Author Archive: UC IT Blog

Cyber-Stronger Together: The Systemwide Security Awareness Group

illustration: streams of information being blocked by a lock

By Bill Green. One hundred fifty years ago, it was not uncommon for friends and neighbors to band together to help one another build a barn. It made for quick work, and just a bit of effort from everyone completed…
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UC San Diego Updates edX Platform to Improve Online Learning Experience

People working on computers at the Hub at UCSD

By Mark Hersberger. The University of California San Diego was collecting test scores and other learning metrics from 3.4 million students engaged in its offering of 90 massive, open, online courses (MOOCs). However, due to incompatibilities between the data format…
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Video: Professor Jennifer Urban on Cybersecurity Legal Issues

UC Berkeley Clinical Law Professor, Jennifer Urban

Jennifer Urban is a clinical professor of law at UC Berkeley and she was a featured speaker at the 7th Biannual UC Cyber Security Summit at UC San Francisco’s Mission Bay campus on April 17. In this video, Professor Urban…
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Register for the 2019 Information Security Symposium

The Information Security Symposium at UC Davis

Registration has opened for the 2019 Information Security Symposium, held June 18-19 at UC Davis. The theme is Connect, Share, Fortify, and the attractions include: More than 100 information sessions, along with hands-on labs 25 leading security and technology vendors…
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Young UC Merced Student Developing Smartphone Diagnostics for Alzheimer’s

Kumaran Akilan presented his research on using a smartphone to potentially diagnose Alzheimer's disease at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January.

Alzheimer’s disease affects people all over the world and Kumaran Akilan’s family is no different. As the first-year student from Cupertino waits to see if his grandfather’s mild cognitive impairment is indeed Alzheimer’s, Akilan has been busy deciphering a new…
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