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San Diego State University’s VERNE: Applying the CENIC AI Resource to Multi-disciplinary Instruction

Tags CENIC AIR

SDSU has created a computing cluster for instruction operating over CENIC AIR called the VERNE, offering advanced graphical processing units (GPUs) and storage made available via JupyterHub, an easy-to-use web-based environment for accessing these resources.

Network Traffic Analysis Shows Changing Activity Patterns During COVID-19 Pandemic

Even as campuses, schools, libraries, and cultural institutions have closed amid stay-at-home orders, CENIC’s networks have remained a vital part of the Internet ecosystem for online learning and community engagement, remote access to research data and specialized computing facilities, academic medicine and clinical care, and work-from-home operations.

Understanding Network Impacts of Increased Online Learning

While COVID-19 is creating unprecedented uncertainty, Research and Education Networks such as CENIC's CalREN will play an important role in supporting our educational institutions as they increasingly move to online learning. CENIC has prepared this information as a resource for members who have moved to, or are contemplating moving to, online instruction.

CSU Fullerton Creates Virtual Assistant to Engage Students for Success

Categories CSU

CSU Fullerton students can talk to the virtual assistant iTuffy on smartphones or smart speakers placed around campus to get answers to simple questions and ease collegiate life. The AI tool is powered by CSUF’s 100-Gbps connection to the CENIC's network and access to cloud services.

Zero-Trust Networking Enhances Security in Research and Education Environments

Zero-trust networking may be uniquely capable of tackling the security issues confronted by R&E environments. Experts from Google, Netflix, the UC Office of the President, San Bernardino County schools, and the San Francisco Library weigh in on security challenges and solutions.

CSU San Bernardino Students Leverage New Computing Power to Tackle Real-World Challenges

Categories CSU

High-speed Internet connectivity through CENIC has helped CSUSB develop new student technology programs, expand faculty-led research, obtain research grants, create Science DMZs, and move more applications to the cloud. San Bernardino is one of nine CSU campuses with an upgraded 100 Gbps network link.

College Course Exchange Aims to Help Students Finish Faster

Categories CCCs CSU

Online Course Exchange will help address California Community Colleges’ capacity problems and improve graduation rates by increasing access to and success in high-quality online courses. But tackling the challenge of how to set up secure and accurate data sharing among all 115 campuses is no easy feat.

California Emerging Technology Fund and CENIC: In Pursuit of a Common Goal

CENIC and the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) share a common goal: to close the digital divide by accelerating the deployment and adoption of high-speed broadband.

CENIC Presents Innovations in Networking Awards

Each year CENIC presents the Innovations in Networking Awards to highlight the exemplary innovations that leverage ultra-high bandwidth networking, particularly where those innovations have the potential to transform the ways in which instruction and research are conducted or where they further the deployment of broadband in underserved areas.

Pacific Research Platform: The Future of Big Data Collaboration

The Pacific Research Platform supports a broad range of data-intensive research projects that will impact science and technology worldwide. To meet the needs of researchers in California and beyond, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a five-year, $5-million grant to fund the Pacific Research Platform (PRP).