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UCI TechnoExpo Showcases Tech Tools and Teams

UC IT Blog February 5, 2020 All ArticlesEvents, Katie Chappell, OIT, UC Irvine, UCI, UCI Office of Information Technology, UCI TechnoExpo 0

By Katie Chappell. Nearly 700 UC Irvine employees attended TechnoExpo last fall to learn about UCI’s technology tools, services, and teams. Hosted by UCI’s Office of Information Technology (OIT), TechnoExpo is a day-long outreach event with 40 booths staffed by…
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UCM, CSU Stanislaus, and Merced College Unite to Train Future Tech Researchers

UC IT Blog February 5, 2020 All ArticlesCITRIS, computer science, Google, Julie Baker, robotics, robots, UC Merced, UCM 0

Ivy Nguyen, a computer science and engineering major, pilots a drone as part of CITRIS' women in tech initiative

Thirty-four students from San Joaquin Valley colleges are getting an opportunity to learn how to access and build careers in technology and research at a unique workshop designed to help diversify science-related fields. Students from UC Merced, Merced College and…
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Register for the Women in Data Science Conference, UCB

UC IT Blog February 5, 2020 All Articlesconference, Events, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UC Berkeley School of Information, WIDS, Women in Data Science conference 0

The UC Berkeley School of Information and CITRIS are excited to partner with Stanford University to bring the Women in Data Science (WiDS) conference to UC Berkeley on March 2. The conference will live stream keynotes from an annual…
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Privacy and Its Big Brother, #internet50

UC IT Blog January 29, 2020 All ArticlesCalifornia, Chief Privacy Officer, Cybersecurity, data, Data Privacy, Kent Wada, privacy, UC Los Angeles, UCLA 0

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By Kent Wada. In case you missed it, the people of the State of California have voted to include privacy as an inalienable right. Go look for yourself: it’s right there in Article 1, Section 1 of the California Constitution:1 CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION,…
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Register for UCSD’s Cultured Data Symposium

UC IT Blog January 29, 2020 All ArticlesCultured Data Symposium, data, Data Science, Events, registration, technology, UC San Diego, UCSD 0

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On February 7 and 8, UC San Diego will host the Cultured Data Symposium, bringing together experts from data science and the arts and humanities to examine the emerging relationship between data and culture. The symposium will feature two keynote…
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Street Story – A Platform for Community Engagement

UC IT Blog January 22, 2020 All Articlesata, SafeTREC, TIMS, transportation, Transportation Injury Mapping System, UC Berkeley, UCB 0

A couple walking, a bicyclist and a car sharing the road. (UC Berkeley graphic by Hulda Nelson)

By Kara Manke. As programs manager for Bike Bakersfield, a nonprofit bicycle advocacy coalition in Southern California, Asha Chandy hears scary stories all the time about bike collisions and near misses. “One guy told me that he was almost sideswiped…
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Winter Break Poll Results

UC IT Blog January 22, 2020 All ArticlesCommunity, Survey, UC IT, winter break 0

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Thank you to everyone who participated in the Winter Break Poll! The purpose of this poll was to have a bit of fun and learn more about our UC IT community, it is not meant to be reflective of UC…
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Up Your Game: Build a Data-Driven App with UCLA’s ZAP

UC IT Blog January 15, 2020 All Articlesapp, data, mobile, Rose Rocchio, smartphones, UC Los Angeles, UCLA, ZAP, Zenith App Platform 0

By Rose Rocchio. Do you want to modernize your communications, ease off on the email? Learn how UCLA’s Zenith App Platform (ZAP) can help you build “an app for that.” Using ZAP, UC organizations can create the mobile environment…
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Floppy & Cow: Making the Internet Safe Again

UC IT Blog January 15, 2020 All ArticlesBill Buchanan, Cybersecurity, cybersecurity awareness month, Floppy and Cow, UC Davis, UCD 0

Floppy and Cow, a couple of characters at UC Davis. One has an uncanny ability to misuse technology, sometimes in spectacular fashion. The other understands how tech works.

By Bill Buchanan. Meet Floppy and Cow, a couple of characters at UC Davis. One has an uncanny ability to misuse technology, sometimes in spectacular fashion. The other understands how tech works. Together, they debuted this past fall in Read more about Floppy & Cow: Making the Internet Safe Again