Monthly Archive: May 2023
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May 31, 2023
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UC AI Congress participants met in seven breakout groups to discuss AI topics related to their work and interests. Each group submitted write ups about their key takeaways and goals for the UC system. Breakout session topics included:
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May 31, 2023
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Katherine Newman, provost and executive vice president of Academic Affairs of the University of California, laid out the following considerations to guide us going forward: Because this space is moving so fast and moving very fast in health care and…
Read more about UC AI Congress Section IV: Closing remarks with Gene Block and Katherine Newman
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May 31, 2023
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Three panel discussions provided conference attendees the opportunities to hear experts in their respective fields discuss artificial intelligence at it applies to research, education and managing the complexity of implementation, as follows: (1) Research Frontiers with moderator, Theresa Maldonado,…
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May 31, 2023
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Keynote Speaker: Daron Acemoglu, MIT
Author and MIT professor Daron Acemoglu highlighted the significance of AI not only in shaping the economy but also in influencing broader aspects of humanity. As AI continues to advance rapidly, with trillions of dollars…
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May 31, 2023
All ArticlesBerkeley Executive Education, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Leadership Program, Dr. Michael V. Drake, Leadership, Risk, UC, UC Berkeley, UC Tech Academy
The University of California is bringing cybersecurity risk management into the digital age by creating the Cyber Leadership Program, the world’s first program designed to cultivate broad, diverse, and collaborative ways of thinking about the management of digital risk….
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UC Tech News
May 31, 2023
All ArticlesAaron Neinstein, guest speakers, John O'brien, Keynote speakers, UC Berkeley, UC Tech, UC tech 2023, Van Williams
Keynote & session speakers
The UC Tech 2023 Conference includes a line-up of remarkable keynote and session speakers. Keynote speakers include John O’Brien, President & CEO, Educause; Aaron Neinstein, VP of Digital Health, UCSF Health; Medell Briggs-Malonson, Chief of Health Equity,…
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UC Tech News
May 23, 2023
All ArticlesAccessibility, GAAD, Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Information Security, UC Berkeley, UC Tech, UC Tech Conference, UCLA, UCSF
Each year, the third Thursday of May marks Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). This May, the UC Tech Conference planning team announced their partnership with the UC Electronic Accessibility Committee in shaping content for the conference. This resulted in…
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UC Tech News
May 18, 2023
All ArticlesFaye Snowden, Joe Bengfort, podcast, UC Tech, UC tech 2023, UC Tech Conference, Van Williams
This week, The Current at UC San Diego IT Services aired a podcast about the 2023 UC Tech Conference, featuring, Van Williams, University of California VP of IT and Chief Information Officer, Joseph Bengfort, CIO, UC San Francisco Medical Center…
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May 18, 2023
All Articlescomments, Cybersecurity, Google docs, guide, Phishing
By Arica Chhay Protect your data and learn how to recognize the latest phishing technique, sent via Google Docs comments. This new tactic is difficult to prevent but recognizable once you know what signs to look for.
What Is Phishing?
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UC Tech News
May 11, 2023
All ArticlesAccessibility, analysis, digital accessibility, LinkedIn, PDF, UC San Francisco, UCSF
By Jill Wolters, Adriane Guerreiro, Michael Marmon and Leevegar Kim. UCSF developed a new way of educating the community so that they could address an important accessibility challenge: making PDF documents readable by the site readers used by those with…
Read more about Using new educational techniques to address a learning gap at UCSF – PDF accessibility education case study