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Fall in love with February’s Calls and Events…
Whatever your feelings about Valentine’s Day, you’re going to love this month’s CaRCC calls and these events from across the RCD ecosystem! Mark your calendars for these upcoming People Network calls (Zoom details at the end). As usual, we wish to highlight other calls from our RCD ecosystem peers, as these events touch many, if…
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All Things AI February 2025
This work was supported by the National Science Foundation through Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) NSF award #2436057. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
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RCD Program Story: Northwestern University
Growing a Research Computing Powerhouse: How Northwestern’s Team Tripled in Size While Staying True to Its Values Set on the shores of Lake Michigan in the northern Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, Northwestern University is an undeniable research powerhouse, with a Carnegie Classification of R1 and funded projects totaling more than $1 billion in fiscal…
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Updates from the Anaconda Transition Working Group
The Anaconda Transition Working Group (ATWG) has been meeting weekly since October 2024 to discuss the implications of the update to the ToS that was released by Anaconda Inc. earlier in the year. The change indicated that Anaconda would no longer support free access to the base distribution or their defaults channel for non-commercial academic…
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Make Nominations for CaRCC Transitional Board by February 4
CaRCC is now accepting nominations for a Transitional Board, as the organization takes this important first step toward becoming a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Please consider nominating yourself or others for a seat on the Transitional Board. Confidential, secure voting will take place by CaRCC Chairs and CaRCC Steering/Advisory Committee Members Feb 11-25. (Instructions will be…
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All Things AI, January 2025
Workshop: AI Unlocked: Empowering Higher Education through Research and Discovery April 2-3 in Denver, CO. Designed for individuals across all disciplines and career stages in higher education. Hosted by the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot User Experience Working Group, this event offers an introduction to AI fundamentals, hands-on experience with pre-configured AI tasks,…
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Inside PEARC25: Call for Participation and conference sneak peek!
2025 is here and it’s time to start planning your participation in the 2025 ACM Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing Conference (PEARC25). This year’s conference takes place July 20-24, in Columbus, Ohio and will host leading experts, researchers, and practitioners in the field of research computing and data (RCD), The call for participation…
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So Long, 2024! And Hello, 2025! Calls for January…
Greetings, People Networkers, and our RCD ecosystem colleagues! As we wind down the last days in 2024, it’s hard not to wax a little nostalgic about CaRCC’s past year: 40 different Track Calls, over 1200 Call attendees, five new Interest & Working groups, and a decision to incorporate as a non-profit. And all due to…
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Exploring the Role of Research Computing and Data (RCD) Professionals
The following blog post is a product of the CaRCC RCD Professionalization Working Group. Research Computing and Data (RCD) professionals are integral to the research ecosystem of major academic institutions. As the role of technology in research continues to expand, so does the demand for RCD professionals who possess both technical and analytical skills, as…
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Complementing a CaRCC Capabilities Model assessment with input from Researchers
A community member from a large mid-western research university recently sent the following note to the CaRCC Capabilities Model Working Group and it got us thinking about how best to incorporate researchers in the assessment process: A small group of us here representing various RCD services (Library, IT, HPC, etc) have been working on coordinating…
