strategy and policy-facing

First Wednesday of every month 12pm ET/ 11am CT/ 10am MT/ 9am PT/ 7am HT Topic TBD Info about the topic pending... Call Coordinates (Zoom): Due to the recent trend in ZoomBombing, please contact the S&P-F Track Chairs for the Zoom call information, and please include your name and affiliation.

First Wednesday of every month 12pm ET/ 11am CT/ 10am MT/ 9am PT/ 7am HT Topic Research Resource Identifiers (RRIDs) Dr. Anita Bandrowski will lead a discussion of RRIDs: Persistent Unique identifiers mark the things that are used in studies, key biological resources, and other important tools such as software tools, databases, core facilities, and … Continue reading "Strategy & Policy-Facing Track, Sep 2023"

First Wednesday of every month 12pm ET/ 11am CT/ 10am MT/ 9am PT/ 7am HT Topic: Satisfaction Surveys We discussed practices around conducting Satisfaction Surveys for RCD programs. Some of the issues we explored include: How to get a good response (and what is a good response rate)?; How to “sell” participation in surveys to … Continue reading "Strategy & Policy-Facing Track, Oct 2023"

First Wednesday of every month 12pm ET/ 11am CT/ 10am MT/ 9am PT/ 7am HT Topic: Meetings recap: Fall CASC Meeting, Annual EDUCAUSE conference. We’ll hear from folks who have gone to several fall meetings and conferences, including CASC, EDUCAUSE, Internet2 TechEx, and others. We’ve invited a few speakers to do lightning talks to make … Continue reading "Strategy & Policy-Facing Track, Nov 2023"

First Wednesday of every month 12pm ET/ 11am CT/ 10am MT/ 9am PT/ 7am HT Topic: Major RCD expansion (Joint with EDUCAUSE RCD CG). In this call, we will hear from two research computing and data organizations, New York University and Northwestern University, who have undergone or are undergoing rapid growth. We will hear why … Continue reading "Strategy & Policy-Facing Track, Dec 2023"

First Wednesday of every month 12pm ET/ 11am CT/ 10am MT/ 9am PT/ 7am HT No call for January! Go ahead and catch up after the holidays...

First Wednesday of every month 12pm ET/ 11am CT/ 10am MT/ 9am PT/ 7am HT Topic: Finance, Funding Partnerships. Funding comes from different streams, depending on where you sit in your institution, expectations for recharge, partners, and champions. In this discussion, we will discuss various funding streams for institutional computing and storage facilities, staff, software, … Continue reading "Strategy & Policy-Facing Track, Feb 2024"

First Wednesday of every month 12pm ET/ 11am CT/ 10am MT/ 9am PT/ 7am HT Topic: Strategy and Policy challenges in supporting LLMs for research (open discussion). LLMs are a hot topic in research these days, and RCD program leaders are facing many challenges as they explore what is needed to support various applications of … Continue reading "Strategy & Policy-Facing Track, Mar 2024"

First Wednesday of every month 12pm ET/ 11am CT/ 10am MT/ 9am PT/ 7am HT Topic: CASC AND CNI Spring Meetings Recap We’ll hear from folks who have gone to two important spring meetings and conferences: CASC (The Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation - agenda) and CNI (The Coalition for Networked Information - agenda). We’ve … Continue reading "Strategy & Policy-Facing Track, Apr 2024"

First Wednesday of every month 12pm ET/ 11am CT/ 10am MT/ 9am PT/ 7am HT Topic: Tentative: Panel: Institutional Metadata. Speakers from the EDUCAUSE Core Data Service, the CaRCC Capabilities Model, and others (TBA) will discuss pending changes to several institutional metadata models including the new Carnegie Classification system, and how we use institutional metadata … Continue reading "Strategy & Policy-Facing Track, May 2024"