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UC Irvine, UC Riverside Scientists Identify a New World for Hackers

Tom Andriola October 2, 2019 All Articlesaudio, Brian Bell, DNA synthesis, electrical engineering, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, UCI, UCR 0

(From left) Mohammad Al Faruque, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science; Arnav Malawade, a graduate student in Al Faruque’s lab; John Chaput, professor of pharmaceutical sciences; and Sina Faezi, also a graduate student in Al Faruque’s lab.

By Brian Bell. During the DNA synthesis process in a laboratory, recordings can be made of the subtle, telltale noises made by synthesis machines. And those captured sounds can be used to reverse-engineer valuable, custom-designed genetic materials used in pharmaceuticals,…
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UC Irvine Launches an IT Leadership Program

UC IT Blogger August 14, 2019 All Articles, Feature ArticlesEvents, Leadership Academy, Sarkis Daglian, UC Irvine, UC IT Leadership Academy, UCI 1

By Sarkis Daglian. In April 2019, UC Irvine Interim Chief Information Officer Kian Colestock and I launched the inaugural Office of Information Technology (OIT) Leadership Academy. The program is a collaboration with UCI’s Paul Merage School of Business.

Cyber Shakespeare

UC IT Blogger July 31, 2019 All ArticlesJulia Lupton, Shakespeare Center, UC Irvine, UCI 0

Julia Lupton, professor of English and co-director of the Shakespeare Center at UC Irvine, will bring the world of Will to life through immersive recorded lectures, footage from performances at UC Irvine and the Globe in London, and more.

What happens when Shakespeare meets the digital age? A selfie soliloquy, for one. A new online course taught by Julia Lupton, professor of English and co-director of the Shakespeare Center at the University of California, Irvine, is the first of its…
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Meet the Educational Technology Leadership Committee

UC IT Blogger July 10, 2019 All Articles, Feature ArticlesEdTech, Educational Technology, ETLC, Shohreh Bozorgmehri, Systemwide, Tom Andriola, UC CIO, UC Irvine, UCI, UCSD CIO, Vince Kellen 0

By Shohreh Bozorgmehri. This 2018-2019 fiscal year, I was honored to serve as chair of the systemwide Educational Technology Leadership Committee (ETLC). The ETLC is a committee of the Information Technology Leadership Council (ITLC), with direct involvement and support from…
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Informatics Department Receives $1.1M to Study Socially Responsible AI

UC IT Blogger June 5, 2019 All Articles, Feature ArticlesArtificial Intelligence, innovation, UC Irvine, UCI 0

Artificial intelligence, silhouette of a face with digital signage

By Shani Murray.

How do we build systems that proactively promote values of inclusion? This is one of the questions the Department of Informatics hopes to tackle over the next few years, thanks to a Graduate Assistance in Areas of National…
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The IT Roadmap at UC Irvine

UC IT Blogger March 27, 2019 All Articles, Feature Articlescyberinfrastructure, Cybersecurity, Information Security, Lyle Wiedeman, UC Irvine, UCI 0

A collage of an Anteater statue, a lab technician pouring chemicals and a network room.

By Lyle Wiedeman.

The Office of Information Technology at UC Irvine has embarked on a series of strategic changes to position ourselves as campus partners in support of UCI’s growing needs and strategic plan.

Technology portfolio

OIT has focused on key areas of technology and…
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HackUCI 2019 Inspires Creative Coding and Learning

UC IT Blogger March 27, 2019 All ArticlesCybersecurity, Events, Hackathon, Information Security, innovation, Shani Murray, UC Irvine, UCI 0

More than 400 students attended HackUCI 2019.

Now in its fifth year, HackUCI offers students 36 hours of coding in a fun and collaborative environment. More than 400 undergraduate and graduate students attended this year’s hackathon, held in the UCI Student Center the weekend of Feb. 15. The…
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UCI Program Fosters Innovation in Central IT

UC IT Blogger March 13, 2019 All Articles, Feature Articlescentral IT, innovation, UC Irvine, UC IT Leadership Academy, UCI 0

Shohreh Bozorgmehri and Eric Taggart from UC Irvine

By Yvonne Tevis.

There you are, plugging away at work. Then you have an idea. Maybe it creeps up on you. Maybe it hits out of the blue. But it’s good, you know it. Now what?

Shohreh Bozorgmehri and…
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Five UCs Benefit from UCSFs Clinical Trials Website

UC IT Blogger February 27, 2019 All Articles, Feature ArticlesAniran Chatterjee, Clinical Trials, Leslie Yuan, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC San Diego, UC San Francisco, UCD, UCI, UCSD, UCSF 0

screenshot of UCSF clinical trials website

by Leslie Yuan and Anirvan Chatterjee

UCSF launched its new Clinical Trials website in late 2016 (see blog article). Developed by the Research Technology team in the Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI), the site makes it easy for UCSF patients, doctors, and researchers to find, learn about, and engage…
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YouTube Caption Audit Tool Now Available from UCI

UC IT Blogger November 14, 2018 All ArticlesAccessibility, Closed captioning, Todd McGill, UC Irvine, UCI, Youtube 1

By Todd McGill. Released via GitHub on July 27, 2018, the YouTube Caption Audit is a distributable web application that reports uncaptioned public videos for a given YouTube channel.

Surprisingly, this is not something that can be done within the…
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