Mark your calendars for these upcoming People Network calls (Zoom details at the end). People Network tracks are hosting PEARC25 Recap discussions. We also highlight other calls from our RCD ecosystem peers, as these events touch many, if not all, in our community.
For handy calendar entries, try the CaRCC People Network Calendar (GCal view; integrate/add to your calendar app via this URL). If you’re not on our mailing lists, you can join here and join our Slack channels.
Monthly CaRCC Welcome
Thu, 9/3, 2p ET / 1p CT / 12p MT / 12:30p PT (1st Thu)
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 further below).
CaRCC People Network Calls
Data-Facing Track (1st Tuesdays)
Tue 9/2, 1p ET / 12p CT / 11a MT / 10a PT
The Data Rescue Project: Preserving Public Access to Public Data
The Data Rescue Project started in February 2025 as a coordinated effort of three data organizations, including members of IASSIST, RDAP, and the Data Curation Network with the goal is to serve as a clearinghouse for data rescue-related efforts and data access points for public US governmental data that are currently at risk of deletion or complete removal from government websites and archives.Efforts include: data gathering, data curation and cleaning, data cataloging, and providing sustained access and distribution of data assets.
Strategy and Policy-Facing Track (1st Wednesdays)
Wed 9/3, 12p ET / 11a CT / 10a MT / 9a PT
Looking Ahead: Adjusting to Changing Landscape of Research Computing
In this round-table discussion, we will discuss as a community our strategies and challenges in looking and planning ahead. This includes current priorities, decision-making and prioritization of goals/work, addressing aging infrastructure, reducing climate impacts, and navigating changes in the higher ed research computing and data eco-system.
Please join this discussion to share your successes and friction points. We have invited a handful of community members to contribute brief, informal comments to begin the discussion. Attendees are encouraged to engage and participate in the conversation to help shape the 2025-2026 year. We are excited to bring in more voices. Please bring your questions, challenges, and solutions.
Researcher-Facing Track (2nd Thursdays)
Thu 9/11, 1p ET/ 12p CT/ 11a MT/ 10a PT
Topic TBA
Emerging Centers Track (3rd Wednesdays)
Wed 9/10, 12p ET / 11a CT / 10a MT / 9a PT
Science Policy for Impact in Uncertain Times (rescheduled from August; note week change)
Kei Koizumi, former Principal Deputy Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Kei Koizumi will discuss some of the ways in which he has tried to use science policy tools to achieve impact toward the mission of providing opportunities for people in communities all across America to participate in and benefit from science and engineering, with special attention to the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. He will offer thoughts on the current situation for federal funding of science and try to offer some reasons for optimism in this uncertain time.
Systems-Facing Track (3rd Thursdays)
Thu 9/18, 1p ET/ 12p CT/ 11a MT/ 10a PT
Successes and Challenges Using LLMs within a Systems-Facing Context, Brandon Biggs, HPC Systems Administrator, Idaho National Lab
This presentation shares practical insights from implementing large language models across Idaho National Laboratory with strict data governance requirements. We’ll explore the trade-offs between on-premises and cloud-based LLM deployments, including performance considerations, cost implications, and security controls. Key topics include navigating data residency requirements, balancing user accessibility with compliance needs, and lessons learned from our hybrid approach. Attendees will gain actionable strategies for LLM adoption in organizations where data protection is paramount.
Additional Community Opportunities
Tue 9/9, 1p ET/ 10a PT (2nd Tuesdays): RCD Capabilities Model Office Hours. Have questions about getting started, completing, or viewing benchmarking data with the Research Computing and Data Capabilities Model? Or do you want to discuss suggestions for improvements you’d like to see? Meeting coordinates: Zoom Session URL. Join the capsmodel-discuss@carcc.org mailing list or send questions to capsmodel-help@carcc.org.
Thu 9/3, 1p ET/ 12p CT/ 11am MT/ 10a PT (1st Thursdays): RCD Mentoring Working Group Monthly Meet-Up. Join us for our May RCD Mentoring Working Group session as we continue building out our mentorship program! This month we’ll continue to have breakout conversations around the three teams developing the program: the applications process, mentor details, and mentee details. 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 9/9, 2p ET/ 1p CT/ 12p MT/ 11a PT (2nd Tuesdays): RCD Staff and Student Workforce Development Interest Groups. Nexus Day 2025: Early Insights and Next Steps. Join us for a follow-up to Nexus Day 2025 at PEARC as we share early findings from this year’s workshop focused on workforce development in research computing and data (RCD). This session will highlight emerging themes, preview updates to the evolving RCD Resource Catalog, and invite your input on shaping future efforts. Whether you attended Nexus Day or are just learning about it, this is a chance to connect, reflect, and help chart the next steps forward for our community. Zoom Session URL. Join the Interest Group mailing list.
Wed 9/10, 1p ET/ 10a PT (2nd Wednesdays): AI Facilitation Interest Group monthly gathering. “Research Computing and Data Chatbot Series” discussion, speaker(s) TBD. Meeting coordinates: Zoom Session URL. Join here: https://carcc.org/ai-facilitation-ig/
Wed 9/10, 2p ET/ 11a PT (2nd Wednesdays): Regulated Research Community of Practice (RRCoP) Community Discussions. This month, the topic will be Transforming Endpoints into Beginning Points. Join a panel from Purdue who will discuss their current state, their plans to include in-scope endpoints, and how they expect this to impact their CMMC certification journey. Please use this Zoom link, and contact info@regulatedresearch.org or Carolyn Ellis with any questions.
Thu 9/11, 12p ET/ 9a PT (2nd Thursdays/2nd Fridays): US Research Software Engineers monthly community call. See https://us-rse.org/calendar/ for more information.
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.