Publications

Annual Reports

Conference and Journal Publications

Ashley Stauffer, Levi Dolan, Ritika Giri, Paula Valencia, Kimberly Grasch, Nandan Tandon, Chris Reidy, Kirk Anne, and Semir Sarajlic. (2026, July). Understanding RCD Work: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Activities, Complexities, and the Compensation of RCD Professionals in the US and Canada. Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2026: Resilient Roots + Empowered Communities (PEARC ’26). https://doi.org/10.1145/3785462.3815897

Elizabett Hillery, Scott Delinger, James Leous, Lauren Michael, Timothy Middelkoop, David Reddy, Mary Ellen Sloane, and Michael D. Weiner. (2025, July 22). A Collaborative Catalog for Research Computing and Data Professional Development. Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2025: The Power of Collaboration (PEARC ’25). https://doi.org/10.1145/3708035.3736050

Anna Alber, Laura Briggs, Paul Brunk, Manasvita Joshi, Atish P Kamble, Amira Kefi, Timothy Middelkoop, Semir Sarajlic, Ana Marija Sokovic, Jeffrey N Valdez, and Ying Zhang. (2025, July 22). AI Project Facilitation Guidance for Research Computing and Data (RCD) Professionals. Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2025: The Power of Collaboration (PEARC ’25). https://doi.org/10.1145/3708035.3736061

Patrick Schmitz and Samuel Porter. (2025, July 22). A Visualization of Patterns and Themes in RCD Professional Career Paths. Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2025: The Power of Collaboration (PEARC ’25). https://doi.org/10.1145/3708035.3736028

Kirk Anne, Robert Freeman, Chris Reidy, Gabriel King Smith, Gil Speyer, and Wei Yin. (2024, July 22). Membership and Participation in our RCD Communities: What is it and how are we doing? Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2024: Human Powered Computing (PEARC ’24). https://doi.org/10.1145/3626203.3670630

John Hicks, Dana Brunson, Sarvani Chadalapaka, Forough Ghahramani, Lauren Michael, and Caroline Carver Weilhamer. (2024, July 23). Kickstarting Research Support at Under-Resourced Institutions: A Starter Guide to Advance Your Self-Assessment of Research Computing and Data Capabilities. Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2024: Human Powered Computing (PEARC ’24). https://doi.org/10.1145/3626203.3670572

Gladys Andino, Scott Delinger, Jacob Fosso Tande, Timothy Middelkoop, Claire Mizumoto, David Reddy, and Michael Weiner. (2024, July 23). Onboarding Research Computing and Data Professionals. Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2024: Human Powered Computing (PEARC ’24). https://doi.org/10.1145/3626203.3670582

Timothy Middelkoop, Claire Mizumoto, Scotty Strachan, D Balamurugan, Scott Delinger, Jacob Fosso Tande, Deb McCaffrey, Ann Myatt James, David Reddy, and Patrick Schmitz. (2023, July). Career Phases in Research Computing and Data. Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2023: Computing for the Common Good (PEARC ’23). https://doi.org/10.1145/3569951.3597562

Christina Maimone, Carrie Brown, Kimberly Grasch, Chris Reidy, and Ashley Stauffer. (2023, July). Compensation of Academic Research Computing and Data Professionals. Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2023: Computing for the Common Good (PEARC ’23). https://doi.org/10.1145/3569951.3593599

Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Torey Battelle, Dana Brunson, Thomas Cheatham, Jacob Fosso Tande, Douglas M. Jennewein, Julie Ma, Lauren A. Michael, Timothy Middelkoop, Henry Neeman, and Patrick Schmitz. (2023, July). Professionalization of Research Computing and Data: An Expanded Agenda. Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2023: Computing for the Common Good (PEARC ’23). https://doi.org/10.1145/3569951.3593610

Chaudhry, S., Pazouki, A., Schmitz, P., Hillery, E., & Kee, K. (2022, July 28). Understanding Factors that Influence Research Computing and Data Careers. Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing (PEARC ’22). https://doi.org/10.1145/3491418.3530292. Best Paper, Workforce Development, Training, Diversity, and Education Phil Andrews Award, granted to a manuscript deemed to be the most impactful in practice of research computing.

