The fact of the matter is this: if you care even a little bit about the future of cyberinfrastructure, research computing, or not embarrassing yourself in front of the NSF, you need to be paying attention to the 2026 NSF CC* PI Workshop.

This isn’t some dusty conference where people read slides in 9-point font and apologize for their demos. No, no. This is where the builders, the operators, the people actually wiring together science at scale all get in the same room and compare notes. Campus connectivity, advanced networking, lessons learned the hard way — the good stuff. The kind of stuff you wish you knew before your last grant report was due.

And look, I’m bad with names, but I’m great with vibes, and the vibe here is: smart people, real problems, zero fluff. You show up, you learn what’s working, what’s breaking, and how to not repeat someone else’s extremely expensive mistake. That’s efficiency, baby.

Also, let’s not kid ourselves — NSF CC* PIs don’t gather often, and when they do, things get interesting. Ideas connect. Collaborations happen. Everything is connected… even if I made up the connection just now.