Add CaRCC to hpc.social (#12)

* Add CaRCC to hpc.social
* Use hpc-social tag for CaRCC

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+- name: "Campus Research Computing Consortium (CaRCC)"
+  tag: carcc
+  url: https://carcc.org/
+  feed: https://carcc.org/tag/hpc-social/feed/
+  image: https://carcc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/logo-png-3.png

_posts/carcc/2022-10-3-p=4515.md

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+author: Campus Research Computing Consortium (CaRCC)
+author_tag: carcc
+blog_subtitle: Campus Research Computing Consortium
+blog_title: hpc-social – carcc.org
+blog_url: https://carcc.org
+category: carcc
+date: '2022-10-03 18:30:38'
+layout: post
+original_url: https://carcc.org/2022/10/03/understanding-the-carcc-facings/
+slug: understanding-the-carcc-facings
+title: Understanding the CaRCC Facings
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+<p>One of the biggest challenges we face as an organization supporting the research computing and data (RCD) profession is defining what it means to <em>be</em> an RCD professional. Although it’s clear our profession is growing and very much in-demand, the lines between RCD and other types of jobs are often blurred, and our professional titles rarely reflect the breadth of what we do. Supporting the needs of researchers is distinct and often very different from providing enterprise technology services to a general user population (even though many of us do both and overlap certainly exists). The Campus Research Computing Consortium (CaRCC) focuses on the challenges and opportunities unique to providing computational, data, and other related services to researchers.</p>
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+<h3><strong>Am I an RCD professional?&nbsp;</strong></h3>
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+<p>Most of us would agree that the people who manage university supercomputers are RCD professionals, but am I an RCD professional if I help researchers navigate data and my title is Librarian or Data Scientist? Am I an RCD professional if I’m a programmer who develops software that supports a research project? Am I an RCD professional if I’m not involved in hands-on technical work but do outreach and education to help researchers find and use technology and data resources?&nbsp;</p>
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+<p>If you are supporting researchers in any way through systems, software, data, security, networking, data center operations, or education and consulting, <strong>yes &#8211;you </strong><strong><em>are </em></strong><strong>an RCD professional!</strong></p>
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+<h3><strong>Okay, so I’m an RCD professional. How do I find “my people” within this broad and diverse profession?&nbsp;</strong></h3>
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+<p>We segment the RCD profession into five (non-mutually exclusive) focus areas that we call “Facings” – as in “this is what/whom I’m facing much of the time.” Most of us do things related to more than one of the Facings.&nbsp;</p>
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+<h3><strong>What or whom are you facing?</strong></h3>
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+<p>Use these descriptions to help you find your own RCD peer groups or to better understand <a href="https://carcc.org/rcd-professionalization/facings/">the Facings</a>.&nbsp;</p>
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+<p><strong>Researcher-Facing</strong> <strong>RCD Professionals</strong> – We work directly with researchers in areas such as outreach, education, training, consulting, facilitation, liaising, etc.</p>
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+<p><strong>Systems-Facing</strong> <strong>RCD Professionals</strong> – We work with systems – including systems administration, planning, engineering, networking, optimization, systems and network security, instruments and sensors, middleware, and the like.&nbsp;</p>
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+<p><strong>Data-Facing RCD Professionals</strong> – We are responsible for data discovery, curation, management, publishing/sharing, data science, data security, and data-related&nbsp;functions.</p>
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+<p><strong>Software-Facing RCD Professionals</strong> – We are involved in software development, engineering portability, installation, optimization, support, and related activities.</p>
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+<p><strong>Strategy and Policy-Facing RCD Professionals</strong> – We help set organizational policies, develop programs and personnel management strategies, lead service evaluations, and work in areas related to funding, finances, security policy, or other strategic initiatives.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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+<h3><strong>I get it! Now what?&nbsp;</strong></h3>
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+<p>Once you’ve found your Facings, <a href="https://carcc.org/people-network/">join the People Network</a> and sign up to join your Facings’ meetings and discussions. CaRCC is an open and inclusive community; we actively encourage and welcome new members!</p>

_posts/carcc/2022-5-25-p=4196.md

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+author: Campus Research Computing Consortium (CaRCC)
+author_tag: carcc
+blog_subtitle: Campus Research Computing Consortium
+blog_title: hpc-social – carcc.org
+blog_url: https://carcc.org
+category: carcc
+date: '2022-05-25 17:49:57'
+layout: post
+original_url: https://carcc.org/2022/05/25/2021-rcd-capabilities-model-community-data-report-now-available/
+slug: 2021-rcd-capabilities-model-community-data-report-now-available
+title: 2021 RCD Capabilities Model Community Data report now available
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+<p>The second <a href="https://zenodo.org/record/6502962#.Yoe-Ky1h2_w">Research Computing and Data (RCD) Capabilities Model Community Dataset report</a> is now available through <a href="http://rcd-nexus.org/">CaRCC’s RCD Nexus</a> as part of a project funded by the National Science Foundation. The report aggregates assessments contributed by 51 higher education institutions, providing insight into the current state of support for RCD.</p>
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+<p>Report data is intended to support strategic planning and decision-making for campus leadership, funding agencies, RCD leaders, and others interested in advanced technologies that enable research.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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+<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img alt="" class="wp-image-4199" height="268" src="https://carcc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ScatterGraphSmall.png" width="579" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The <a href="https://zenodo.org/record/6502962#.Yo5XjC1h2_x">RCD Capabilities Model Community Dataset report </a>is now available. </figcaption></figure>
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+<p>Themes that emerged from the 2021 data include:</p>
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+<li>There is generally stronger support for Researcher-Facing, System-Facing, and Strategy and Policy-Facing areas, than for Data-Facing and Software-Facing capabilities.</li>
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+<li>R1 institutions have much higher levels of coverage than other Carnegie Classifications, particularly in certain areas.</li>
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+<li>EPSCoR institutions have significant gaps in capabilities coverage relative to institutions in other states, including dramatic gaps in certain areas of Data-Facing support.</li>
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+<p>“This level of data has never before been readily available to the RCD community,” said Patrick Schmitz, co-principal investigator on the RCD Nexus project. “We were intrigued to see that institutions who completed a second assessment in 2021 saw a marked increase in their capabilities related to RCD strategy and policy. It’s possible the assessment is already helping them improve their programs. We will work to continue expanding the dataset in the coming years, and are pleased to offer the RCD community a solid baseline dataset to help inform strategic planning.”</p>
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+<p><em>This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2100003">Grant OAC-2100003</a>. 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</em>.</p>