2nd Forum Helmholtz Research Data Commons

Enhancing Research Data Workflows for and with AI

September 30, 2025, 10:00 – 12:00

Background

The Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration (HMC) and the Helmholtz Open Science Office invite you to the second iteration of the Helmholtz Research Data Commons on September 30, 10:00 to 12:00 CEST, this time focussing on: Enhancing Research Data Workflows for and with AI. In this online event, colleagues from the AI team at the Jülich Supercomputing Center will provide practical insights into preparing research data for AI and showcase their AI tool BLABLADOR, a free and privacy-aware Helmholtz AI LLM service, and its possible applications in research data analysis. The event will include an open discussion round on the topic with the speakers, which everyone is invited to participate in.

Research Data Commons is a joint recurring Helmholtz-forum for the exchange and discussion of research data-relevant topics at Helmholtz, initiated in 2024 by the Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration (HMC) and the Helmholtz Open Science Office. The events are open to employees from all Helmholtz centers to share their experiences and approaches around specific focus topics.

Program

Time	Topic	Speaker
10:00–10:10	Welcome and Introduction	Mathijs Vleugel \| Head of Helmholtz Open Science Office Sören Lorenz \| Speaker of Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration (HMC)
10:10–10:25	Is Your Data Ready for AI? A Practitioner‘s Perspective	Stefan Kesselheim \| Forschungszentrum Jülich (AI Team @ Jülich Supercomputing Center)
10:25–10:40	BLABLADOR - The experimental Helmholtz AI LLM server	Alexandre Strube \| Forschungszentrum Jülich (AI Team @ Jülich Supercomputing Center)
10:40–11:00	Q & A
11:00–11:50	Discussion
11:50–12:00	Closing