The NSRC cultivates collaboration among a community of peers to build and improve a global Internet that benefits all parties. We facilitate the growth of sustainable Internet infrastructure via technical training and engineering assistance to enrich the network of networks. Our goal is to connect people.
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August 2026: Bhutan NOG (btNOG13) Conference Day Group Photo held at the Office of the Vice Chancellor, Royal University of Bhutan, Thimphu
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June 2026: Tanzanian Network Operators Group and Tanzania Education and Research Network Campus Network Design and Operators Workshop held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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April 2026: Campus Network Design and Operations and Workshop, Nepal Research and Education Network (NREN), Kathmandu, Nepal
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March 2026: MMSU Campus Network Design and Operations Workshop at Mariano Marcos State University, City of Batac, llocos Norte, Philippines
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February 2026: APRICOT Practical Virtualization with Hybrid Strategies MasterClass, Jakarta, Indonesia
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November 2025: PacNOG 36 Conference Group Photo, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
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October 2025: Mongolia NOG 7 (mnNOG7) workshops and conference, Ulaan Baatar and Glory Resort Terelj, Mongolia
NEWS
NSRC is partially sponsored by the International Research Network Connections (IRNC) program in the National Science Foundation's Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC) via NSF grant award# 2029309.
Google has supported the NSRC with 5 million in funding and more in donations of hardware. Read More.
NSRC receives support from many supporters, including ICANN, ISOC, and others.
RECENT ACTIVITIES
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DrukREN 2026 Train the Trainer Workshop
Aug 18-21, 2026, Thimphu, Bhutan
As part of support from Asi@Connect STRIDE progam, the (Bhutan) Druk Research and Education network (DrukREN) supported by Bhutan's GovTech agency, and in conjunction with TEIN*CC and the Royal University of Bhutan (RUB), NSRC instructors Hervey Allen, Brian Candler, Philip Paeps and Philip Smith taught a four-day Train the Trainer workshop held the GovTech Conference Hall in Thimphu, Bhutan.
Campus Network Design and Operations and Workshop, Nepal Research and Education Network (NREN)
April 27-May 4, 2026, Kathmandu, Nepal
NSRC instructors Brian Candler, Dale Smith, Philip Paeps and Sebastian Buettrich worked with NREN team members to teach a 5-day workshop on Campus Network Design and Operators as well as provide several days of direct engineering assistance to NREN.
BGP Intermedia Operations & Best Practices at NZNOG 2026
March 23-25, 2026 Christchurch, New Zealand
Philip Smith and Warren Finch (ISOC) taught a 3-day workshop on BGP Intermediate Operations & Best Practices at the start of the NZNOG 2026 event.
APRICOT 2026 MasterClasses and Talks
Feb 4-12, 2026 Jakarta, Indonesia
NSRC personnel taught MasterClass workshops on Practical Cybersecurity for Internet Operators and Practical Virtualization with Hybrid Strategies as part of the APRICOT 2026 event that took place in the Sheraton Grand Jakarta Gandaria City Hotel. During the event NSRC either led or were involved in sessions on Interconnecting with CDNS, GIT, Peering Forum and Women in Tech.
NSRC Upcoming!
NSRC will be taking part in the 8th Mongolian Network Operator Group workshops and meeting. Workshops will be held September 28 until October 1, with the conference day being held Friday, October 2nd. Workshops will be held in Ulaanbaatar, with NSRC providing 4-days of hands-on training in Campus Network Design and Operations and Practical Virtualisation with Hybrid Strategies.
Blast from the Past
ICANN and NSRC Collaborate on Training Events
A 2018 overview of four trainings we helped organize: two in Nairobi, Kenya and in Helsinki, Finland, that focused on DNSSEC deployment, and two in London, United Kingdom and in Antananarivo, Madagascar. More stories are available here.
ARCHIVED MATERIALS
Our repository of historical, web and network-related materials maintained by the NSRC since 1989. View our Archived Materials.
