Author Archive: UC Tech News

UC Santa Cruz CIO, Van Williams, Talks Diversity

By Jeané Blunt. In recognition of Black History Month, I interviewed Van Williams, the chief information officer (CIO) and vice chancellor of information technology at UC Santa Cruz (UCSC). Williams is a strong proponent of diversity and inclusion initiatives and…
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UCI TechnoExpo Showcases Tech Tools and Teams

Attendees of UCI's TechnoExpo

By Katie Chappell. Nearly 700 UC Irvine employees attended TechnoExpo last fall to learn about UCI’s technology tools, services, and teams. Hosted by UCI’s Office of Information Technology (OIT), TechnoExpo is a day-long outreach event with 40 booths staffed by…
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UCM, CSU Stanislaus, and Merced College Unite to Train Future Tech Researchers

Ivy Nguyen, a computer science and engineering major, pilots a drone as part of CITRIS' women in tech initiative

Thirty-four students from San Joaquin Valley colleges are getting an opportunity to learn how to access and build careers in technology and research at a unique workshop designed to help diversify science-related fields. Students from UC Merced, Merced College and…
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Register for the Women in Data Science Conference, UCB

Women in Data Science conference at Berkeley logo

The UC Berkeley School of Information and CITRIS are excited to partner with Stanford University to bring the Women in Data Science (WiDS) conference to UC Berkeley on March 2. The conference will live stream keynotes from an annual…
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Privacy and Its Big Brother, #internet50

A giant blue eye with lines of binary code written over it

By Kent Wada. In case you missed it, the people of the State of California have voted to include privacy as an inalienable right. Go look for yourself: it’s right there in Article 1, Section 1 of the California Constitution:1 CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION,…
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