Maimone, C., Yockel, S., Middelkoop, T., Stauffer, A,, & Reidy, C. (2022, July 26). Characterizing the US Research Computing and Data (RCD) Workforce. Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing (PEARC ’22). https://doi.org/10.1145/3491418.3530289

Schmitz, P., Yockel, S., Mizumoto, C., Cheatham, T., & Brunson, D. (2021). Advancing the Workforce That Supports Computationally and Data Intensive Research. Computing in Science & Engineering, 23(Sept.-Oct. 2021 (2021.05)), 19–27. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCSE.2021.3098421

Schmitz, P. (2021, July 17). Assessing the Landscape of Research Computing and Data Support: The 2020 RCD Capabilities Model Community Dataset. Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing (PEARC ’21). https://doi.org/10.1145/3437359.3465580.  Best Paper Award, Workforce Development, Training, Diversity, and Education.

Schmitz, P., Mizumoto, C., Hicks, J., Brunson, D., Krovitz, G., Bottum, J., Cutcher-Gershenfeld, J., Wetzel, K., & Cheatham, T. (2020, July 26). A Research Computing and Data Capabilities Model for Strategic Decision-Making. Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing (PEARC ’20). https://doi.org/10.1145/3311790.3396643

Broude G., Sharon, Brunson, D., Cheatham, T., Deaton, J., Griffioen, J., Hillegas, C., Jennewein, D., Krovitz, G., Magle, T., Schmitz, P., Tomko, K., & Wilgenbusch, J. (2020, July 26). Fostering Collaboration Among Organizations in the Research Computing and Data Ecosystem. Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing (PEARC ’20) https://doi.org/10.1145/3311790.3396645

Technical Reports

Alber, A., Creech, J., D’Auria, R., Gorenstein, L., Joshi, M., Kaufman, I., Lentner, G. R., Raney, B., Romero, A., & Warriner, W. (2026). Addressing the Challenges Posed by Anaconda’s New Licensing Model. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20694933

Joshi, M., Alber, A., Briggs, L., García Mesa, J. J., Kamble, A. P., Michael, L. A., Middelkoop, T., Sarajlic, S., Sokovic, A. M., Valdez, J. N., & Zhang, Y. (2026). The AI Project Lifecycle: Implementation Strategies and Tools. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19121611

Porter, S., Schmitz, P., McCaffrey, D., Humphreys, M., & Kee, K. (2025). Patterns and Themes in RCD Professional Career Paths. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17545582

Giri, R., Yockel, S., Grasch, K., Stauffer, A., Robila, S., & Reidy, C. (2025). Examining RCD Roles and Activities through the Lens of Facings. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15059460

Andino, G., Delinger, S., Fosso Tande, J., Middelkoop, T., Mizumoto, C., Reddy, D., & Weiner, M. (2024). An Onboarding Checklist for Research Computing and Data Professionals. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11074226

Schmitz, P., Bayrd, V., Strachan, S., & Jacobs, G.. (2022). A Baseline of EPSCoR Research CI Capabilities. (Technical Report RCDNexus-TR-2022.2)

Schmitz, P., Brunson, D., Mizumoto, C., Jennewein, D., & Strachan, S. (2022). Towards a National Best Practices Resource for Research Computing and Data Strategic Planning (Technical Report RCDNexus-TR-2022.1)

Schmitz, P. (2022). 2021 RCD CM Community Data report. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6502962

Schmitz, P. (2020). 2020 RCD CM Community Data report. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4344057

RCD Professionalization Working Group. (2018). Research Computing and Data Professionals Job Elements and Career Guide. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7108947

CaRCC. (2018). Campus Research Computing Stakeholders and Value Propositions. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7108951

Handbooks & Online Resources

CaRCC AI Facilitation Materials Working Group. The CaRCC AI Facilitation Handbook. A community-maintained online handbook supporting RCD professionals in facilitating AI projects. https://carcc.github.io/CaRCC-AI-Facilitation-Handbook/ (source on GitHub)

Other Reports and Publications

A PDF of the first CaRCC Community Survey, April 2017, Results, and Slides.

Some additional materials (surveys, slide decks, etc.) are available on the Campus Research Computing and Data community on Zenodo.

Recordings of the People Network sessions are available on the CaRCC YouTube channel.