During this workshop, we will present an end-to-end federated data analysis use case covering federated data discovery and access, bioinformatics analysis, and ethical and legal considerations for responsible and fair data sharing flow. The workshop will comprise a mix of lectures and demos with some hands-on tutorials if time permits. Lectures will introduce key concepts for federated data sharing and analysis, GA4GH Beacon API, GA4GH Passports and Visas, and the Data Use Ontology (DUO), followed by practical sessions on real-world research and clinical applications.

The training consists of one hour of presentations, followed by a hands-on exercise with a Virtual Machine. In the hand-on part the trainees integrate their VM to ELIXIR AAI as an OpenID Connect client to retrieve a GA4GH Passport. The client then presents the Passport to a Data API to authorise the API call and to stream a dataset. The VMs are available for the trainees for two weeks after the training.

The target group of the training is developers and administrators of services that want to integrate with some advanced functionality of the ELIXIR AAI for user authentication and authorisation.

This hands-on workshop at IHCC 2020 aims to collect a variety of use cases for cohort interoperability and work towards practical steps to address them. This will include approaches for metadata harmonisation, querying/discovery, authentication, data retrieval and analysis. We propose to identify a subset of cohorts that will provide the relevant information for use case driven development.
We welcome any cohort with plans for prospective or retrospective metadata harmonisation, enthusiastic to share their experience and learn from CINECA’s perspective in the context of federated dataset discovery and analysis.