Tag Archive: UC Berkeley
UC Tech News
August 26, 2020
All ArticlesDebra Richardson, Events, Jenn Stringer, Judy Olson, Katie Chappell, Shohreh Bozorgmehri, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, UC Santa Cruz, UC WIT, UC Women in Tech, UCB, UCI, UCI Women in Tech, UCSC, Van Williams, virtual event, webinar, Women in Technology
Event: Altered Environments, New Opportunities Date: Thursday, September 10, 2020 Time: 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. Register now for the inaugural event of UCI Women in Tech, Altered Environments, New Opportunities. The panel will feature UC IT leaders in a…
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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 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…
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UC Tech News
June 24, 2020
All Articlesbasic needs, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 student relief, student technology fund, technology equity, UC Berkeley, Wi-Fi
Sheltered in place in West Covina, in her family’s tiny two-bedroom apartment, UC Berkeley junior Cindy Mendez Moreno tries to muster motivation to study in the dark, while her parents and three sisters sleep. Only then is it quiet, with…
Read more about COVID-19 Relief Targets Vulnerable Students, More Aid Needed
UC Tech News
March 18, 2020
All ArticlesChasiri Sherron, CITRIS, diversity, Jill Finlayson, Tech Women, UC Berkeley, Women in Tech, Women in Technology Initiative
By Chasiri Sherron. I met Jill Finlayson on the UC Berkeley campus, at the headquarters of the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) and the Banatao Institute. “Have you been here before? It’s pretty…
Read more about Women in Tech Initiative Works toward a More Inclusive Tech Future
UC Tech News
March 11, 2020
All ArticlesCal Esports, Cal Esports Community Center, Caltopia, Community, Division of Student Affairs, eSports, Gaming, Jeané Blunt, Kirk Robles, UC Berkeley
By Jeané Blunt. UC Berkeley opened the Cal Esports Community Center in 2018. I spoke with Kirk Robles, associate director of business development in the Division of Student Affairs, UC Berkeley, to ask about the center’s goals and how…
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UC Tech News
February 19, 2020
All ArticlesBeyond Silicon Valley, crowd-diagnosis, Lucy Greco, Ramesh Srinivasan, UC Berkeley, UC IT, UC Los Angeles, UC San Diego Health, UCB, UCLA, UCSD
By Jeané Blunt. For over 150 years, UC has expanded the horizons of what we know about ourselves and our world. The University’s prestige is based in large part on the exceptional research conducted by UC researchers in every discipline. Here…
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UC Tech News
February 5, 2020
All Articlesconference, Events, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UC Berkeley School of Information, WIDS, Women in Data Science conference
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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UC Tech News
January 22, 2020
All Articlesata, SafeTREC, TIMS, transportation, Transportation Injury Mapping System, UC Berkeley, UCB
By Kara Manke. As programs manager for Bike Bakersfield, a nonprofit bicycle advocacy coalition in Southern California, Asha Chandy hears scary stories all the time about bike collisions and near misses. “One guy told me that he was almost sideswiped…
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UC Tech News
January 8, 2020
All Articlescyber-risk management, Cybersecurity, Events, UC Berkeley, UC Cyber Security Summit, UCB
Save the date for the ninth biannual UC Cyber Security Summit, which will be held at UC Berkeley on April 15, 2020. The summit is UC’s semiannual meeting that brings together people from across the university to discuss and…
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