By Jill Wolters. This is a digital accessibility success story that started on Twitter. A member of my Digital Accessibility Advisory Committee, Ed Chen, brought a Tweet to my attention: a screen reader user encountered a content barrier on an…
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Vote Now: Will You Attend? The UC Tech coordinators at UCLA would like community input on the question of attending UC Tech 2021, August 9 – 11, 2021. Please take a short survey to provide feedback (password uctech2021). Submit…
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One of UC’s cybersecurity partners, FireEye, will host a March 25 panel discussion with women leaders on how women have persevered during COVID. Hosted by FireEye Executive Vice President and Chief of Business Operations Barbara Massa, the webinar will…
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By Jeané Blunt. Using technology to predict the future sounds like something straight out of a movie, possibly starring Tom Cruise. In reality, the University of California Institute for Prediction Technology (UCIPT) is a multi-disciplinary, multi-campus organization that leverages…
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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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February 24, 2021 All Articles 0
Edited by Yvonne Tevis. UC Berkeley junior Natasha Batra, double majoring in data science and cognitive science, talks about her summer as a Cisco student intern, June 8 – August 28, 2020. Tell me a bit about yourself. I started out as a computer science…
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February 24, 2021 All Articles 0
By Deepshika Dhanasekar. Last month a group of inspiring and diverse group of teams celebrated their groundbreaking innovations at the Fall Technology Innovation Forum. The theme of the innovation forum was “Innovation in the Time of Coronavirus.” Given this year’s…
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February 17, 2021 All Articles 0
Eugene Whitlock, UC Berkeley Chief People & Culture Officer and Assistant Vice Chancellor of Human Resources, was a featured speaker at the October 19, 2020, UC IT Town Hall. His presentation, titled, “Cultivating Inclusion and Belonging during a Pandemic”…
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Calling all UC IT professionals! Now is the time to get recognition for your work. How? Submit an application for the 2021 Sautter Awards for Innovation in Information Technology. Applications are due May 21, 2021. What Is the Award? This…
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February 17, 2021 All Articles 0
UC San Diego’s Customer Dashboard for Construction Projects took home a Silver Award at the 2020 Sautter Awards. The Customer Dashboard for Construction Projects is a web interface which reports project information to 20,000+ faculty and staff members. The tool provides…
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