SPECTRUMCoP: sustaining collaboration for the future of data-intensive science in Europe
A collaborative space for data-intensive science
The SPECTRUM Community of Practice (SPECTRUMCoP) brought together scientific communities, research infrastructures and e-infrastructure providers across Europe. Designed as a space for exchange and collaboration, the CoP enabled experts from High Energy Physics, Radio Astronomy and European digital infrastructures to work on shared challenges and imagine the future of European strategies for data-intensive science.
Through working groups, plenary meetings and the SPECTRUM Knowledge Hub, the Community of Practice supported discussions on key topics such as data management, workflows, software portability, access policies, skills, sustainability and governance. Its role was not only to collect feedback for the SRIDA and the Technical Blueprint, but to turn community knowledge into practical input for the future European compute and data continuum.
Turning community feedback into concrete results
During the second half of the SPECTRUM project, the Community of Practice moved from discussion to action. It supported a broad consultation process, including individual interviews, a public webinar, a consultation survey, priority-review meetings and the organisation of extensive discussions (e.g. during the Barcelona Experts Meeting). These activities helped gather expert views, test project assumptions and refine recommendations for Europe’s future digital research infrastructures.
The feedback collected through SPECTRUMCoP directly contributed to the strategic and technical work of the project. By connecting community needs with project recommendations, the CoP helped ensure that SPECTRUM results were grounded in real scientific use cases, operational constraints and long-term infrastructure priorities.
What comes next: supporting the future of SPECTRUMCoP
The impact of the SPECTRUM Community of Practice goes beyond the end of the project. Its main achievement is not only a set of meetings, documents or consultation results, but a practical model for continued collaboration between scientific users, research infrastructures and e-infrastructure providers.
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