. Thanks to Ellen, we named our platform Taxila, after a historic Pakistani mountain range known for its ancient Buddhist study center, a place where scholars once gathered to share and exchange knowledge. Our team outlined the technical and functional requirements, we investigated available solutions and chose Tess as the platform for our foundation. Embracing the spirit of open collaboration, we are proud to share that all of our code is open source, ensuring transparency and continuous improvement through community contributions.The brainstorming group included:
- Carlos Teijeiro Barjas (SURF)
- Eirini Zormpa (TU Delft)
- Ellen Leenarts (RIVM, ex-DANS)
- Margriet Miedema (LCRDM)
- Mijke Jetten (Health-RI)
- Sander Bosch (VU)
Contact
For enquiries, information, or assistance; contact the Taxila support desk at[email protected]
The Team
Project Management
- Stephanie van de Sandt(VU)
- Meron Vermaas (VU)
- Lieke de Boer (RSE NL)
- Margriet Miedema (LCRDM)
- Tanya van Goch (SURF)
Software Engineering
- Mike Sanders (Ignition Computing)
- Daan van Vugt(Ignition Computing)
Hosting
- SURF Research Cloud
- Eddy Timmer (SURF)
Sounding Board
- Surf
- eScience Center
- RDNL
- OSC
- Representatives of users
Funding
Taxila is being funded by Euro CC and SURF
Acknowledgments
The Taxila team would like to acknowledge the help of a number of groups and individuals, and thank them for useful discussions, feedback and assistance in developing Taxila - to name but a few:
- ELIXIR technical staff and coordinators from the Hub, in particular Rafael Jimenez, Martin Cook and Premysl Velek
- The ELIXIR Training Coordinators group, particularly Celia van Gelder, Patricia Palagi and Gabriella Rustici
- The UK structural bioinformatics group, particularly Christine Orengo
Cite us
Niall Beard, Finn Bacall, Aleksandra Nenadic, Milo Thurston, Carole A Goble, Susanna-Assunta Sansone, Teresa K Attwood, TeSS: a platform for discovering life-science training opportunities, Bioinformatics, Volume 36, Issue 10, 15 May 2020, Pages 3290-3291, https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btaa047
Taxila Club
Fortnightly meetings, hackathons, shared activities, open priority setting, open contribution to unite the community.
For all the details please visit the TeSS Club Website
The source code for Taxila is based on TeSS