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Gastón De Ferrari, IAM project managerUC Davis launches identity management project, opens Web site
Posted 07/23/09
Managing electronic identities online--securely sorting names, privileges, and access rights--is a chronic challenge in information technology, especially as more services become electronic, systems grow more complex, and the need for privacy and security intensifies.
studentcomputing.ucdavis.edu, as displayed on an iPhoneMore than 40% of campus students own smartphones, yearly tech survey says
Posted 05/05/09
Among UC Davis students, more than two-fifths own smartphones; laptops rule, at least for now; and Macs are three times more popular today than they were in 2006. So say the respondents to the latest Information and Educational Technology survey of student tech use.
The ingredients that make up Rice (from rice.kuali.org)Kuali workflow tool can save campus time, money, effort
Posted 03/18/09
Imagine if every new restaurant had to make its own pots and utensils before it could open. The chore would distract from the bigger goal of getting the food right, and besides, how tedious to re-create the same basic cookware over and over.
Dan Sperling used the new campus studio to prepare for his visit to "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart.New TV studio will help promote UC Davis
Posted 02/20/09
Wyatt Pavilion left a lot to be desired as a TV studio. The 102-year-old building is normally set up for theater and dance productions, so crews needed five hours to prepare it to record episodes of the campus public affairs broadcast program "Frontiers"--which then risked interruption by the noise of passing trains.
Turn-around Times editions from the '80sIT Times ends print edition, takes 40-year tradition online
Posted 12/12/08
It has looked like a paradox. IT Times, a newsletter about UC Davis information technology, has been distributed mostly on ... paper.
Maybe distributing its content by social media would be too exotic, but a publication that carries news about online course-management systems, wireless networks, email, and computer rooms feels like it should have cut its ties to print sometime around, oh, 2000.
Students David Silvia, Jillian Ng, and Christina BlakeUsing survey results and a no-pressure pitch, students lobby for SmartSite
Posted 11/19/08
As undergraduates, David Silvia, Jillian Ng, and Christina Blake know that students have plenty of ideas and opinions about SmartSite, the online course-management system at UC Davis. They also believe the use of SmartSite can improve if that student feedback gets to the right people. The trick is to gather this perspective and express it to faculty.
Bob Ono, IT security coordinatorWant good campus IT security? It all relies on you. Bob Ono explains
Posted 10/21/08
Did you receive any of the seven or eight phony "UC Davis" emails this year? The ones with tilted grammar that warned of trouble, sent from concealed sources that asked for your email account name and password? Phishing messages like those are one reason why the campus employs Bob Ono. Helping to deter online fraud is one of his responsibilities as coordinator of information technology security at UC Davis.
A microfilm reader in the lower level of Shields library displays a front page of The Weekly Agricola from the 1910Early Aggie IT: Before key words, students used notched cards and knitting needles
Posted 08/06/08
Searching tirelessly for information for his term paper, a UC Davis student working in the library pulls out a stack of cards with holes along their edges. He lines up the cards, then puts a knitting needle through one of the holes so that the needle penetrates the whole stack.
He lifts the cards. Holding the needle horizontally, he lets go of the cards, and a few drop to the table. He browses the notes printed on each and, satisfied with his finding, takes them to use in his research.
Bob Burnett, stylus in hand, works on a 3-D model athis desk in Surge II
It's animated, and a game -- and highly educational
Posted 06/09/08
Animated images help illustrate complex concepts. A flood of new software is kicking that ability up a notch.
Campus animator Bob Burnett clearly loves his work. He happily discussed all aspects of it during a recent interview, moving easily from the cooperative habits of 3-D animators, to the amped-up software created by new computer games, to the prototype of a sumulated brewery that just helped food engineering professor R. Paul Singh win a federal grant.
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