The Emerging Centers Track of the People Network brings together members of research computing departments/aspiring centers that are just getting started at their institutions, research computing groups at smaller institutions, and folks who are new to the research computing and data community.
The Emerging Centers track of CaRCC will discusses community requested topics such as:
- funding models,
- engaging with faculty and investigators,
- working with campus leadership, and
- developing research computing/data services (compute, storage, networks, training, applications, and people) on campuses.
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Monthly Calls
Monthly calls are on the third Wednesday of the month at 12PM ET / 11AM CT / 10AM MT / 9AM PT. Connection information and links to any materials are distributed via the Researcher-Facing email list.
Track Leadership:
Track Coordinators (ec-coordinators@carcc.org):
Patrick Clemins 
, Director, Research Computing and Data, Large Research Initiatives; Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Vermont
Rich Knepper , Director, Cornell University Center for Advanced Computing
Steering Committee Members (alphabetically):
Alex Feltus , Professor, Clemson University; Co-Founder, Praxis AI
Jason Wells , Senior Research Computing Professional, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Kirk Anne , Director, Research Computing, Rochester Institute of Technology
Patrick Clemins , Manager, Cyberinfrastructure and Partnerships, Vermont EPSCoR; Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Vermont
Preston Smith , Executive Director, Research Computing, Purdue University
Susan Ivey , Director, Research Computing & Data Facilitation Service, North Carolina State University
Previous and Scheduled Calls
| 08/21/2024 12pm ET | PEARC24 Recap and Emerging Centers BoF Debrief Moderated Discussion | doc |
| 07/17/2024 12pm ET | Generative AI Use By Researchers and in the Classroom Alex Feltus, Clemson University Jason Woodward, Cornell University | doc |
| 06/26/2024 12pm ET | The National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot Moderated Discussion | doc |
| 05/15/2024 | Open Science Grid (OSG) for Emerging Centers Tim Cartwright and Christina Koch, OSG | doc video |
| 04/17/2024 | RESCHEDULED for June: The National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot | |
| 03/20/2024 | HPC in Africa (revisited) Bryan Johnson, Senior HPC Technologist, Advanced Computer Engineering Lab | doc slides video |
| 02/21/2024 | Communicating with your Users: Impacts, Services, and Documentation | doc video |
| 01/17/2024 | Roundtable Discussion on Future Topics | doc video |
| 12/20/2023 | NO MONTHLY CALL: Holiday Break | |
| 11/15/2023 | NO MONTHLY CALL: SC23 in Denver, CO | |
| 10/18/2023 | Containers: How and Why | doc slides video |
| 09/20/2023 | National Resources Series: CloudBank and Jetstream2 – Affordable Cloud Services | doc video |
| 08/16/2023 | Centre for High Performance Computing, South Africa Bryan Johnson, Senior HPC Technologist, Advanced Computer Engineering Lab | doc slides video |
| 07/19/2023 | NO MONTHLY CALL: PEARC23 in Portland, OR | |
| 06/21/2023 | National Resources Series: The National Research Platform (NRP) Larry Smarr, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of California, San Diego | doc video |
| 05/17/2023 | CaRCC People Network Focus on Accessibility: Introduction to Web Accessibility Lena Bohman, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell | doc video |
| 04/19/2023 | National Resources Series: ACCESS Allocations Dave Hart, NCAR and ACCESS Allocations | doc video |
| 03/15/2023 | FAIR Principles and Storage Christine Kilpatrick, GO FAIR US | doc video |
| 02/23/2023 | The New NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy Joint Call with EDUCAUSE RCD CG | doc video |
| 01/18/2023 | Panel: Recent NSF CC* Planning Grant Awardees Dan Stageman, CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice Tony Skjellum, University of Tennessee Chattanooga Yanyan Zhuang & Greg Williams, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Yongning Tang, Illinois State University | doc video |
| 12/14/2022 | The Business of HPC Centers: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly Dr. Scott Yockel, Harvard University | doc video |
| 10/19/2022 | The Cultural Fit between Research and Enterprise IT: Poll-guided Discussion | doc video |
| 09/21/2022 | Metrics for RCD Success | doc video |
| 08/17/2022 | Specialization and Silos | doc video |
| 06/15/2022 | Looking forward: future topic discussion | doc video |
| 05/18/2022 | Meet the Strategy and Policy-Facing Track | doc video |
| 04/20/2022 | Discovering, Recruiting, Developing Staff | doc video |
| 03/16/2022 | RCD Staffing Models | doc video |
| 02/16/2022 | Find Funding for Your Initiatives, community sharing | doc |
| 01/19/2022 | Developing Policies | doc video |
| 10/20/2021 | Series on Leading Practices of Facilitation: Part 3 | doc |
| 09/15/2021 | Recap of PEARC21 Workshop: Refining your RCD Pitch | doc |
| 05/19/2021 | Emerging Centers Track 2.0 | doc |
| 04/21/2021 | NSF Service Providers: Jetstream2, Bridges2, and Anvil | doc video |
| 03/17/2021 | Experiences Supporting, Promoting, Advancing RCD | doc video |
| 01/27/2021 | Open Science Grid Overview | doc |
| 12/16/2020 | NSF Program Directors / EPOC | doc video |
| 10/21/2020 | CASC and Emerging Centers | doc video |
| 09/16/2020 | RCD Job Elements and Career Guide | doc |
| 07/15/2020 | Policy Development | doc video |
| 06/17/2020 | Center Budget Construction Panel | doc |
| 04/15/2020 | COVID-19 Impacts | doc video |
| 03/18/2020 | Open OnDemand | doc video |
| 02/19/2020 | Research Computing Strategic & Cyberinfrastructure Plans | doc |
| 01/15/2020 | Tools and Methods for Collecting Research Use Cases | doc video |
| 11/20/2019 | SC19 Conference Takeaways | doc |
| 10/16/2019 | Identifying and Working with Faculty | doc |
| 09/18/2019 | Emerging Centers Kickoff Call | doc |
Resources for Emerging Center Members
Refining Your Pitch (Examples)