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February 9, 2024

Reminder: Nominate UC Women Who Rock IT by Friday, Feb. 16

One IT Colleagues,

CTO Survey on Salesforce use

Hi everyone,

We are looking to better understand the demand for Salesforce at Berkeley. If you are using it, or know of people who are using it please respond to this and share widely. (Don't worry about duplicating responses!. While we included checkboxes for Mulesoft, Tableau, Slack for completeness we are mostly focused on the use of the Salesforce platform and associated services (marketplace, Education, and other Salesforce "Cloud" offerings.

https://forms.gle/sZa5VpPMeZAbeptM7

Data Center Power Outage Update: Campus Systems & Wi-Fi Restored

To the campus community,

Power at the Data Center is back on and all campus systems including Wi-Fi connectivity have been restored.

February 8, 2024

UC IT Blog
2023 Cyber Risk Program annual report spotlights UC Cyber security initiatives

The Cyber-risk Coordination Center (C3) is excited to share the just published 2023 Cyber Risk Program Annual Report, spotlighting the initiatives, people, services, and tools that manage and reduce cyber risk at every UC campus, health center, and lab.  

UC IT Blog
INTERVIEW: Creating a vibrant Black at UC community – key takeaways from Van Williams’ fireside chat with Charron Andrus, UC Berkeley

“We have moved ‘UC Tech’ from being a conference to being a community,” explains Van Williams, the vice president (VP) of Information Technology (IT) and chief information officer (CIO) for the University of California system, and the leader of the UC Tech Community of 10,000 tech employees at the University of California.

February 7, 2024

Cybersecurity clinic at UC Berkeley helps nonprofits protect themselves online

Like many nonprofits, the Traverse Project, a Houston, Texas-based organization that conducts transnational investigations to identify perpetrators of sex trafficking and child exploitation, has limited resources for digital security.

February 5, 2024

UC Berkeley School of Information
Getting the Whole Story: I School Professor and Stanford Computer Science Student Create AI News Anchor

In December, an episode of The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper titled “AI and the Future of Humanity” aired. In the opening sequence, Anderson Cooper addressed the increasing presence of AI in fields such as the military and healthcare and pondered if AI could replace news anchors like him. 

February 1, 2024

Register Today: Celebrating Womxn in Tech Speaker Series

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Colleagues,

Kyla Bourne presents her work toward developing a national police accountability database

During a recent BIDS seminar(link is external), Dr. Kyla Bourne (BIDS-Accenture Data Science Research Scholar) discussed the absence of a centralized public database designed to track how prosecutors respond to alleged racially-biased misconduct by law enforcement colleagues on a large scale. 

January 31, 2024

From Student to Staff: Jacqueline Chang

“Student-to-Staff” is a series featuring stories from Cal alumni who are now career employees in One IT. This series was created to show the importance of investing in our student staff, and how vital their work is to the university and its mission.

Jacqueline Chang began her journey at UC Berkeley as an undergraduate student. Two cross-country moves and two degrees later, she’s back at Berkeley. Read about her journey. 

January 30, 2024

Berkeley Engineering
Berkeley alum develops tongue-controlled touchpad

Designing devices for people with disabilities requires more than engineering know-how; it requires a desire to understand the different ways we all interact with the world. For Corten Singer (B.A.’17 CS, B.A.’17 CogSci, M.S.’18 EECS), a self-described maker, nothing is more fulfilling than developing assistive technologies that make an impact on people’s everyday lives.

Welcome: Lupe León our new Executive Director of PPC

Dear Colleagues, 

January 29, 2024

Join us: Digital Accessibility Workshop Continuing Series

One IT Colleagues,

The Digital Accessibility Program (DAP) is excited to announce our continuing accessibility workshop series! Sessions will take place every Tuesday and Thursday from 10 - 11 a.m. starting this week through March. Each virtual session will begin with 15-minute presentations on the topics listed below, followed by office hours with our accessibility specialists. Bring your accessibility questions! 

Please review draft revisions: Minimum Security Standards for Electronic Information (MSSEI)

Dear Berkeley Community,

January 26, 2024

Call for nominations: UC Women Who Rock IT Blog Article

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One IT Colleagues,

January 25, 2024

University of California News
UC Noyce Initiative advances digital innovation

The UC Noyce Initiative brings together researchers from five UC campuses — Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, San Francisco, and Santa Barbara — by building community and providing financial funding for cross-campus research projects in digital innovation. 

January 23, 2024

UC Berkeley School of Information
New Research Combats Burgeoning Threat of Deepfake Audio

With every passing day, it seems like it is getting harder to trust what you see — and hear — on the internet. Deepfakes and doctored audio have become easier to create with the press of a button. 

January 19, 2024

Info (in a) Sec: Information Security Newsletter

Info (in a) Sec: Information Security Newsletter

January 11, 2024

Announcing new UX Program for Berkeley IT

Berkeley IT Colleagues,

We are happy to announce a new program focused on User Experience (UX). The Berkeley IT UX Program will engage with staff and teams in the application of UC Berkeley's nascent Usability Principles. 

This program will build on best practices that are taught in UC Berkeley classrooms in the schools of information, engineering, and business.

Save the Date: Celebrating Womxn in Tech Speaker Series

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Colleagues,

To honor and celebrate Women’s History Month the UC Womxn in Tech committee is hosting a virtual series with two amazing speakers on the days leading up to International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8. These events are open to everyone across the UC system.