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Connecting the Dots of Research

UC IT Blogger January 12, 2022 All ArticlesBrian Riley, California Digital Library, Catherine Nancarrow, CDL, data, DMPHub, John Chodacki, Maria Praetzellis, Marisa Strong, research, Sautter Award, Silver Sautter Award 0

A scuba diver attaches a box to a coral reef

By Maria Praetzellis, Brian Riley, John Chodacki, Catherine Nancarrow, and Marisa Strong. Researchers at the University of California create enormous quantities of data and research outputs every day. The challenge is how do we track and understand how this data…
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Register: Privacy Career Awareness Panel, Jan. 26

UC IT Blogger January 12, 2022 All Articlescareers, Cheryl Washington, Chief Privacy Officer, CISO, Data Privacy Day, Data Privacy Month, DEI, diversity, diversity equity and inclusion, Events, Google, Liz Eraker Palley, Pegah Parsi, penl, privacy, Senior Privacy Counsel, Thea Bullock, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC San Diego, UCD, UCI, UCSD 0

Animated Video call, with four diverse participants

Register for the panel discussion “How to Break Down Barriers to Privacy Careers for Underrepresented Populations”, hosted by the UC Berkeley Privacy Office. This virtual event will take place on January 26, 2022 at 11:00 a.m.

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Data Privacy Day: Film Screening and Panel Discussion

UC IT Blogger January 12, 2022 All ArticlesAllison Henry, Bryan Cunningham, Chief Information Security Officer, Chief Privacy Officer, CISO, Data Privacy Day, Data Privacy Month, Gillian Hayes, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Parsi, Pegah, Safiya Noble, Sean Peisart, The Social Dilemma, UC Berkeley, UC Campus Privacy Officers, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Los Angeles, UCB, UCD, UCI, UCLA 0

University of California, The Social Dilemma, Screening and Panel Discussion in Recognition of Data Privacy Day

We tweet, we like, and we share — but what are the consequences of our growing dependence on social media? In the documentary film, The Social Dilemma, Silicon Valley insiders reveal how social media is reprogramming civilization by exposing…
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State of the UC Tech Slack Community

UC IT Blogger December 15, 2021 All ArticlesSlack, Slack workspace, social media, Tim Marconi, UC San Diego, UC San Diego Library, UC Tech Conference, UC Tech Slack, UCSD 1

By Tim Marconi. Another year is quickly coming to a close, and so it seems a good time to provide an update on the UC Tech Slack community. If you haven’t had a chance to read previous articles in the…
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Register Ahead for Fall Innovate to Grow; Event Highlights Experiential Learning

UC IT Blogger December 15, 2021 All ArticlesEngineering, Events, in-person event, Innovate to Grow Showcase, register, robots, UC Merced, UCM, virtual event 0

Students show off one of their projects for Innovate the Grow audiences. Image by Veronica Adrover.

More than 40 student teams from UC Merced’s School of Engineering will show off the projects they’ve been designing and assembling for community partners — from data analysis and food processing to autonomous mobile robots and water-treatment monitoring.

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Process Mapping Community of Practice Takes Flight

UC IT Blogger December 8, 2021 All ArticlesInformation Technology Services, Mark Hersberger, Process Mapping, Promapp, The Current, UC Berkeley, UC Berkeley Business Management Process Office, UC San Diego, UC San Diego Promapp, UC Santa Barbara, UCB, UCSB, UCSD 0

Birch Aquarium. Credit: Erik Jepsen/UC San

By Mark Hersberger. Process mapping is a valuable skill—not just in IT but in multiple functions. Tools and approaches abound, and the Meaningful Actionable Process Structures Community of Practice (MAPSCoP, for short) has been created to bring UC enthusiasts together.

Virtual Reality Warps Your Sense of Time, Research Shows

UC IT Blogger December 8, 2021 All ArticlesAllison Arteaga Soergel, Nicolas Davidenko, research study, Time, Timing & Time Perception, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC, University of California News, Virtual Reality 0

A child wearing a virtual reality headset

By Allison Arteaga Soergel. Grayson Mullen was playing a virtual reality game at a friend’s house when, suddenly, he noticed that something very strange was happening.

“I stopped playing the game, and I realized that I had no idea…
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UC Adopts a New IT Recovery Policy

UC IT Blogger December 1, 2021 All ArticlesBFB-IS-12: IT Recovery Policy, Information Technology, IS-12, IT Recovery, recovery, Risk, Robert Smith, UC Office of the President, UCOP 0

By Robert Smith. The University of California has a brand new IT Recovery Policy!

UC President Michael V. Drake signed the policy, BFB-IS-12: IT Recovery Policy, on June 11, 2021, and it took effect July 1, 2021.

Register: UCSC Digital Equity Webinar, Dec. 1

UC IT Blogger December 1, 2021 All ArticlesBrian Hall, Cecelia Carillo, Chief Information Security Officer, CISO, DEI, digital equity, diversity equity and inclusion, equity, Jacob Martinez, Protecting Your Digital Self, UC Santa Cruz, UC Systemwide Cyber Champions, UCSC 0

UC Santa Cruz, A Webinar on Digital Equity, December 2, 12 - 1 p.m.

Register for the UCSC Digital Equity Webinar, happening December 2, at noon. This virtual event is a panel discussion with Jacob Martinez, UCSC Alumnus and Founder and Executive Director of Digital NEST, Brian Hall, UCSC Chief Information Security Officer, and…
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Register: Technology for a Sustainable Future Conference, Dec. 8

UC IT Blogger December 1, 2021 All Articlesblockchain, BruinTech, conference, events. Technology for a Sustainable Future, UC Los Angeles, UCLA, webinar 0

Register to attend the Technology for a Sustainable Future Conference on Wednesday, December 8, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. This virtual event is hosted by Bruintech and will focus on the intersection of environmental sustainability and technology.