Welcome to CalCyAIVR Institute

The California Cyber, AI and VR Institute is a community outreach center that brings in the expertise of PolySec Cyber Security Lab and CPP VR lab to the community by offering industry certification bootcamps and research training for community members such as working professionals, college students and high school students at an affordable not-for-profit manner.

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Our Programs

Designed to provide comprehensive learning and research opportunities.

Industry Tech Certifications

Industry-focused bootcamps leading to certifications.

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High School Research Internship

Research Internship opportunities for high school students.

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HS CS Project Based Learning

A three-phase tech training to research project pathway for stellar college applications.

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Industry Tech Cert Boot Camps

Hands on bootcamps leading to industry tech certifications in Cyber, AI, VR and Cloud Computing

Cyber Certifications

Hands-on training leading to Security+, CEH and CISSP to name a few.
Cloud Certifications

Hands-on training to prepare certifications from AWS, GCP and Azure.
VR/AR Certifications

Industry preparedness for Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality platform using Unity and Unreal on Quest and similar platforms.
AI Certifications

Hands-on training for industry preparedness for OpenAI and other LLM based SW development.

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High School Research Internship

The fifteen week (February-September) research internship provides an unique opportunity for high school students to participate in Data Science, Cyber Security, Computational Neuroscience, AI and Virtual Reality based research projects with mentorship from distinguished University professors from Southern California CSU and UCs. Students build the basic of technical research during weekends over the Spring semester and complete actual research project, write a poster and paper during the intensive weekday Summer semester. Primarily online with a few in-person lab experiments and field trips. Applicants will be accepted after an interview with the program director.Optional lodging available for non-CA applicants. 2024 participant success includes presentations at MIT URTC and winning positions in the CSU Poster Competition.

Sessions
- Feb-May, 2025, weekends (tentative)
- June-July, 2025, weekdays (tentative)
- Aug-Sep, 2025 weekends (tentative)
Eligibility
- Full-time high school students in US
- Basic coding skills preferred
- 4 hrs per week commitment during Feb-May and Aug-Sep.
- 10 hrs per week commitment during June-July
Logistics
- Apply by Feb 5, 2025
- Competitive acceptance process
- Limited income and merit based scholarship available.

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CS Dojo n' More Technical Bootcamp

Project based technical CS bootcamps for high school students. Offered over weekends during regular semesters and intensive bootcamps during summer. Prepares a strong background for HS research internship. Topics include AP Computer Science Principles, AP Computer Science A, Advanced Programming, Game Programming, Cyber Security, Data Science and Cloud Computing. Applicants will be accepted after an interview with the program director. All bootcamps include a dedicated project implementation such as this 2024 example of Cloud Computing and full stack web development training: http://www.mind-connect.net/