Please mark your calendars for these upcoming People Network and CaRCC Activity Group Calls (Zoom details at the end), as well as Calls from some of our RCD ecosystem peers. For handy calendar entries, try the CaRCC People Network Calendar (GCal view; calendar integration). And if you’re not on our mailing lists, you can join via our Members page and join our Slack channels.
And be sure to catch CaRCC at PEARC25.
CaRCC People Network Calls
Strategy and Policy-Facing Track (1st Wednesdays)
A Decade of Big Data Hubs: Outcomes and Learnings
Wed 7/2, 12p ET/ 11a CT/ 10a MT/ 9a PT
Panelists will relate their experiences and stir up a fresh conversation on what is out there. We have invited several leaders in the community to participate in the panel discussion including:
– John MacMullen (he/him) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign – Director of the Office of Data Science Research
– Florence Hudson – Columbia University – Executive Director – Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub
Researcher-Facing Track (2nd Thursdays)
Optimizing Compute Resource Utilization in High-Performance Computing, Panel Discussion
Thu 7/10, 1p ET/ 12p CT/ 11a MT/ 10a PT
In the realm of High-Performance Computing (HPC), efficient utilization of compute resources is paramount. This discussion will explore various strategies and techniques to identify and address inefficiencies in resource usage. This includes identifying HPC users that need help and finding creative ways to assist in optimizing their compute usage. Join us for a panel discussion in July!
Emerging Centers Track (3rd Wednesdays)
Tentative: In-Person Meetup at PEARC25 in Columbus, OH
Mon 7/21, 3:00p-4:30p CT
We’ll pick a gathering spot (TBD) to meet up during the afternoon coffee break and before folks head out to the receptions to gather in-person! Open to everyone: from long-time active participants to PEARC25 attendees who want to learn more about the Emerging Centers Track and join us in the future! Pop in for the entire time or just a portion. Keep your eyes on the Emerging Centers email list for the location. Sign up for the email list at https://carcc.wildapricot.org/.
Data-Facing Track (1st Tuesdays)
No call this month. ‘See you at PEARC25. Join us in August for a PEARC recap.
Systems-Facing Track (3rd Thursdays)
No call this month. ‘See you at PEARC25!
Additional Community Opportunities
Thu 7/3, 1p ET/ 12p CT/ 11am MT/ 10a PT (1st Thursdays): RCD Mentoring Working Group Monthly Meet-Up. Join us for our July RCD Mentoring Working Group session as we continue building out our mentorship program! This month we’ll continue to discuss partnership with EDUCAUSE and develop tasks around the program. Meeting coordinates: Zoom Session URL. Join the workforce-mentoring-wg@carcc.org mailing list or send questions to RCD Staff and Student Workforce Mentoring Coordinators.
Tue 7/8, 1p ET/ 10a PT (2nd Tuesdays): RCD Capabilities Model Office Hours. Repurposed this month as a prep session for the Capabilities Model Track of RCD Nexus Day, we’ll introduce the Capabilities Model and workshop objectives for updating content in the Model. Nexus Day registrants and non-registrants familiar with the Model are welcome to join the session, with opportunities all to provide input. Meeting coordinates: Zoom Session URL. Join the capsmodel-discuss@carcc.org mailing list or send questions to capsmodel-help@carcc.org.
Wed 7/9, 1p ET/ 10a PT (2nd Wednesdays): AI Facilitation Interest Group monthly gathering. Meeting coordinates: Zoom Session URL. Join here: https://carcc.org/ai-facilitation-ig/
Wed 7/9, 2p ET/ 11a PT (2nd Wednesdays): Regulated Research Community of Practice (RRCoP) Community Discussion. Sustainable Documentation: Debrief of CPPC’25 Full Day Workshop. At the CPPC 2025 Workshop (Avoiding Shelfware: Building Sustainable Research Compliance Documentation), ~50 community peers of research security and compliance professionals gathered for a full-day, in-person session focused on improving the sustainability and coordination of research documentation efforts. This webinar will provide a summary of insights and proposed solutions and five selected common challenges. Please use this Zoom link, and contact info@regulatedresearch.org or Carolyn Ellis with any questions.
Thu 7/10, 12p ET/ 9a PT (2nd Thursdays/2nd Fridays): US Research Software Engineers monthly community call. See https://us-rse.org/calendar/ for more information.
RCD Staff and Student Workforce Development Interest Groups. This month, join us in the Future Creating Workshop during RCD Nexus Day at PEARC25 to discuss workforce development. Join the Interest Group mailing list.
CaRCC Calls and Zoom
All CaRCC People Network calls will take place within a Zoom room communicated via email and visible in the CaRCC People Network Google calendar (see top). Please help us keep these details secure (non-public), but feel free to share with a colleague.
Interested members of the People Network need not subscribe to a particular track to participate in calls. Additional details for track members, including notes documents and any pre-call activities, will be distributed ahead of the call via the email lists and other communication channels within each track.