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7 UC Campuses to Use Conflict of Commitment System

Outside Activity Tracking System logo

 By Ben Nathan.  DGIT, the information technology (IT) office for the UCLA health sciences schools, is the technical partner behind the launch of the University of California (UC) Outside Activity Tracking System. Known as OATS, this is a web-based conflict of commitment platform that DGIT created in partnership with teams across UC.   …
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UC’s Learning Data Privacy Principles Gaining National Attention

By Jim Phillips and Jim Williamson. Our campuses are awash in data, and there are many initiatives underway to capture, store, and use that data for analysis, predictions, and, in some cases, prescriptive action(s) based on those predictions. When an…
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Women in Technology: What Do University of California Women Leaders Say?

Women in IT panel at UCCSC

By Julia Chen. Despite their growing numbers, women in technology still face significant barriers in the workplace. According to a 2016 report performed by the National Center for Women in Information Technology (NCWIT), only 25% of the computing workforce…
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Upcoming Webinar: How the UCLA Library Provides Virtual Services to Staff and the General Campus

Is anything real anymore, or is it all smoke and mirrors? The UCLA Library provides virtual applications and desktops to library staff, and virtual applications to campus through the Campus Library Instructional Computing Commons’ (CLICC) Software Shortcut. Leveraging a…
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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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