Mark your calendars for these upcoming CaRCC community gatherings . We also highlight other gatherings from our RCD ecosystem peers, as these events touch many, if not all, in our community.
For handy calendar entries, try the CaRCC Events 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.
CaRCC Newcomer Welcome and Orientation
Tue, Feb 10 3p ET/2p CT/1p MT/12p PT (Second Tuesday of even-numbered months) Whether you’re new to CaRCC or looking to learn more and get more involved, join us on the first Tuesday of the even months at 3pm ET/2pm CT/1pm MT/ 12pm 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 Annual Community Update (Formerly CaRCC Parade)
Thu, Feb 24 3:30p ET/2:30p CT/1:30p MT/12:30p PT Our annual gathering of the CaRCC membership – open to all! Hear from the CaRCC Transitional Board on the organization’s progress toward obtaining 501(c)(3) status, and get updates on all CaRCC groups and activities.
CaRCC People Network Calls
Data-Facing Track(1st Tuesdays)
Tue, Feb 3 1p ET/ 12p CT/ 11a MT/ 10a PT
AI-Ready Data, Manasvita Joshi and Sarah Marchese
Following the accelerated usage of AI tools in multiple domains, the curation of research data to be “AI-ready” became essential. “AI-ready” data is imperative if researchers seek to derive the most value from their organization’s AI efforts. In this discussion, we focus on what AI-ready data is, how researchers can achieve it, how it differs from traditional data preparation, and what data-management practices one should employ to manage AI-ready data. We will also highlight related learning resources and RCD considerations that should be taken into account while preparing AI-ready data, part of the in-progress work by CaRCC’s AI Facilitation Materials working group.
Strategy and Policy-Facing Track(1st Wednesdays)
Wed, Feb 4 12p ET/ 11a CT/ 10a MT/ 9a PT
State-wide initiatives and partnerships to build capacity, open panel discussion
In this call we will discuss the lessons learned from establishing state-wide partnerships in RCD and HPC. Panelists in this call have been selected from those in our community who have led such efforts in the past few years.
Researcher-Facing Track(2nd Thursdays)
Thu, Feb 12 2026, 1p ET/ 12p CT/ 11a MT/ 10a PT
AI assistants, agents, and tools in Research Computing, Speakers TBD
Please join us in February to discuss how to enable efficient, scalable, and user‑friendly AI workflows. More specifics to come.
Emerging Centers Track(3rd Wednesdays)
Wed, Feb 18 12p ET/ 11a CT/ 10a MT/ 9a PT/ 7a PT
Getting Started with Data, Presentation/Discussion
We continue our “Getting Started with…” series of monthly calls this month with Getting Started with Data. High-Performance Computing (HPC) has become an ubiquitous commodity with many institutions, including emerging centers, now having some HPC compute resources and the broad availability of national compute resources. Because of this, data services are becoming the differentiating factor for institutional research support. Join this community discussion, led by the Emerging Center’s track co-coordinator Jason Simms, to share what your institution has been doing or thinking about doing around data services and see what your colleagues are up to at their institutions.
Systems-Facing Track(3rd Thursdays)
Thu, Feb 19 1p ET/ 12p CT/ 11a MT/ 10a PT
Quantum-Centric HPC; Practicalities, Use Cases and Facilitation, Presentation
We continue our “Getting Started with…” series of monthly calls this month with Getting Started with Quantum computing holds immense promise for achieving computational gains once thought unattainable, given the physical limits to classical compute resources. Certain classes of problems could benefit greatly from speedups obtainable from the exploitation of superposition and entanglement by quantum computing systems. This presentation will look at realistic instances in the current noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) -era, how these (and other use cases) might scale with quantum hardware, and strategies for integration of quantum resources with HPC.
Speaker: Torey Battelle, PhD; Associate Director, Research Computing; Associate Director Quantum Collaborative, Research Technology Office, Arizona State University
The Systems-Facing track is also inviting community feedback through this survey. Responses are de-identified, unless you indicate that you wish to be contacted. Please spend some time to fill it out and inform S-F’s planning for the year ahead.
Additional Community Opportunities
RCD Capabilities Model Office Hours Tue, Feb 10 1p ET/ 10a PT (2nd Tuesdays) Have questions about getting started, completing, or viewing benchmarking data with the Research Computing and Data Capabilities Model? Or are you already working with it and 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.
RCD Mentoring Working Group Monthly Meet-Up. Thu, Feb 5 1p ET/ 12p CT/ 11am MT/ 10a PT (1st Thursdays): Join us for our February RCD Mentoring Working Group session as we continue building out our mentorship 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.
RCD Workforce Development Interest Group Tue, Feb 10 2p ET/ 1p CT/ 12p MT/ 11a PT (2nd Tuesdays): Micro-Credentials in Research Computing and Data Workforce Development. Micro-credentials are emerging as a flexible and scalable way to recognize specialized skills and competencies in research computing and data (RCD). They offer opportunities for professional growth, institutional recognition, and industry alignment. In this session, we will explore how micro-credential programs can support workforce development and address the evolving needs of the RCD community. Laura Cayon (Purdue University) will share insights from a recently developed micro-credential program created in partnership with a corporate collaborator. David Reddy (University of South Carolina) will discuss his mature micro-credential program and its impact on professional development within the RCD ecosystem. See Zoom details below. Join the Interest Group mailing list.
EPSCoR Cyberinfrastructure Interest Group quarterly community call. Wed, Feb 11 4p ET/ 1p PT (Quarterly): For the Zoom session URL, join the Interest Group by emailing the Chairs: epscor-ci-chairs@carcc.org
AI Facilitation Interest Group monthly gathering. Wed, Feb 11 1p ET/ 10a PT (2nd Wednesdays): “Documenting AI Workflows across HPC Resource Providers”Meeting coordinates: Zoom Session URL. Join here: https://carcc.org/ai-facilitation-ig/
Regulated Research Community of Practice (RRCoP) Community Discussions. Wed, Feb 11 2p ET/ 11a PT (2nd Wednesdays): This month, the topic will be From Learning Assessment to the Real Deal – How We Aced the CMMC L2 Assessment. Please use this Zoom link, and contact info@regulatedresearch.org or Carolyn Ellis with any questions.
US Research Software Engineers monthly community call. Thu, Feb 12 & Fri, Feb 13 12p ET/ 9a PT (2nd Thursdays/2nd Fridays): See https://us-rse.org/calendar/ for more information.
EDUCAUSE Research Computing and Data Community Group will have its monthly community call. Thu, Feb 26 1p ET/ 10a PT (4th Thursdays of even months) See the Events tab within EDUCAUSE Connect for more information.Thu 2/26,2p ET/ 11a PT (4th Thursdays): Research Cybersecurity Interest Group monthly community call. Zoom Session: https://utah.zoom.us/my/carcc?pwd=TjFuR3VVM2d5eE5zWnEvWWxDTFBCUT09 . Join the Interest Group mailing list here: https://groups.google.com/a/carcc.org/g/rcs-ig.
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.