The Scientific Advisory Board met on May 13. Items on the agenda included progress and projects regarding data documentation, the pilot developed for the secure processing of less sensitive data, and ways to foster the emergence of projects combining health and environmental data. The Board also discussed the implications for researchers in the event of restrictions on data access from the United States.
CASD now hosts SSMSI’s statistical databases on recorded crime (2016–2024), covering offences, victims and suspects — researchers can apply for access at cdap.casd.eu.
EDDI 2026, the 18th European DDI Users Conference, will be held in person in Brussels from November 30 to December 4, 2026 — with tutorials, conference sessions and a hackathon — and the call for proposals is now open.
CASD had the honour of attending the Constances and Gazel Cohorts Scientific Day on May 26, 2026, where the teams’ innovative work producing health and environment data — and the research built upon it — proved highly impressive.
Join CASD’s next Data Tech session on June 23, 2026 for a hands-on exploration of DuckDB — covering its architecture, syntax, memory management, window functions and extensions.
CASD now offers a dedicated status page at casd.status.io to keep users informed in real time about service availability, planned maintenance and incidents — even if CASD’s own sites go down.
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