Feature Articles

Where’s the Bear? Automatic Image Classification for Wildlife Research

By Rich Wolski, Computer Science Professor, UC Santa Barbara.  At the Sedgwick Reserve in Santa Barbara County, hundreds of thousands of animal photos are generated each month by remote, motion-detection camera traps. These images are used continuously to determine species…
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UC Riverside Awarded $3.2 Million to Develop Innovative Smart Buses

By Sarah Nightingale, Senior Public Information Officer, UC Riverside  — Matthew Barth, a professor of engineering in UC Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering and director of the university’s Center for Environmental Research…
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Greater than the Sum of Its Parts: Smart Manufacturing Institute Launches

By Julie Tran, CESMII Membership Manager. UCLA has been on the forefront of data analytics and next-generation IT in manufacturing for over 10 years, and was among the co-founders of the initiative in 2006 that led to the formation of…
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Committing to the Experiment: A UCSD / UCSF Collaboration

By Yvonne Tevis, Chief of Staff, UCOP Information Technology Services.   “Collaborating is an experiment,” said Jenn Glassman, assistant director for technology and project management in UC San Diego’s procure-to-pay organization. She speaks from experience. Glassman and Melissa Gee, UC…
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Commercial Customers Now Buying Software Created by UC’s Risk and Safety Solutions

By Crystal Ross O’Hara, Lead Communications Analyst, Risk and Safety Solutions, UC Davis. Public service is a core mission of the University of California and one way it is achieved is by sharing innovations and technology from campuses to the…
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BruinTech Program Unites IT Staff Across UCLA

By Stefanie Pietkiewicz, Project Manager, Community Partnership Programs, Office of Information Technology, UCLA Breaking down the silos With more than 1000 technologists sprinkled across hundreds of departments, UCLA desperately needed a campuswide program to unify its widely dispersed IT staff….
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