TransNational access

Transnational access (TNA) is an opportunity for researchers and professionals to carry forward their big data projects as visitors of the SoBigData Research Infrastructure nodes. 

Call 2025

 

WHY APPLY

SoBigData RI manages vertical, thematic environments, called Research Spaces, on the top of the SoBigData infrastructures for cross-disciplinary social mining research.

 

TNA provides researchers and professionals access to big data computing platforms, big social data resources, and cutting-edge computational methods of the selected Exploratory and enables multi-disciplinary social mining experiments with the SoBigData Research Infrastructure assets: big data sets, analytical tools, services, and skills.

 

The TNA visitors will be able to:

  1. Interact with the local experts
  2. Discuss research questions
  3. Run experiments on non-public big social datasets and algorithms
  4. Present results at workshops/seminars
 
 

WHO CAN APPLY

We welcome applications from individuals with a scientific interest, professionals, startups, and innovators who may benefit from data science and social media analytics training. 

 

WHAT WE OFFER

Funding for a TNA participant is up to 5000 euros available to cover the cost of daily subsistence, accommodation, and economy flights/train.

 

WHEN APPLY

Transnational Access (TNA) activities and applications can be submitted anytime.

HOW TO APPLY

If you want to apply for the TNA, please compile the document at this link and

submit it to tna-submission@sobigdata.eu

You can find more details in the application guide here.

 
TNA applicants may visit one of our node based on Research Spaces

WHERE APPLY

Proposals must be aligned with one of the following SoBigData Research Spaces and also specify the center of that listed above the applicant wishes to access:

DEMOGRAPHY, ECONOMY AND FINANCE 2.0

SNS - it.SoBigData.eu, Contact: Fabrizio Lillo fabrizio.lillo@sns.it, Location: Pisa, Italy.

 

SUSTAINABLE CITIES FOR CITIZENS

IMT - it.SoBigData.eu, Contact: Angelo Facchini angelo.facchini@imtlucca.it, Location: Lucca, Italy. 

 

SOCIETAL DEBATES AND MISINFORMATION

IMT - it.SoBigData.eu, Contact: Angelo Facchini angelo.facchini@imtlucca.it, Location, Lucca Italy.

   

SOCIAL IMPACT OF AI AND EXPLAINABLE ML

UNIVAQ - SoBigData.it, Contact: Antinisca Dimarco antinisca.dimarco@univaq.it, Location: L’Aquila, Italy.

 

Health Studies

UNIROMA - it.SoBigData.eu, Contact: Aris Anagnostopoulos aris@diag.uniroma1.it, Location: Rome, Italy.

UNIVAQ - SoBigData.it, Contact: Antinisca Dimarco antinisca.dimarco@univaq.it, Location: L’Aquila, Italy.

 

Disaster Response and Recovery

UNIVAQ - SoBigData.it, Contact: Antinisca Dimarco antinisca.dimarco@univaq.it, Location: L’Aquila, Italy.

 

Pervasive Intelligence in Cyber-Physical Systems for Future Society

UNIBO - SoBigData.it, Contact: Paolo Bellavista paolo.bellavista@unibo.it, Location: Bologna, Italy.

 

Societal and Industrial Impact of Next-Generation Internet & beyond 5G Networks

UNIGE - SoBigData.it, Contact: Raffaele Bolla raffaele.bolla@unige.it, Location: Genova, Italy.

UNICT - SoBigData.it, Contact: Giovanni Schembra giovanni.schembra@unict.it, Location: Catania, Italy.

UNIPA - SoBigData.it, Contact: Daniele Croce daniele.croce@unipa.it, Location: Palermo, Italy.

 

The results of each TNA visit will be applied to integrate existing open-source tools for social media mining or social datasets within the SoBigData infrastructure, both at the local and European levels. Applications focused on interoperability and integration with other European Research Infrastructures are strongly encouraged.