Data-Facing Track

Do you help researchers compute with data?  The Data-Facing Track of the People Network brings together people from research computing groups, libraries, research institutes, and other organizations who support data-enabled research.  Many of us are also in the Researcher-Facing, but this track is an opportunity to discuss the varied challenges of working with data.

Topics include:

  • Data management and curation
  • Data workflows
  • Data transfer and networks
  • Data collection and production
  • Data visualization
  • Data science support
  • Bioinformatics, statistics, GIS, and other support
  • Working with big data
  • And more, as determined by our members!

We connect via monthly calls and an email list.

Join Us!

Join Us! Create a membership profile to let us know who you are and what you’re interested in. You can add other People Network Tracks at the same time.

Track Coordination

Track coordinators (df-coordinators@carcc.org):

  • Amy Koshoffer
  • Deb McCaffrey

Steering Committee Members

  • Moira Downey
  • Lauren Michael
  • Cameron Cook

Monthly Calls

Monthly calls are on the first Tuesday of the month, 1pm ET/12pm CT/11am MT/10am PT. Connection information and links to any materials are distributed via email.

Upcoming Call(s)

December 2, 2025: 2026 Track Topics Brainstorm

January 6, 2026: No Call

February 3, 2026: AI-Ready Data

March 3, 2026: TBD

April 7, 2026: RDAP Recap

Previous Call Documents Folder Link

Previous Data-Facing Recordings on YouTube Link

Previous Calls

11/04/2025Persistent Identifiers for Instruments and FacilitiesDoc
Video
10/07/2025Princeton’s Tiger Data Storage ServiceDoc
Video
09/02/2025Data Rescue ProjectDoc
Video
08/05/2025PEARC RecapDoc
Video
07/01/2025No Call
06/03/2025What’s on your MindDoc
No Video
05/06/2025Accessibility Awareness MonthDoc
Video
04/01/2025Research Data Access and Preservation Conference RecapDoc
Video
03/04/2025High Performance Computing 101Doc
Video
02/04/2025Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) InitiativeDoc
No Video
01/07/2025Reflect on past year’s session / Look forward to new year’s sessionDoc
No Video
12/03/2024No session in lieu of CaRCC End of Year Party on 12-12-2024 –
11/05/2024NIST Research Data FrameworkDoc
Video
10/01/2024Joint Data-Facing & Systems-Facing Call: NSPM-33 – Not a Type of Sun LotionDoc
Video
09/03/2024The Intersection of AI and CybersecurityDoc
Video
08/06/2024PEARC24 Community ReportVideo
07/02/2024No session
06/04/2024Unconference with Breakouts on Generated TopicsDoc
Video
05/07/2024Beyond the Business Case: Universally Designing the Workplace for Neurodiversity and InclusionDoc
04/02/2024ICPSR: A Partner in Social ResearchDoc
Video
03/05/2024Future of the Data-Facing TrackDoc
02/06/2024Common Workflow LanguageDoc
Video
01/02/2024Round Robin Track DiscussionDoc
12/04/2023No Session – Happy Holidays
11/07/2023Overview of GISDoc
Video
10/03/2023ADSA Data ETHOSDoc
Video
09/05/2023Continuing Discussion on Artificial IntelligenceDoc
Video
08/01/2023Artificial Intelligence: The Beginning and the End of Human WisdomDoc
Video
07/04/2023No Session – Happy Independence Day
06/06/2023National Data Science FabricDoc
05/02/2023Accessibility Awareness Month- Kick-Off Community Discussion
04/04/2023The End of the Unlimited CloudVideo
03/07/2023NIH Policy Guidance – Train the TrainerDoc
02/16/2023Joint Call with Researcher Track – Harvard Data CommonsVideo
01/03/2023Round Robin SessionDoc
11/01/2022 The ICPSR Research Data EcosystemDoc
Video
10/04/2022 Panel on Teaching Research Data Management to StudentsDoc
Video
09/06/2022Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival: Data Collection, Research and Outreach discussionDoc
Video
07/05/2022Standards and terminologies for health data: a (brief) introduction to common data elements, common data models, and terminologiesDoc
Video
05/03/2022Background and Demonstration of the Open Research Toolkit, an OER for Learning about the Open Research EcosystemDoc
Video
4/05/2022Curating, Archiving, and Sharing Qualitative DataDoc
Video
3/01/2022Creating National Public Health DatabasesDoc
Video
02/01/22Science Gateways and Their Role in Today’s and Future Research Computing EcosystemDoc
Video
01/04/2022Casual Tuesday Community RoundtableDoc
Video
11/02/2021National Archive of Criminal Justice DataDoc
Video
10/05/2021Revisiting the Facilitating Best Practices, pt 1Doc
09/07/2021Data Science EthicsDoc
Video
07/06/2021Digital Preservation and Access at Scale: Managing the HathiTrust Digital LibraryDoc
Video
06/01/2021OSF IntegrationsDoc
Video
05/04/2021Data FeminismDoc
Video
04/06/2021Digital Humanities PlatformsDoc
Video
03/02/2021PLENARY: Using Data to Benchmark your Research Computing and Data Program: The RCD Capabilities Model and Community DatasetDoc
02/01/2021Casual Tuesday Community RoundtableDoc
12/01/2020Creating a standard Vocabulary: the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS)Doc
11/03/2020Teaching Data Skills Remotely: Check-inDoc
Video
10/06/2020The Power of Electronic Lab NotebooksDoc
Video
09/01/2020 An Institution-wide Examination of Data Needs: NSF EPOC Deep Dive at the University of CincinnatiDoc
Video
08/04/2020PEARC20 After Party
07/07/2020What data to keep? Making decisions about confocal microscopy dataDoc
Video
05/20/2020Student WorkersDoc
04/07/2020XSEDE Extended Collaborative Support Service (ECSS) and Data Analytics ResourcesDoc
03/03/2020Community Organizations: RDAP, ADSA, Big Data Innovation HubsDoc
02/04/2020Secure Data PlatformsDoc
01/07/2020Data-Facing Track Open ForumDoc
12/03/2019Data Science Support Beyond Data ScienceDoc
11/05/2019 Data DisastersDoc
10/01/2019IT and Library Collaboration on Data ServicesDoc
09/03/2019Mapping the Research Life CycleDoc
08/06/2019 Data Workflow Case StudiesDoc
07/02/2019Topic-based Networking and Group DiscussionsDoc
06/04/2019Introduction to Data-Facing TrackDoc