Be the Future.

CLASS is a knowledge advocacy program built to help institutions and researchers navigate the complex, changing landscape of higher education technology.

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LEARN

CLASS offers immersive learning experiences to deepen your technical computing skills - from Cloud Computing to AI tools to Scientific Software Programming. We help researchers because we are researchers.

COLLABORATE

CLASS brings together various institutional and industry partners to accelerate the pace of scientific discovery. By facilitating meaningful partnerships, CLASS makes learning and knowledge sharing sustainable.

ENGAGE

CLASS builds on Internet2’s network of experts and members to develop a robust advanced cyberinfrastructure workforce capable of addressing higher education’s most pressing technical needs.

What's New in CLASS

Why Choose CLASS?

  • Collaboration with experts and peers.

    The instructors were not only readily available to expertly answer questions, but also happily helped us refine our proposed use cases - David Luong, Research Computing Systems Engineer, UCLA Anderson School of Management

  • The perfect combination of labs and learning.

    CLASS training offers students the opportunity to apply knowledge to solve real issues high ed institutions are trying to solve - John Cox, Senior Cloud Infrastructure Specialist, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Practical, hands-on knowledge about supporting researchers.

    Learning from experts in the field of cloud computing, with extensive experience supporting research environments, was incredibly helpful for me in terms of acquiring hands-on, practical knowledge about how to best support the researchers in higher education settings - Kate Birney, MS, CISSP, CCSP, Operating Systems/Network Analyst, Oregon State University

  • Confidence to pursue career goals.

    The CLASS Advanced course was an extraordinary opportunity as it gave me the confidence to pursue my career as a system engineer for higher education - Kraig Eisenman, System Engineer II – Cloud Technologies, Yale University

Meet the Team

Amanda Tan

Research Program Manager, Training Lead

Ananya Ravipati

Lead Cloud Engineer

Tim Manik

Cloud Solutions Architect

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