Birds of a Feather

1 - 5 p.m. Conversations in Stephens Lounge/Kerr Lobby, 3rd Floor MLK

Time & Location Description

1 p.m. Stephens, 3rd Floor MLK

Phishing, Vishing, Spear Phishing: Security Awareness of Social Engineering Tactics
Organizer: Sam Abushariefeh

Online data breach has recently become a very serious issue, and recent cases have been widely publicized over concerns for the confidentiality of personally identifiable information (PII). According to a report published in March 2016 by Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), 6,184,526 records have been breached. As a matter of fact, phishing is considered one of the top cybercrimes in the United States. Protecting online applications has thus become a major concern for organizations, which face threats that can go far beyond the expected reach of the public web or application server. The purpose of the presentation is to promote security awareness against phishing, vishing, and other malicious social engineering tactics. The presentation will explain phishing, vishing, Spear Phishing, and other social engineering tactics. We will identify future tactics or social engineering campaigns on employees and demonstrate the impact on organization services, which result in financial losses and data breach risk. The attendee will come to realize to the seriousness and severity that could impact organization services. We'll explain different types of security attacks with examples and outline mitigation strategies and recommendations to report these attacks to the appropriate authorities.

1 p.m. Kerr Lobby, 3rd Floor MLK

Instruction Technology: Maximizing Student Engagement
Organizer: Philip Mahoney

At Haas we've been exploring how best to use our existing campus instructional technology solution and hosted services to make the best possible teaching and student class experience. We'd like to share how we've used bCourses, Solstice, and our classroom lectern computers to get us a more engaged and interactive classroom environment. Haas’ take on bCourses, the official Campus Learning Management System, features enhanced site design and customization which allows both instructors and students to maximize course engagement. Starting from a standardized Haas site design, instructors are able to collaborate with Haas Technical Services (TS) to further tailor bCourses to their needs. This includes automatic site setup and integration of third-party applications, such as Study.net, which help enrich instructor-student interaction and Forclass, which provides precise analytics to faculty before a class to allow them to adjust or tailor lessons to either fill gaps in student knowledge or supplement it.

TS also provides in-house bCourses support and resources, including: accounts and permissions management, technical troubleshooting, one-on-one site consultations and productivity workshops. All these help in facilitating the Haas Community’s bCourses experience.

The Solstice Wireless Display is a collaboration solution which allows multiple users to seamlessly share material onto a single display. It enables instructors and students to share to one screen a wide variety of material (docs, images, audio, live video) emanating from an array of devices and operating systems. With the ability to simultaneously cast material, Solstice promotes better collaboration and productivity. With the Solstice program running on the display computer, all that participants need to do is install the Solstice app onto their devices, logon, and begin collaborating.

The No-Login Lectern was developed in late 2015 as Technical Services’ solution for eliminating classroom lectern log-in lag time. The NLL provides instructors with a ready-to-go, automatically-refreshed lectern computer. No more delays caused by lectern computer boot-ups or profile log-ins. And when instructors access their material through cloud-based solutions (bConnected, bDrive) or external storage devices, teaching can begin right away. The key is an installed refresh solution which resets the computer with one click on the desktop. Users simply click on the “Reset Desktop” button at the end of their sessions and they are automatically logged off their bConnected and their open files and browsers are closed. It even relocates desktop-saved files into a common local folder so that these do not clutter the desktop for the next user. All that users experience each time is a clean, simple, ready-to-use lectern computer.

1 p.m. Kerr Lobby, 3rd Floor MLK

Managing Bigger Data
Organizer: Tony Cricelli

Haas research support staff manage not only hardware but also data. This data is available to Haas researchers via NFS to servers and CIFS to client workstations. As the data grows scaling becomes an issue. We would like this to be a BoF topic where we can discuss what works and what does not work in regards to RAM, CPU, Drive Space, Network Bandwidth and level of staff support. Also many datasets cost money and we are interested to see if there is any duplication across campus. Currently Haas manages about 350TB of storage anticipated to grow to 500TB by the end of the year. 

2 p.m. Stephens, 3rd Floor MLK

Educational Technology in the Classroom of the Future: What Would You Do?
Organizer: Dana Lund

What educational technology would you install if you were designing a classroom of the future? Annotation technology? Virtual reality headsets? Multi-screen classroom video capture? All these and more are being considered right now by The Berkeley Haas School of Business. We are currently designing the Ed. Tech. systems for a new 17,000 sq. ft. classroom building. We would love to hear your thoughts regarding what technologies you would like to see and use in a classroom of the future. We’ll share our ideas and tell you what our faculty think, and travel with you down a path of imaginative collaboration. What ideas will make the final cut, and which will end up on the editing room floor? Maybe it’s you who will help us decide.

2 p.m. Stephens, 3rd Floor MLK

Providing Excellent Services in Changing and Challenging Times
Organizer: Zane Cooper

With the University's current budget situation, we are driven to be even more creative and frugal. Our approach is not to simply cut costs, but to ensure that what we do provides value, improves faculty and student experience, and is based on a fresh perspective. In this discussion we'll share ideas about why and how we provide new and improved services while conserving resources. Providing the best services doesn't necessarily mean that it's done in-house -- we ask "why?" "how?" "who?" "what?" and "when?" often. It's one of Berkeley-Haas' Guiding Principles: Challenge the Status Quo.

3 p.m. Stephens, 3rd Floor MLK

ServiceNow: Going from Good to Great
Organizer: Michelle Bautista

The Golden State Warriors have made effective passing a key to their success. We’ll share ServiceNow tips, chat about what makes an effective handoff, and discuss what kind of information we should share to help everyone leverage the system better.

3 p.m. Stephens, 3rd Floor MLK

Research Support and Data Management
Organizer: Zane Cooper

Haas research support staff not only manages hardware but also data. This data is available to Haas researchers via NFS to servers and CIFS to client workstations. As the data grows scaling becomes an issue. We would like this to be a BoF topic where we can discuss what works and what does not work in regards to RAM, CPU, Drive Space, Network Bandwidth and level of staff support. Also many datasets cost money and we are interested to see if there is any duplication across campus.

4 p.m. Stephens, 3rd Floor MLK

ITLP Alumni: Engaging the Power of Community
Organizer: Chris Hoffman

There are nearly 50 alumni of the IT Leadership Program (ITLP) working at UC Berkeley, forming a community that plays a vital role in providing leadership both in specific departments as well as the broader campus effort, including One IT. While the alumni community continues to meet and work together, there is an opportunity to engage ITLP alumni more proactively in some of the challenges facing our campus. The purpose of this BoF will be to discuss ways that the ITLP alumni can work together to bring back the lessons and perspectives learned in the program. ITLP alumni are highly encouraged to attend, and others are welcome as well!