Author Archive: UC Tech News
UC Tech News
February 23, 2022
All ArticlesArtificial Intelligence, improvisational jazz, Project REACH, Shlomo Dubnov, UCSD, University of California San Diego
By Josh Baxt. Go to any jazz club and watch the musicians. Their performances are dynamic and improvisational; they’re inventing as they go along, having entire conversations through their instruments. Can we give computers the same capabilities? To answer that…
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UC Tech News
February 16, 2022
All ArticlesAmazon Web Services, AWS, Cloudera, collaboration, data management, Project Management, RDMS, Risk Services Data Management System, San Diego Supercomputer Center, Susan Whitney, UC Office of the President, UC San Diego, UCOP, UCOP Risk Services, UCSD
By Susan Whitney. I want to tell the story how a systemwide group successfully delivered a complex, well-architected, cross-functional team solution, on time, and within budget. In 18 months, we re-architected and migrated the UCOP Risk Services Data Management System…
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UC Tech News
February 16, 2022
All ArticlesBerkeley Engineering, CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, DEI, diversity equity & inclusion, Diversity in Tech Symposium, EDGE in Tech Initiative, EDGE in Tech Initiative Athena Awards, UC Berkeley, UCB
Register for the Diversity in Tech Symposium: Advancing Climate Resilience presented by EDGE in Tech Initiative at the University of California, CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, and Berkeley Engineering. This virtual event takes place March 10–11, 2022 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m….
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UC Tech News
February 9, 2022
All ArticlesEvents, holidays, National Clean Out Your Computer Day, organization, privacy, Records Management, security
By Jeané Blunt. A very important holiday falls on February 14. No, not that one! National Clean Out Your Computer Day is celebrated the second Monday in February. Nowadays we rely on computers to pay bills, communicate, play games,…
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UC Tech News
February 9, 2022
All ArticlesEDUCAUSE, EDUCAUSE Awards, Events, higher education, Information Technology, Leadership, nominations, peer recognition, recognition
EDUCAUSE is seeking nominations for its annual EDUCAUSE Awards Program, which brings peer endorsement and distinction to professional accomplishments in higher education IT. Awards are given in the following four categories: The Leadership Award is the highest recognition…
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UC Tech News
February 2, 2022
All ArticlesAl Covington, and inclusion, Associate CISO, Black History Month, Carmen Robinson, Charron Andrus, DEI, diversity, equity, Events, UC Berkeley, UC CIO, UC Santa Cruz, UCB, UCSC, Van Williams
Register for the UC Tech Assembly: Black Leaders Panel: Monday, February 28 11:00 a.m. – noon Register now This panel launches UC Tech Assembly series, which is expanding the former town hall series to better amplify the voices of…
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UC Tech News
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…
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UC Tech News
January 26, 2022
All ArticlesAI governance, Artificial Intelligence, Brandie Nonnecke, CITRIS, CITRIS Policy Lab, Dr. Michael V. Drake, Janet Napolitano, UC Berkeley, UC President, UC Presidential Working Group on AI
By Brandie Nonnecke, Ph.D. Faced with tightening budgets and staffing constraints, public universities are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their operations. As such, AI-enabled tools are beginning to take on a central…
Read more about UC Develops Principles to Guide Use of AI
UC Tech News
January 26, 2022
All ArticlesAllison Henry, Bryan Cunningham, Data Privacy Day, Gillian Hayes, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Netflix, panel discussion, Pegah Parsi, privacy, Privacy Officer, Safiya Noble, Sean Peisart, security, The Social Dilemma, UC Berkeley, UC I, UC Irvine, UC San Diego, UCB, UCI, UCLA, UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry (C2i2), UCSD, virtual event
Register now for a panel discussion with UC Campus Privacy Officers to celebrate Data Privacy Day this Friday, January 28, at noon! Panelists will explore the film, The Social Dilemma, the future of data, what UC’s role should be…
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UC Tech News
January 26, 2022
All ArticlesAg Tech, Agriculture Technology, CITRIS, cyberinformatics, Elizabeth Arakelian, FACTS Bridge Program, UC Merced, UCM
By Elizabeth Arakelian. While many are preparing to head off to college after an unprecedented year, a handful of students are already on UC Merced’s campus and working away in research labs. They’re part of the inaugural FACTS Bridge…
Read more about Students Conduct Ag Tech Research on Campus for USDA Internships