Author Archive: UC Tech News
UC Tech News
July 29, 2020
All ArticlesAI, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, Pieter Abbeel, robotic systems, robotics, Sergey Levine, UC Berkeley, UC Berkeley Robotics Learning Lab, UCB
When children play with toys, they learn about the world around them — and today’s robots aren’t all that different. At UC Berkeley’s Robot Learning Lab, groups of robots are working to master the same kinds of tasks that kids…
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UC Tech News
July 22, 2020
All ArticlesAnnelie Rugg, coronavirus, COVID-19, remote work, UC Los Angeles, UC WIT, UC Women in Technology Committee, UCLA
By Annelie Rugg. We’re well past 100 days of the COVID-19 quarantine and still counting. Everything we thought we knew, including how to balance work and life, has required us to change, at least for now. And while we yearn…
Read more about Managing Well in a Remote World: Lessons from the UC Women in IT Community
UC Tech News
July 22, 2020
All Articlescoronavirus, COVID-19, Events, remote work, UC Los Angeles, UC Tech, UC Tech 2020, UCCSC, UCLA, UCTech, virtual, webinar
Registration for the Virtual UC Tech Webinar on August 11, 2020, is now open. The theme is “The UC Response to COVID-19.” Registration is required but there is no registration fee. Don’t wait until the last minute to plan…
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UC Tech News
July 15, 2020
All ArticlesKatie Chappell, Office of Information Technology, OIT, Student Affairs, Student Affairs IT, UC Irvine, UCI
By Katie Chappell. Getting hands-on project experience is critical for most students in any field. At UC Irvine, in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science, all ICS majors are required to take a capstone course so they…
Read more about Capstone Project Supports Student Affairs and Student Success
UC Tech News
July 15, 2020
All Articlescoronavirus, COVID-19, One IT, remote work, Rita Rosenthal, student outreach, UC Berkeley, UCB, Zoom
By Rita Rosenthal. Like many colleges and universities across the country, the demand for technical teams to expand existing services or build new services in support of the campus community during COVID-19 has been at a steady hum. Early in…
Read more about How UC Berkeley One IT is Supporting Campus During COVID-19
UC Tech News
July 8, 2020
All Articlesassociate dean, IT Governance, Kevin H. Souza, UC San Francisco, UCSF, UCSF School of Medicine, UCSF SOM
By Kevin H. Souza. In 2018 the news media broke stories about the company Cambridge Analytica and its questionable business practices. News services reported that the company acquired personal data of Facebook users from an academic who had collected the…
Read more about Where’s the Data? UCSF’s IT Governance at Work
UC Tech News
July 8, 2020
All ArticlesEnterprise Systems Renewal, Financial Information System, FIS, Mark Hersberger, Oracle, UC San Diego, UCSD
By Mark Hersberger. On July 1, UC San Diego’s Financial Information System (FIS) entered production with the release of Oracle Financials Cloud, a world-class financial system, and Concur, a new travel and expense system. FIS is a signature component of…
Read more about UC San Diego Goes Live with Oracle Financials Cloud
UC Tech News
July 8, 2020
All ArticlesCommunity, holidays, Instagram, shelter in place, UC IT
July 4th is usually full of barbeques, fireworks, and parades. This year was a little different. We asked coworkers from around UC to show us what their Independence Day looked like. Here are some of our favorites! View these…
Read more about Snapshots From UC IT’s 4th of July
UC Tech News
July 1, 2020
All ArticlesCOVID-19, DocuSign, electronic documents, FileNet, Lyle Wiedeman, UC Irvine, UC Office of Information Technology, UCI
By Lyle Wiedeman. Individually, the DocuSign and FileNet tools help UC Irvine manage electronic files. Together, they guide the powerful workflow of millions of documents with speed, precision access, and audit trails. DocuSign is an electronic signature application that…
Read more about UCI’s Remote Work Is Powered by Electronic Document Workflows
UC Tech News
July 1, 2020
All ArticlesData Science, Data Science Summer Institute, Kenneth Mashinchi, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, LLNL, UC Merced, UCM
By Kenneth Mashinchi. Just 90 miles from the future of higher education — UC Merced — lies one of the epicenters of the future of technology, innovation and national security. Regardless of the route you take, the journey from UC…
Read more about ‘Yes, You Can’: UC Merced Students Learning, Growing at Livermore Lab