July 24, 2019 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Yvonne Tevis. About one year ago, UC struck amazing deals with IT infrastructure companies – deals that likely will save the university up to $16M a year for five years. It’s true, UC Procurement rocks negotiation. But UC also…
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Join researchers, computer scientists, and data scientists at Securing Research Data: A Workshop on Emerging Practices in Computation and Storage for Sensitive Data, August 22, 9am–3pm. This one-day workshop will convene researchers from a variety of disciplines, including biology and…
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July 17, 2019 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Marissa J. Ventura. UC San Diego Health recently hosted its second annual Population Health Boot Camp. This one-day event gives participants the opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge of population-health tools, including registries, data integration, and strategy. It also allows…
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Eight teams representing all locations across the University of California won the 2019 Larry L. Sautter Award for using information technology to make university operations more effective and efficient, and to better serve faculty, staff, students and patients. Systemwide Chief…
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July 10, 2019 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Shohreh Bozorgmehri. This 2018-2019 fiscal year, I was honored to serve as chair of the systemwide Educational Technology Leadership Committee (ETLC). The ETLC is a committee of the Information Technology Leadership Council (ITLC), with direct involvement and support from…
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At the recent Cisco Live event in San Diego, ePlus and Cisco hosted a customer appreciation event exclusively for UC staff. They also gave UC IT Innovation Awards to UC teams who have used Cisco technology in innovative ways. UC…
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July 3, 2019 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Stephen Hauskins. High-end computational capabilities and support are rapidly becoming a necessity for UC Santa Cruz faculty, students, researchers, and collaborators. However, access to this type of capability is disproportionately distributed. Hummingbird, a shared computational cluster, is UCSC’s…
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In less than 3 weeks, the largest gathering of IT Professionals across the UC will descend on UC Santa Barbara for UCTech 2019. The beautiful UCSB campus will serve as the perfect backdrop for our UCTech Photo Contest! The best…
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June 25, 2019 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Meghan Steele Horan. Imagine a device that could stand up to even the most intense fires so that it could automatically signal others when a firefighter is immobilized on the job. UCLA researchers and colleagues at two other universities…
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By Shadee Ashtari. In March, the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) awarded the 2018 HIMSS Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence to UCLA Health for its progressive use of health care information technology (IT) to improve patient outcomes…
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