[Air-L] Launch and Town Hall (May 2025): Toward a new Collaborative Computational Project for Arts, Humanities, and Culture research (CCP-AHC)

[BELL, EAMONN]

Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the launch of Toward a new Collaborative Computational Project for Arts, Humanities, and Culture research (CCP-AHC)
To learn more about CCP-AHC visit: https://www.ccpahc.ac.uk<https://www.ccpahc.ac.uk/?utm_source=jiscmail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=proj_announce>
CCP-AHC is the name for a two-year scoping and community-building exercise, funded by UKRI and STFC for 24 months from January 2025, following a funding model that has been successfully used by many other scientific software communities<https://www.ccp.ac.uk/about-ccps/> over the past five decades.
The goal of CCP-AHC is to support the sustainable and efficient development of software, pipelines, and workflows used by arts, humanities, and culture researchers who make use of UK-based digital research infrastructure (DRI). This includes high-performance computing (HPC) and advanced computing infrastructures supported by UKRI, as well as those managed by UK-based HEIs and other research organisations eligible for UKRI funding<https://www.ukri.org/publications/organisation-eligibility/research-organisations-eligible-for-ukri-funding/>.
The project will be delivered by a team of researchers<https://www.ccpahc.ac.uk/#delivery-team> at Durham University, University of Brighton, and the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).
CCP-AHC Mailing Lists
There are two new JiscMail mailing lists for CCP-AHC that are now available for open sign-up.

  *   CCP-AHC-ANNOUNCE<https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?SUBED1=CCP-AHC-ANNOUNCE&A=1> will advertise CCP-AHC project news, events, and other opportunities.
  *   CCP-AHC-DISCUSS<https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?SUBED1=CCP-AHC-DISCUSS&A=1> can be used by all list members to discuss CCP-AHC and related topics.
CCP-AHC Town Hall 2025
The first CCP-AHC Town Hall will take place on 22 May 2025 in Durham (UK). The purpose of the CCP-AHC Town Hall 2025 is to bring together representatives of:
-          national and international digital research infrastructure (DRI) initiatives supporting arts, humanities, and culture (AH&C) research and innovation;
-          DRI professionals who enable and empower this work, particularly those interested in or actively using HPC;
-          the UK HPC and advanced computing community, including members of existing CCPs;
-          expertise in sustainable computationally intensive AH&C research and the FAIR data, workflows, and software that support it;
-          leaders in engaged and inclusive design principles for access to DRI.
Contributions will inform the CCP-AHC draft roadmap, which will shape the direction of this new community beyond the end of the scoping project in December 2026.
Complete this expression of interest form<https://forms.office.com/e/YX2Wmw8RpP> (https://forms.office.com/e/YX2Wmw8RpP) if you are interested in attending the Town Hall event.
For any questions or comments about the project during the start-up phase, please email the Project Lead<mailto:eamonn.bell at durham.ac.uk>. We welcome your feedback.
Yours,
Eamonn Bell (Durham University), CCP-AHC Project Lead
Karina Rodriguez Echavarria (University of Brighton), Project co-Lead
Jeyan Thiyagalingam (Science and Technology Facilities Council), Project co-Lead