AI for All without a Budget

Thursday, October 01, 2026 | 3:15PM–4:15PM MT
Session Type: Poster Session
Delivery Format: Poster Session
Learn how Montana State University leveraged open-source tools, existing high performance computing resources, and innovation to provide a flexible and feature-rich AI platform to all their faculty, staff, and students as part of a tiered AI portfolio. Open-source and commercial AI platforms will be compared for use in teaching, research, and administration.

Presenters

  • Catherine Hahola

    Director of Technology Innovation & Strategy, Montana State University

  • Coltran Hophan-Nichols

    Director of Systems and Research Computing, Montana State University

  • Travis Powell

    HPC Systems Administrator, Montana State University