The arrival of the spring has seen two new appointments in the euroCRIS CERIF and Architecture Task Group: Laurent Rémy (IS4RI) is the new Deputy TG leader CERIF and Andrea Bollini (4Science) is the new Deputy TG leader Architecture in this group which is in charge of the maintenance and further development of the CERIF and CERIF-XML and in developing optimal architectural models to implement CERIF.
Laurent Rémy is an Information System Engineer and works for Information Systems for Research and Innovation (IS4RI) as an Information System Consultant and Trainer. He has been working for 15 years as a software developer and IT system administrator. During the last couple of years, his main focus has been on data management and IT training for kids and young adults.
Andrea Bollini works as Chief Technology and Innovation Officer for 4Science in Italy. He's a DSpace committer and besides his role in euroCRIS he's actively involved in international open-source and open-standards communities such as DuraSpace and the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR). Before joining 4Science, Andrea worked for two Italian University Consortia, Cilea and Cineca, where he was responsible for the development, design and management of IT solutions and projects in the field of research, the electronic publishing and open access repositories.
Both Laurent and Andrea will play a key role in the completion of the OpenAIRE Guidelines for CRIS Managers based on CERIF-XML, a joint initiative of OpenAIRE and
euroCRIS currently being driven by the CERIF and Architecture Task Group Leader Jan Dvořák.
euroCRIS is very grateful to IS4RI and 4Science for providing the space for both Laurent and Andrea to contribute to this work.