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SUMMARY:

CONFERENCE: Research Computing for Smaller Institutions (RCSI) 2026
June 16-17 2026
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA (Philadelphia area)
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https://rcsi.swarthmore.edu/

Register: 

https://swarthmoreits.corsizio.com/event/691b866be5df27d0b0b778e3

DETAILS:

We are pleased to announce that we have received an NSF award to
support attendee travel for the Research Computing for Smaller
Institutions (RCSI) conference!

https://rcsi.swarthmore.edu/

The event is taking place June 16-17 at Swarthmore College.

Please register here:

https://swarthmoreits.corsizio.com/event/691b866be5df27d0b0b778e3

And consider submitting a talk proposal:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeCERMISvSGByL1oDrsLKubarBgKkyHWRjUxaK3l53a_8n5kQ/viewform

We have secured a small block of rooms at the Hampton Inn nearby:

https://www.hilton.com/en/book/reservation/deeplink/?ctyhocn=PHLSPHX&groupCode=CHHRSC&arrivaldate=2026-06-15&departuredate=2026-06-17&cid=OM,WW,HILTONLINK,EN,DirectLink&fromId=HILTONLINKDIRECT

Please see the conference itinerary for additional lodging
options and logistical details:

https://rcsi.swarthmore.edu/itinerary

Please let us know if you have any questions!

We look forward to seeing you at RCSI this summer.

Warmest regards,
Jason Simms and Andrew Ruether
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Swarthmore College is hosting the 3rd conference on
"Research Computing at Smaller Institutions" (RCSI),
June 16-17, 2026.

We welcome anyone interested to attend, though content
primarily will target the needs and concerns of non-R1
institutions.

This event continues the evolution of prior conferences on
"High-Performance Computing at Liberal Arts Institutions"
held in 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2020.

Academic work in a variety of fields is increasingly reliant
on computational analysis, and researchers, faculty, and
students at institutions of all scales are looking for ways to
gain access to, and effectively leverage, research and
high-performance computing (HPC) resources to advance their
research, pedagogical, and vocational opportunities.

The ongoing premise of RCSI is the acknowledgment that:

* smaller schools increasingly confront identical technical
challenges related to research computing that larger
institutions do, such as data storage, reproducible
(and ever-more complex) workflows, collaboration, user and
environment management, etc.;

* smaller institutions must face such challenges without
resource levels (e.g., money, time, FTE, expertise,
infrastructure, and so on) available to larger institutions;

and,

* an open discussion of research computing challenges faced
by our community of smaller institutions can foster new and
beneficial ideas, opportunities and collaborations.

While significant progress has been made towards democratizing
access to a rich set of resources beyond R1 and similar
institutions, much work remains.

We invite anyone from ITS, Libraries, and any affiliated
programs, departments, and staff involved with research
computing support to join us for two full days to discuss
these issues, to exchange ideas, and to learn from one another.