The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) created the Open Cloud Institute, an initiative to develop degree programs in cloud computing and big data and foster collaboration with industry.
The Open Cloud Institute will launch with initial gifts and in-kind investments of $9m. The 80/20 Foundation has committed $4.8m to support four endowed professorships, up to two faculty research positions, 10 graduate student endowments and research funding. Additionally, the university has received in-kind donations from industry leaders such as Rackspace, AMD, Intel, Mellanox Technologies and Seagate, and support from the Open Compute Project and the OpenStack Foundation.
The institute will actively engage with industry partners such as Rackspace and others to facilitate technology transfer and provide a platform for industry projects in next-generation cloud technology.
Led by President Ricardo Romo, UTSA is already a top university for cybersecurity education, with education and research programs that span its College of Business, College of Engineering, and College of Sciences.
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01/03/2015