Tag Archive: UCSB
UC IT News
October 7, 2023
All Articleselections, Electronic Records Day, electronic records management, email, overload, UCSB, UCSD
On November 01, 2023, the University of California will observe Electronic Records Day with a webinar: “Mark as Read, Managing Email Overload.” Join systemwide experts in archives, records management, privacy, and information security, for a series of short presentations with…
Read more about Electronic Records Day webinar November 1st, 10 a.m. – register now
UC IT Blog
November 30, 2022
All ArticlesCIO, Community, Information Technology, Information Technology Services, IT, ts, UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara, UCR, UCSB
By Lara Bloom. On August 15, 2022, UC Santa Barbara welcomed Josh Bright as their third Associate Vice Chancellor for Information Technology (IT) and Chief Information Officer (CIO). Bright is deeply committed to the University of California (UC) and its…
Read more about Introducing UC Santa Barbara’s new Associate Vice Chancellor for Information Technology
UC IT Blog
November 22, 2022
All Articlesnative american heritage month, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Los Angeles, UC Merced, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, UC San Francisco, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, UCB, UCD, UCI, UCLA, UCM, UCR, UCSB, UCSC, UCSD, UCSF
By Syliva Condro. November is Native American Heritage Month. Enjoy a collection of UC campus land acknowledgments to learn more about the historical culture and the contemporary presence of indigenous people in our area. Take a moment to review Read more about Celebrating Native American Heritage Month via Campus Land Acknowledgements
UC IT Blog
May 4, 2022
All Articlesapps, coronavirus, COVID-19, Health, UC Santa Barbara, UCSB
By Sonia Fernandez. In a potential game changer for COVID-19 pandemic control efforts, a new cell phone app and lab kit have transformed a smartphone into a COVID-19/flu detection system. The detection system is among the most rapid, sensitive, affordable…
Read more about Smartphone, M.D.: Going Viral
UC IT Blog
February 2, 2022
All ArticlesAI, Artificial Intelligence, chatbots, Information Technology, Joseph B. Walther, medicine, professor, robotics, telehealth, UC Santa Babara, UCSB
By Shelley Leachman. Much like a family physician who has treated you for years, computer systems could — hypothetically — know a patient’s complete medical history. A more common experience, of course, is seeing a new doctor or a specialist…
Read more about Paging Doctor Robot?
UC IT Blog
December 8, 2021
All ArticlesInformation Technology Services, Mark Hersberger, Process Mapping, Promapp, The Current, UC Berkeley, UC Berkeley Business Management Process Office, UC San Diego, UC San Diego Promapp, UC Santa Barbara, UCB, UCSB, UCSD
By Mark Hersberger. Process mapping is a valuable skill—not just in IT but in multiple functions. Tools and approaches abound, and the Meaningful Actionable Process Structures Community of Practice (MAPSCoP, for short) has been created to bring UC enthusiasts together….
Read more about Process Mapping Community of Practice Takes Flight
UC IT Blog
November 10, 2021
All ArticlesBelal Korany, computer engineering, electrical engineering, Sonia Fernandez, The Current, UC Santa Barbara, UCSB, Yasamin Mostofi, Yasamin Mostofi's
By Sonia Fernandez. Researchers in UC Santa Barbara professor Yasamin Mostofi’s lab have enabled, for the first time, counting a stationary seated crowd using WiFi signals, and without relying on people to carry a device. The technique,…
Read more about Don’t Fidget! WiFi Will Count You
UC IT Blog
October 20, 2021
All Articlescoronavirus, COVID, Electronic Records Day, Jackie DiOrio, Jennifer Lofthus, Jennifer Loftus, Matt Stahl, Records Management, UC Office of the President, UC Santa Barbara, UCOP, UCSB
The UC Records Management Committee is hosting an Electronic Records Day webinar on how to handle COVID-19 related records. The webinar takes place November 1, 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. The speakers are UC experts in privacy, records management, and archives….
Read more about What Do I Do with These COVID Records? Find out on November 1
UC IT Blog
October 6, 2021
All ArticlesCecilia Finney, CSAM, Cyber Security Awareness Month, Cybersecurity, Esther Silver, James McKinzie, Kip Bates, National Cyber Security Awareness Month, NCSAM, Ronise Zenon, UC Cyber Champions, UC Merced, UC San Diego, UC San Francisco, UC Santa Barbara, UCM, UCOP, UCSB, UCSD, UCSF
By Jeané Blunt. October may be known for it’s spooky holiday, but it’s also Cyber Security Awareness Month (CSAM). And what’s more frightening than unsecured data? To help UC celebrate, the UC Cyber Champions have cultivated a calendar…
Read more about No Need to Fear, CSAM is Here
UC IT Blog
September 1, 2021
All Articleschip, DARPA, James Badham, John Bowers, laser, laser microcomb, microcomb, nitride, semiconductor laser chip, The Current, UC Santa Barbara, UCSB
By James Badham. Fifteen years ago, UC Santa Barbara electrical and materials professor John Bowers pioneered a method for integrating a laser onto a silicon wafer. The technology has since been widely deployed in combination with other silicon photonics devices…
Read more about A Laser Breakthrough