{"resourceId":"uf-navigator-nim-hipergator-campus-platform-2026","versions":[{"version":"external-7c313db30ef4d7c733c30cd6f948ff8afb8c4b82bb4e4172a242b3fd9a0777fb","resource":{"id":"uf-navigator-nim-hipergator-campus-platform-2026","title":"UF vendor case study: NaviGator campus AI platform served by NIM on HiPerGator","organization":"University of Florida (as portrayed in NVIDIA customer story)","sector":"Higher education","geography":"United States (Florida)","publishedAt":"NVIDIA customer story page (copyright 2026; undated story body)","publicationDate":null,"eventDate":null,"sourceName":"NVIDIA customer story – University of Florida","sourceLabel":"Attributed vendor case study","sourceUrl":"https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/case-studies/university-of-florida/","evidenceClass":"vendor-claim","outcomeClass":"emerging","topics":["knowledge-work","infrastructure","accessibility-workforce","operating-model"],"finding":"NVIDIA’s UF case study reports NaviGator as a self-service multi-model campus platform using NIM and Llama NIM on HiPerGator to serve models including Nemotron, citing nearly 24,000 unique NaviGator Chat users, 1,500+ ToolKit uses (52% staff), and 20 LLMs, with hybrid on-prem plus public cloud and centralized IT cost/privacy control.","sledRelevance":"Useful higher-ed pattern for centralized campus AI with on-prem optionality for PII/research data, but metrics are vendor-published and lack independent method detail.","evidence":"Opened story states objective using NIM on HiPerGator; key takeaways list user counts and model count; quotes Provost Glover on central cost control and AI-across-campus strategy; describes hybrid HiPerGator + AWS/GCP/Azure.","architectureImplications":"Central IT-operated hybrid inference (on-prem NIM + cloud models) with policy routing by data sensitivity.","governanceImplications":"Central model catalog and cost controls reduce shadow AI but concentrate governance responsibility in IT/academic affairs.","securityPrivacyImplications":"On-prem path called out for sensitive research data and student PII; hybrid design requires clear data-routing rules.","caveats":"Vendor customer story without publication date, methodology for user counts, utilization, or cost savings figures beyond qualitative claims.","streamIds":["nvidia","student-success","campus-operations"],"roles":{"sales":"Reference UF as a campus operating-model example (central catalog, hybrid routing), not as independently audited ROI.","engineering":"Design hybrid model routing with on-prem NIM for sensitive data and cloud models where policy allows.","delivery":"Stand up central platform governance, identity integration, and usage telemetry before broad student rollout."},"roleDetails":{"sales":{"customerProblem":"Universities face uncontrolled SaaS AI spend and PII risk alongside demand for campus-wide access.","stakeholders":["CIO","Provost","research computing","student affairs"],"discoveryQuestions":["What must stay on-prem?","Who pays for tokens/GPU hours?","How will faculty opt models into courses?"],"valueHypothesis":"Central NaviGator-like platforms can combine access, cost control, and privacy routing when IT owns the catalog.","potentialEngagement":"Campus AI platform discovery and pilot for a college or student-success unit.","unsupportedClaims":["24k users prove learning outcomes","Cost savings are quantified in the story"]},"engineering":{"fit":"Fit for centralized campus inference with NIM on institutional HPC plus cloud fallbacks.","architectureIntegration":"Integrate HiPerGator/NIM endpoints with IdP, policy routing, and multi-model gateway.","prerequisites":["Institutional IdP","GPU capacity","data classification scheme","observability"],"constraints":["Hybrid increases routing complexity","Vendor metrics may not match local scale","Model sprawl"],"security":"Route PII/research-sensitive prompts only to approved on-prem models.","proofOfValue":["AuthZ enforced","Sensitive routes stay on-prem","Usage telemetry by role"]},"delivery":{"work":"Platform MVP, policy routing, faculty/staff enablement, and phased user expansion.","dependencies":["central IT","academic affairs","research computing"],"ownership":"Central IT owns platform; 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