Name: NAIRR Starter, Demystified: Free GPUs for the Classroom in 45 Minutes
Start: 2026-06-25T13:45:00-0500
End: 2026-06-25T14:30:00-0500

Welcome to the fourth annual Cybersecurity Across Disciplines (CyAD) Summit hosted by the National Cybersecurity Training & Education Center (NCyTE)!

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NAIRR Starter, Demystified: Free GPUs for the Classroom in 45 Minutes

Thursday June 25, 2026 1:45pm - 2:30pm CDT

BLDG T-924

Many faculty know the National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) exists — and that it offers free access to serious computing — but assume that applying is too complicated to be worth the effort. It isn't, and this session proves it. In 45 minutes, we'll walk through everything you need to bring free, GPU-backed cloud computing into your fall courses and research. We'll start with a live demo of Jetstream2, showing how quickly you can launch a virtual machine, open a Jupyter notebook, and run real AI workloads — no local hardware, no IT tickets, no setup headaches. You'll see concrete classroom and research use cases, including how a single allocation can be shared across an entire class while keeping each student's usage accountable. Then we'll tackle the part that scares people off: the application itself. We'll go step by step through requesting a NAIRR Starter allocation for the fall semester, point out exactly where people get stuck, and leave plenty of time for your questions. You'll walk away knowing what to request, how to request it, and how to get your students working in the cloud within days. If you've been meaning to apply but never have, this is the session that gets you over the line.

Speakers

Dr Vincent Nestler

John M. Pfau Endowed Professor, CSUSB and Senior Personnel, NCyTE Center, California State University San Bernardino

Vincent Nestler, Ph.D. Vincent holds a doctoral degree in instructional design, a masters in both network security from Capitol College, and M.A.T. from Columbia University. He is the author of the Principles of Computer Security, Lab Manual, published by McGraw Hill. He is a network... Read More →

Thursday June 25, 2026 1:45pm - 2:30pm CDT
BLDG T-924

AI Emerging Technologies and Risk Implications, Presentation

CyAD 2026: Cybersecurity Across Disciplines Summit

Dr Vincent Nestler

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CyAD 2026: Cybersecurity Across Disciplines Summit

Dr Vincent Nestler

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