Abstract
The EC H2020 cluster project SSHOC aims to provide a full-fledged Social Sciences and Humanities Open Cloud where data, tools, and training are available and accessible for users of SSH data. The focus of the project is determined by the goal to further the innovation of infrastructural support for digital scholarship, to stimulate multidisciplinary collaboration across the various subfields of SSH and beyond, and to increase the potential for societal impact. The intention is to create a European open cloud ecosystem for social sciences and humanities, consisting of an infrastructural and human component. SSHOC will encourage secure environments for sharing and using sensitive and confidential data. It will contribute to the Open Science agenda and realization of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), as well as contribute to innovations stemming from the coupling of heterogeneous data types and work on the Interoperability principle of FAIR.
Highlights
The EC H2020 cluster project Sciences and Humanities Open Cloud (SSHOC) aims to provide a full-fledged Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) Open Cloud where data, tools, and training are available and accessible for users of SSH data
As part of the adoption of the Digital Single Market Strategy, on 6 May 2015 the European Commission announced the launch of one of the most ambitious packages of measures, digital Europe has seen in many years: the European Cloud Initiative (European Commission, 2015)
In order to reach the aim to set up the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), the European Commission will have invested EUR 600 million by the end of 2020 (European Commission, 2018)
Summary
As part of the adoption of the Digital Single Market Strategy, on 6 May 2015 the European Commission announced the launch of one of the most ambitious packages of measures, digital Europe has seen in many years: the European Cloud Initiative (European Commission, 2015). One of the calls is focused on the connection of the major European research infrastructures (ESFRI) through cluster projects (INFRAEOSC 04-2018) Projects funded under this call should work against the fragmentation of the research data landscape and provide support to actions included in the 2016 Communication on the European Cloud Initiative. In detail, they should integrate and consolidate e-infrastructure platforms, connect the ESFRI infrastructures to the EOSC, and develop a European Data Infrastructure (EDI). The project plans to harness the innovation potential of infrastructural support for digital open scholarship, stimulate multidisciplinary collaboration, increase the potential for societal impact and provide readiness for mission-oriented research and innovation (Mazzucato, 2018).
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