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Brush up on your cloud tech skills with this spring CLASS offering

Internet2 CLASS offers hands-on experiential learning, incubators and a growing community of practice to support workforce development within research and higher education. Take advantage of this upcoming opportunity to grow your skillset.

UW–Madison is a member of Internet2, and all UW employees are eligible to take advantage of member pricing for CLASS courses and professional development opportunities. In the registration process, please use your UW–Madison email address.

CLASS Advanced Program

  • Topic: In the 1st week of this 2-week offering, participants will learn cloud native technologies from Sujee Maniyam, “Big Data” expert and technical instructor at Elephant Scale. Examples of topics to be covered include multi-cloud deployment using Terraform, container orchestration in the cloud using Kubernetes and using serverless computing for account monitoring. In the 2nd week, participants will put what they learn to the test by working together in small groups on a proposed project relevant to challenges faced by the research IT community.
  • When: Begins April 3
  • Cost: $2,500 for Internet2 members
  • Registration: Opens February 10. Check the CLASS website for details and a full description.

Learn more about CLASS

  • Learning Modules: CLASS offers hands-on, learning experiences that help higher education institutions explore ways to accelerate research.
  • Incubators: CLASS collaborates with various institutional partners to accelerate the adoption of cloud computing for research and higher education.
  • CLASS Community: CLASS aims to build a robust research and education community ready to move cloud forward! When you participate in any CLASS Learning Module or Incubator program, you automatically become part of the CLASS community.