CaRCC RCD Monthly Newsletter – October 2026

Research Computing and Data (RCD) Monthly

October 2026

In this issue:

1. Celebrating Ten Years: Lauren Michael on Shaping the RCD Profession
2. October Events and Call Topics
3. October All Things AI: NAIRR Pilot & AI-Related Events and Announcements
   
4. CaRCC Volunteer Opportunities

Celebrating Ten Years: Founding Member Lauren Michael on Shaping the RCD Profession

Our year-long celebration of CaRCC’s tenth birthday continues with this Q&A with founding member Lauren Michael from Internet2. Michael looks back on the early vision of CaRCC and how the organization has helped to support and shape the profession over the past decade.

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. 

CaRCC Newcomer Welcome and Orientation (October)

Tue 10/13, 3:30p ET / 2:30p CT / 1:30p MT / 12:30p PT (second Tuesday of each even-numbered month)

Whether you’re new to CaRCC or looking to learn more and get more involved, join us on the second Tuesday of each even-numbered month at 3:30p ET / 2:30p CT / 1:30p MT / 12:30p PT for a welcome session and overview of CaRCC groups, tracks, events, and volunteer opportunities. We love meeting our newcomers, and everyone is welcome! Register now for call details.

CaRCC People Network Calls

Data-Facing Track (1st Tuesdays)
Tue 10/6, 1p ET / 12p CT / 11a MT / 10a PT
Topic: Panel on Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) for RCD Resources (Revisited): Discussion on Creation & Adoption

Strategy and Policy-Facing Track (1st Wednesdays)
Wed 10/7, 12p ET / 11a CT / 10a MT / 9a PT
Topic: TBD

Researcher-Facing Track (2nd Thursdays)
Thu 10/8, 1p ET / 12p CT / 11a MT / 10a PT
Topic: Anaconda, Inc. Academic Agreement

Emerging Centers Track (3rd Wednesdays)
Wed 10/21, 12p ET / 11a CT / 10a MT / 9a PT / 7a HT
Topic: TBD

Systems-Facing Track (3rd Thursdays)
Thu 10/15, 1p ET / 12p CT / 11a MT / 10a PT
Topic: TBD

Additional Community Opportunities

RCD Capabilities Model Office Hours (2nd Tuesdays)
Tue 10/13, 1p ET / 12p CT / 11a MT / 10a PT
Meeting coordinates: Zoom Session URL. Join the capsmodel-discuss@carcc.org mailing list, or send questions to capsmodel-help@carcc.org.

RCD Mentoring Working Group Monthly Meet-Up (1st Thursdays)
Thu 10/1, 1p ET / 12p CT / 11a MT / 10a PT
Zoom Session URL. Join the workforce-mentoring-wg@carcc.org mailing list, or send questions to the RCD Staff and Student Workforce Mentoring Coordinators.

RCD Workforce Development Interest Group Monthly Meet-Up (2nd Tuesdays)
Tue 10/13, 2p ET / 1p CT / 12p MT / 11a PT
Topic: Student Engagement with CaRCC
Meeting coordinates: See Zoom details below. Join the Interest Group mailing list.

AI Facilitation Interest Group Monthly Meet-Up (2nd Wednesdays)
Wed 10/14, 1p ET / 12p CT / 11a MT / 10a PT
Topic: AI Facilitation Handbook
Meeting coordinates: Zoom Session URL. Join the Interest Group.

Research Cybersecurity Interest Group Monthly Meet-Up (4th Thursdays)
Thu 10/22, 2p ET / 1p CT / 12p MT / 11a PT
Topic: PEARC & CaRCC Leadership Retreat Recap

Quantum Computing Interest Group
Write to quantum-ig@carcc.org to join the group and receive meeting information.

Regulated Research Community of Practice (RRCoP) Community Discussions (2nd Wednesdays)
Wed 10/14, 2p ET / 1p CT / 12p MT / 11a PT
Topic: Don’t Overengineer CMMC L2, and Regulatory Round-Up with Laura Raderman – Meeting coordinates: Zoom Session URL. Contact info@regulatedresearch.org or Carolyn Ellis with any questions.

US Research Software Engineers Monthly Community Call (2nd Wednesdays, even months)
Thu 10/14, 12p ET / 11a CT / 10a MT / 9a PT
Topic:Cost Models for regulated research
See the US-RSE calendar for more information.

CaRCC Calls and Zoom

All CaRCC People Network 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

See several open volunteer opportunities this month!

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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