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Information Security Symposium June 20-21 – call for proposals

UC IT Blog March 16, 2023 All Articles Security Fundamentals , Engineering, Governance, Healthcare Security, Information Security Symposium, Leadership, Managing, Operations, Research Security, Risk, Security Architecture, Security Professional Development 0

By Ahna Ligtenberg Heller. The Information Security Symposium will return virtually on June 20-21, 2023. The event will be complimentary for all guests and is now accepting proposals for presentations through March 31, 2023. Interested in attending, sponsoring or presenting?…
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“Time Zone King”: How One UCLA Computer Scientist Keeps Digital Clocks Ticking

UC IT Blog March 30, 2022 All ArticlesEngineering, IANA, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, Samueli School of Engineering, Time, time zone, UCLA 0

This article originally appeared on the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering web site. Paul Eggert may not be the most famous person from Russell, Kansas. That distinction, he says, goes to former U.S. senators Bob Dole…
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Register Ahead for Fall Innovate to Grow; Event Highlights Experiential Learning

UC IT Blog 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. The Fall 2021 Read more about Register Ahead for Fall Innovate to Grow; Event Highlights Experiential Learning

Diverse Voices 2021: Promoting Diversity in STEM Education and Careers

UC IT Blog March 17, 2021 All Articlesdiversity, diversity and inclusion, Engineering, Events, speaker series, STEM, technology, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC, virtual, webinar, Zoom 0

Diverse Voices, a Baskin School of Engineering professional speaker series spotlighting industry leaders and Baskin Engineering alumni, returns in April 2021 for its third season. The Diverse Voices series aims to promote diversity in engineering and tech and inspire more…
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With a Hop, a Skip and a Jump, High-Flying Robot Leaps Over Obstacles With Ease

UC IT Blog September 9, 2020 All Articlescomputer science, data, Engineering, Justin Yim, Kara Manke, robotics, Salto, UC Berkeley, UCB 0

Since first unveiling Salto in 2016, UC Berkeley researchers have upgraded the robot with a host of new abilities. Now, it can navigate an obstacle course with ease and go on walks through Berkeley’s campus.

By Kara Manke. Topping out at less than a foot, Salto the robot looks like a Star Wars imperial walker in miniature. But don’t be fooled by its size — this little robot has a mighty spring in its step….
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Learning to Learn

UC IT Blog July 29, 2020 All ArticlesAI, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, Pieter Abbeel, robotic systems, robotics, Sergey Levine, UC Berkeley, UC Berkeley Robotics Learning Lab, UCB 0

BRETT, the Berkeley Robot for the Elimination of Tedious Tasks.

When children play with toys, they learn about the world around them — and today’s robots aren’t all that different. At UC Berkeley’s Robot Learning Lab, groups of robots are working to master the same kinds of tasks that kids…
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