Using the ENU HPC Cluster for GenAI and Cybersecurity Research

​GPresenters:

Mark Tehrani, James Ball and Bill Buchanan

​Outline:

At the core of GenAI is the integration of GPUs within a high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure. With ENU, we have an HPC cluster, and which can be used to run a wide range of GenAI models. This online seminar will demonstrate practical examples of using GenAI models with the HPC infrastructure, including the use of small LLMs, such as gemma4:31b, glm-4.7-flash:q4 K M, glm-4.7-flash:q8 0, and mistral-small3.2:24b. It will provide hands-on advice in running models and which will be useful for active researchers and students undertaking student projects. The experience of this work comes from running a range of advanced models for cybersecurity on the HPC.

Speakers:

Mark Tehrani is an AI/Cybersecurity researcher within the Centre for Cybersecurity, IoT and Cyberphysical, and has published a range of papers related to GenAI and Cybersecurity. His current research focus is Superintelligence in Cryptanalysis and in the application of Quantum Computing.

LinkedIn: /madjid-tehrani
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=en&user=mdyZssQAAAAJ

James Ball is a Visiting Academic within the Centre for Cybersecurity, IoT and Cyberphysical, and has extensive experience in AI projects and Digital Assets.

LinkedIn: /jamesedwardball

Bill Buchanan is a Professor of Applied Cryptography and is currently the Director of the Scottish Centre of Excellence in Digital Trust and DLT, and leads the Blockpass ID Lab.

LinkedIn: /billatnapier

Creating an account:

If you are a Napier student/researcher, you can sign up here for an account (and which may be useful to follow along): https://napier.unidesk.ac.uk/tas/public/ssp/content/serviceflow?unid=b8e6dc4b6bd74cc1bafa72336fd61df9