CaRCC RCD Monthly Newsletter – October 2025

Research Computing and Data (RCD) Monthly

  October 2025

In this issue:

1. CaRCC Resources: A Quick Overview
2. Updated Webinars on Requesting NAIRR Pilot Resources
3. October Events and Call Topics
4. All Things AI: NAIRR Pilot and AI-Related Events and Announcements
   
5. CaRCC Volunteer Opportunities
   

CaRCC Resources: A Quick Overview

Updated Webinars on Requesting NAIRR Pilot Resources

If you’re working in research computing and data (RCD) support, you know the struggle—keeping up with rapidly changing technology while supporting researchers who need everything from basic cluster access to cutting-edge AI resources. The good news? CaRCC has built a collection of resources specifically for RCD professionals like you. Here’s what’s available and how it can make your work life easier.

AI Researchers, Educators, and those that support them are invited to attend one of two webinars with updated guidance on “Requesting Resources via the National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot”, taking place Monday, September 29, 4-5pm ET / 1-2pm PT and Thursday, October 9, 2-3pm ET / 11am-12pm PT.

October 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. 

Monthly CaRCC Welcome

Tue, 10/7, 2p ET/ 1p CT/ 12p MT/ 11a PT (1st Tue)
Come to learn more about CaRCC’s community-powered organization and opportunities, and feel free to bring along or pass the word to colleagues. These use the same Zoom coordinates as our People Network calls (see bottom of this page).

CaRCC People Network Calls

• Data-Facing Track (1^st Tuesdays) Tue 10/7, 1p ET/ 12p CT/ 11a MT/ 10a PT Tiger Data @ Princeton, Curtis Hillegas and Elizabeth Holtz
• Strategy and Policy-Facing Track (1^st Wednesdays) Wed 10/1, 12p ET/ 11a CT/ 10a MT/ 9a PT Open Forum to Solicit Upcoming Topics
• Researcher-Facing Track (2^nd Thursdays) Thu 10/9, 1p ET/ 12p CT/ 11a MT/ 10a PT Facilitation Across Campus, Community Discussion
• Emerging Centers Track (3^rd Wednesdays) Wed 10/15, 12p ET/ 11a CT/ 10a MT/ 9a PT Getting Started with Grant Writing
• Systems-Facing Track (3^rd Thursdays) Thu 10/16, 1p ET/ 12p CT/ 11a MT/ 10a PT Expanding Research Computing to Multiple Data Centers, Presentation

Additional Community Opportunities

• Wed 10/8, 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/ 
• Tue 10/14, 1p ET/ 10a PT (2nd Tuesdays): RCD Capabilities Model Office Hours.  Meeting coordinates: Zoom Session URL. Join the capsmodel-discuss@carcc.orgmailing list or send questions to capsmodel-help@carcc.org.
• Tue 10/14, 2p ET/ 1p CT/ 12p MT/ 11a PT (2nd Tuesdays): RCD Staff and Student Workforce Development Interest Groups. Exploring Student Engagement in the RCD Community.  Zoom Session URL (Meeting ID: 867 2543 9159 passcode 165236). Join the Interest Group mailing list.
• Wed 10/8, 2p ET/ 11a PT (2nd Wednesdays): Regulated Research Community of Practice (RRCoP)Community Discussions. This month, the topic will be Achieving SOC 2 compliance. Please use this Zoom link, and contact info@regulatedresearch.org or Carolyn Ellis with any questions.
• Fri 10/10, 2p ET/ 11a PT (2^nd Thursdays/2^nd Fridays): US Research Software Engineers monthly community call. See https://us-rse.org/calendar/ for more information.
• Thu 10/23, 1p ET/ 10a PT (4^th Thursdays of even months): EDUCAUSE Research Computing and Data Community Group will have its monthly community call. See the Events tab within EDUCAUSE Connect for more information. 

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

All Things AI

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

Volunteer Opportunities

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

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. 

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