Author Archive: UC Tech News
UC Tech News
November 13, 2019
All ArticlesCalREN, CENIC, conference, Cybersecurity, Events, privacy
CENIC is now accepting presentation proposals for its annual conference, The Right Connection: CENIC 2020. Proposals are due December 2, 2019. Session presentations should highlight innovative uses of CENIC’s CalRen to support California research and education communities. Presenters…
Read more about Call for Proposals for CENIC Annual Conference
UC Tech News
November 6, 2019
All Articles, Feature ArticlesArtificial Intelligence, Sonia Fernandez, UC Santa Barbara, William Wang
By Sonia Fernandez. We live in an era of too much information — an endless stream of status updates, memes, reposts, infographics, quotes and hashtags roll daily through our social media feeds, meant to express viewpoints, drum up solidarity, provide…
Read more about Spotting Misinformation Online Via Artificial Intelligence
UC Tech News
November 6, 2019
All ArticlesAwards, collaboration, Events, UC IT Blog
At UC, all kinds of interesting even incredible work happens in IT. We feature it in this blog – and readers provide many of the stories. That’s why we call this blog “the story of us.” If you or your…
Read more about The Story of Us – You Can Write for the UC IT Blog
UC Tech News
October 30, 2019
All Articles, Feature ArticlesChief Information Security Officer, CISO, Cyber-Risk Governance Committee, Cybersecurity, David Rusting, Electronic Information Security Policy, Systemwide, UCOP
By David Rusting. As I reflect on UC’s journey managing cyber-risk, particularly over the past four years, I’m proud of our collective accomplishments. Two weeks ago, I was able to share UC’s approach, experiences, and lessons’ learned with higher education…
Read more about Lessons from a Cyber Attack: How UC Found Strength in Adversity
UC Tech News
October 30, 2019
All ArticlesHarrison Tasoff, National Cyber Security Awareness Month, NCSAM, UC Cyber Security Summit, UC Cyber-Risk Coordination Center, UC Santa Barbara, UCSB
By Harrison Tasoff. Cyber security is constantly evolving as security experts and their adversaries develop and adapt new techniques to their trade. Researchers, companies and professionals from the security community discussed emerging trends in the field during the 8th semiannual…
Read more about UCSB Hosts 8th Semiannual UC Cyber Security Summit
UC Tech News
October 23, 2019
All Articles, Feature ArticlesHumanities Technology, John A. Lynch, serverless computing, UC Los Angeles, UCLA
By John A. Lynch. In Fall 2017, UCLA Humanities Technology was faced with needing to undertake a major PHP version upgrade of a locally hosted, custom application that provides web-based 24/7 scheduling for thousands of appointments annually for the…
Read more about Going Serverless with the UCLA Writing Center’s Scheduling App
UC Tech News
October 23, 2019
All ArticlesCybersecurity, Fatemah Alharbi, hacker, Holly Ober, UC Newsroom, UC Riverside, UCR
By Holly Ober. Fatemah Alharbi breaks things in order to learn how to fix them. Not just any old things. Computer operating systems, to be exact, and she conducted research that earned public gratitude from Apple. If she doesn’t look…
Read more about This Computer Scientist Beats Hackers at Their Own Game
UC Tech News
October 23, 2019
All Articlesdata, Data Colloquium, digital health, Events, UC Health, UC San Francisco, UCSF
The UCSF 2019 Data Colloquium for Researchers: Clinical Data and Beyond is a deep dive into data, tools, and infrastructure. The colloquium takes place November 6, 2019, on the Mission Bay campus. Be sure to register now so…
Read more about Register Now – Nov. 6 UCSF Data Colloquium for Researchers
UC Tech News
October 16, 2019
All Articles, Feature ArticlesCybersecurity, Douglas Bonilla, National Cyber Security Awareness Month, NCSAM, UC San Diego, UCSD
By Douglas Bonilla. What Does Cybersecurity Mean to You? That’s the question UC San Diego’s Office of Information Assurance is asking the campus community. This outreach campaign is known as Cybersecurity in Six Words, and was inspired by
Read more about Sec_rity Is Not Complete without U!
UC Tech News
October 16, 2019
All ArticlesAnn Kovalchick, Associate Vice Chancellor, Chief Information Officer, CIO, Events, Information Technology, UC Merced, UCM, webinar, Women in IT
The UC Women in Technology Committee is pleased to announce a webinar with Ann Kovalchick, UC Merced chief information officer. Title: The First Woman Man: Gender labels and workplace expectations Description: A discussion on the real and imagined responsibilities of being…
Read more about Save the Date: Nov. 20 UC WIT Webinar