Research Computing and Data (RCD) Monthly
July 2025

In this issue:

CaRCC at PEARC25: Your Don’t-Miss Guide

CaRCC has a significant presence at PEARC25 in Columbus, Ohio this July. Check out this guide to help you find all of this year’s CaRCC-related sessions and activities.

RCD Program Stories: Read the Full Collection

Ever wondered how other institutions grow and structure their RCD programs? CaRCC RCD Program Stories are now available in one convenient location.

PEARC25 is less than a month away — register now! All Workshops and Tutorials are included.

And while you’re at it, don’t forget to register for CaRCC’s RCD Nexus Day, a PEARC25 In-Conjunction-With Event happening Sunday, July 20. Just a few spots remain for the Refreshing the CaRCC Capabilites Model Questions Workshop. (Sorry, the Future-Creating Workshop is full!)

July Events And Call Topics At-a-Glance

Mark your calendars for these upcoming People Network and CaRCC Activity Group Calls (Zoom details at the end), as well as Calls from 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.

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Monthly CaRCC Welcome

No Monthly Welcome in July due to the holiday week and PEARC25. But join us for the next one on August 5 at 2pm ET/1pm CT/12pm MT/11am PT. See call details below.

CaRCC People Network Calls

Data-Facing Track (1st Tuesdays) No call this month. Join us in August for a PEARC25 recap.

Strategy and Policy-Facing Track (1st Wednesdays) Wed 7/2, 12p ET/ 11a CT/ 10a MT/ 9a PT/ 10a PT — A Decade of Big Data Hubs: Outcomes and Learnings

Researcher-Facing Track (2nd Thursdays) Thu 7/10, 1p ET/ 12p CT/ 11a MT/ 10a PT — Optimizing Cumpute Resource Utilization in High-Performance Computing, Panel Discussion

Systems-Facing Track (3rd Thursdays) — No call this month. See you at PEARC25!

Emerging Centers Track (3rd Wednesdays) Tentative: In-Person Meetup at PEARC25 in Columbus, OH on Mon 7/21 3-4:30pm ET. Location TBA on the Emerging Centers email list. Sign up for the list at: https://carcc.wildapricot.org.

Additional Community Opportunities

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. 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. 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 and Monthly Welcome calls will take place within the Zoom room below, also visible in the CaRCC People Network Google calendar (see above). Please help us keep these details secure (non-public), but feel free to share with a colleague.

https://utah.zoom.us/my/carcc?pwd=TjFuR3VVM2d5eE5zWnEvWWxDTFBCUT09

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All Things AI

A quick-hit listing of upcoming events and training related to the NAIRR Pilot and other AI initiatives

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Volunteer Opportunities

Join the Mentoring Working Group, CaRCC Metrics Team, or be a People Network track coordinator or steering committee member. Volunteer today!

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RCD Monthly is a newsletter dedicated to the Research Computing and Data (RCD) professional community and others who work to support research using technology. This work is supported by grants OAC- 2436057 and OAC-2100003. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.