Author Archives: Mona Beydoun, ITS Communications
In 2019, ITS Information Assurance led six working sessions focused on assisting unit IT staff in planning for the implementation of a number of IT security standards that supplement and support SPG 601.27.
UMSI professor Kentaro Toyama, suggests slowing the pace of technological innovation to allow for cost and benefit conversations.
Electronic health records are crucial to the daily functioning of the School of Dentistry. So, when the school reached out to ITS for help with a system upgrade, both teams knew it was a mission-critical project.
Technology changes at an ever-increasing rate, almost always outstripping policy, privacy, security, and legal considerations. ITS Information Assurance (IA) collaborates with faculty, researchers, students, and external industry experts to create a forum, Dissonance, for public discourse on the tensions surrounding technology, policy, privacy, security, and law.
The Teach-Out Series, July 1-31, moved to the Michigan Online Instagram account and is focused on art and technology.
Atul Prakash, an electrical engineering and computer science professor, is part of a research team studying the process GitHub has in place for disclosing security issues. The team’s research culminated in a list of recommendations to help GitHub develop a standardized method to report security vulnerabilities.
J. Alex Halderman, U-M computer science and engineering, is part of a state-wide effort to ensure election security and accuracy.
A U-M startup, Voxel51, is expanding access to video data through a new software platform. The platform, released in June, offers companies an affordable way to extract information from the medium.
The U-M Library I.T. Division updated the Library Search site based on feedback from members of the campus community. The updates resolve bugs and improve performance and user experience.
The third annual Gameful Learning Summer Institute will be held from Monday, July 16 to Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at the Ross School of Business. It is intended for anyone interested in a method of teaching that supports student ownership of learning.
Kevin Fu, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, was awarded the inaugural IEEE Security and Privacy Test of Time Award.
Florian Schaub, School of Information, says the larger issue of data collection still needs to be addressed.
My Learning Analytics helps students glean insights on their academic performance and make self-driven behavior changes.
Sage provides tailored resources to students who completed the national Healthy Minds survey.
Computer science professor Brahim Medjahed is the first from UM-Dearborn to receive the Michigan Association of State Universities’ Distinguished Professor of the Year award.
U-M will host a collaborative town hall on May 28 led by The Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to discuss areas of integration in STEMM, the arts, and the humanities.
Sitting through job interviews can be nerve-wracking. The Women in IT Community of Practice hosted a free workshop and provided five key takeaways for the U-M IT community.
U-M will lead a group of nine other universities in SEISMIC, a multiyear effort to address equity and inclusion in introductory level STEM courses.
U-M President Mark Schlissel presented ITS’s Jim Zajkowski with the Individual Staff Impact Award and recognized him with the President’s Staff Award of Distinction.
Ceren Budak, a UMSI assistant professor, is joining researchers from Ohio State, Cornell, and Stony Brook to study anonymous Facebook data. The team will focus on social media’s impact on U.S. democracy.