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Computing and Data Sciences Improve What We Know About Wildfires and How to Fight Them

UC IT Blogger August 18, 2021 All Articlesalgorithm, climate change, collaboration, computing and data sciences, Data Science, forest management, machine learning, microbiology, Rachel Leven, simulations, UC Berkeley, UCB, wildfires 0

A firefighter walking towards a wildfire

By Rachel Leven. Our understanding, planning, and response to wildfires benefit from connections with data and computing sciences, UC Berkeley researchers say.

Recent developments in machine learning and simulations can help first responders detect fires earlier, predict fires’ paths and…
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UC Berkeley Receives A+ COVID Dashboard Rating

UC IT Blogger June 23, 2021 All Articlescoronavirus, COVID Dashboard, COVID-19, Information Technology, One IT, pandemic, Rita Rosenthal, UC Berkeley, UCB 0

By Rita Rosenthal. According to We Rate COVID Dashboards, the work of a multi-university assessment team…
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To Help Diversify STEM Faculty, Berkeley-led Model Goes National

UC IT Blogger June 9, 2021 All ArticlesCalifornia Alliance, Georgia Tech, Harvard University, National Science Foundation, NSF, science technology engineering mathematics, STEM, UC Berkeley, UCB, University of Michigan, University of Texas at Austin, University of Washington 0

Two people looking at a whiteboard, talking

By Gretchen Kell. If underrepresented groups make up 30% of the increasingly diverse U.S. population, why do they represent less than 5% of the faculty nationwide, less than 6% of postdoctoral scholars and only about 10% of Ph.D. students in…
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The 5th Annual Women in Tech Symposium Sheds Light on the Ag-Tech Field and Inclusivity

UC IT Blogger April 30, 2021 All Articlesdiversity, equity, inclusion, Michelle Kaganovsky, The Leaflet, UC Berkeley, UC Women in Tech, UCB, Women in Tech, Women in Tech Initiative, Women in Tech Symposium 0

five female silhouettes, with a tech background

By Michelle Kaganovsky. In order to share the experiences of women in the technological…
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A Building Density Dashboard: How UCB Does COVID-19 Space Planning

UC IT Blogger April 21, 2021 All Articlesbuilding density dashboard, COVID-19, data, Google, Rita Rosenthal, space planning, space usage, UC Berkeley, UCB, web-based application 0

By Rita Rosenthal. UC Berkeley teamed up with Google to launch a building density dashboard that assists space planners with developing and monitoring space usage during the pandemic. Prior to the dashboard, the task of tracking density and space usage…
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Save the Date: May 5 Campus Usability Workshop

UC IT Blogger April 21, 2021 All ArticlesCampus Usability Workshop, Events, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC San Francisco, UCB, UCD, UCSF, User Centered Design, workshop 0

Don’t miss the Campus Usability Workshop, hosted by UC Berkeley’s User-Centered Design group, on May 5 from 10 to 11:30 a.m.

This event features a usability assessment of Berkeley campus projects and a presentation about design systems from guest developers…
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Neuroscientists Tap Gamers to Learn How People Problem-Solve

UC IT Blogger April 14, 2021 All ArticlesAI, apps, Artificial Intelligence, computer games, gamers, games, Gautam Agarwal, problem solving, UC Berkeley, UCB 0

By Robert Sanders. Fans of Candy Crush Saga, Flow Free or Minesweeper should check out a challenging new mobile game app, hexxed, that will stretch your brain as it helps brain researchers understand human strategic thinking and perhaps improve the reasoning…
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Holistic Research Support at UC Berkeley: a Library and Research IT collaboration

UC IT Blogger April 7, 2021 All ArticlesAmy Neeser, Anna Sackmann, data, data management, Information Technology, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, librarians, RDM, Research Data Management Program, Research IT, UC Berkeley, UCB 0

Anna Sackmann co-authored this post with Amy Neeser. Libraries have historically served as a hub for access to technology by providing publicly available computers with access to the Internet and workshops on technology topics. Academic libraries Research IT commonly house their…
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Do I Actually “Do” Anything?

UC IT Blogger March 24, 2021 All ArticlesAllison Henry, Chief Information Security Officer, CISO, Mike Horn, remote work, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, UCB, UCSD, working from home 2

Peeling back the Zoom background — a CISO in her WFH habitat

By Allison Henry. (Originally posted in Medium, September 16, 2020.)…
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Don’t Miss the Women in Data Science Conference: March 8 – 12

UC IT Blogger March 3, 2021 All ArticlesAmy Neeser, Data Science, Emily Lopez, Events, UC Berkeley, UCB, virtual event, WIDS, WIDS Berkeley, WIDS Conference, Women in Data Science, Women's History Month 0

Student volunteers and attendees at WiDS Berkeley Conference 2020.

By Emily Lopez and Amy Neeser. This year, faced with the challenge of social distancing, Women in Data Science (WiDS) has reimagined its traditional conference and announced an inaugural 24-hour global event on March 8, International Women’s Day. This worldwide event will feature women researchers from around the world who will present…
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