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title: "Registration is open for the 2023 CARC user meeting"
description: "The UNM Center for Advanced Research Computing will hold its second annual User Meeting on April 14, 2023, at the SUB Santa Ana A & B. Registration is open now."
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# Registration is open for the 2023 CARC user meeting

<p class="carc-byline">By Mariah Rosales · March 2023</p>

The UNM Center for Advanced Research Computing will hold its [second annual
User Meeting](/education/workshops/) on April 14, 2023, at the SUB Santa Ana A
& B. [Registration is open
now.](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEEpEvbUdSY7PFY6XfFPbINy_9xkjhtP1ETIZIrCdjMqR_aA/viewform){target=_blank}

![](/assets/2023-user-meeting-user-meeting-2022-captions.jpg)

CARC held its first User Meeting in April 2022 with a goal of providing a
forum for interactions between current users and the center staff, as well as
encouraging interactions and idea sharing between users in different
disciplines. Feedback from the user community was collected at this event.

Among the ideas implemented following last year’s feedback was the addition of
a student poster session to this year’s event. We encourage researchers,
particularly students, to [submit their abstracts when
registering](/education/workshops/) so they can present their posters (36” x
48”) in the afternoon poster reception at the User Meeting.

In addition to the poster reception, this year’s event will feature the
available resources at CARC, a keynote and two researcher presentations, an
information session about the National Research Platform (NRP), and a
discussion of research computing needs and gaps. Ylva Pihlstrom, UNM Physics
and Astronomy Professor, says “The purpose of the user meeting is to continue
building the communication between CARC and our users. For example, by
informing researchers about our resources as well as CARC receiving feedback
from users on their current and future computing needs.” The overview of
available resources at CARC and how you can get help accessing and using them
will be presented by professor Matthew Fricke. We have a keynote talk by
professor Melanie Moses, and additional talks by professors Amanda Bienz and
Avinash Sahu. This year we have added a poster session to showcase in
particular student and postdoctoral work utilizing computing resources in
various ways. “The networking aspect of a user meeting is also important, as
we hope that knowledge will be shared between researchers in different
departments and fields.” says Pihlstrom. Additionally, information about the
NRP, a distributed cluster system based on resource sharing will be presented,
including how UNM researchers can access the platform.<br><br>**Registration
is open and will close on Friday, March 31.** We invite everyone with an
interest in research computing to attend to learn more about the Center and
resources available to the UNM community.