Pitches show promise for Hacks with Friends 2020
Fifteen pitches have been received across five categories. But only one can win the vaunted golden disk drive.
Category Archives: Professional Development
Register for the Extended Reality at Michigan Summit, April 14
Join us on Tuesday, April 14 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for the first ever Extended Reality (XR) at Michigan Summit. We’ll welcome speakers from all over the country to share their knowledge and insight around XR. Please register if you plan to attend. The XR at Michigan Summit expects to feature the following: Featured speakers who are national leaders in… Read More »
Data protection course for use in your unit
How can you help people in your unit become aware of their basic data protection responsibilities? Encourage them to take this new, university-focused online course from ITS Information Assurance: DCE101 U-M Data Protection and Responsible Use (in My LINC). The completely new course provides practical guidance and best practices. It replaces what used to be called “DCE101: Access… Read More »
MIDAS Reproducibility Challenge
The first of its kind at U-M, the MIDAS Reproducibility Challenge aims to highlight high-quality, reproducible work at U-M by collecting examples of best practices across diverse fields. There will be a prize pool of up to $15,000 cash award for the winning teams. Besides incentivizing reproducible workflows and enabling a deeper understanding of issues of reproducibility, the… Read More »
Privacy@Michigan speakers call for more privacy protection
Faculty, staff, and students gathered for a half-day of privacy related speakers and panels at Privacy@Michigan January 28 at the Rackham Building on the UM-Ann Arbor campus. Privacy@Michigan is an annual event hosted by ITS Information Assurance and the U-M School of Information in recognition of Data Privacy Day. If you missed it, you can watch the recordings… Read More »
March 18: “What Does Big Tech Owe Us?”
Wallace House presents Recode’s Kara Swisher interviewing Alex Stamos live on stage at U-M’s Hill Auditorium, March 18, at 6:30 p.m. This event is co-sponsored by ITS, the Dissonance Event Series, and others. Huge tech companies have changed the way we live. Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple have built unprecedented reach into our pocketbooks, privacy, individual liberties, and… Read More »
Tech Tip: LanguageTool
This month’s tip is a tool that I am using right now as I type this paragraph. It is LanguageTool, which I have installed as a browser extension, but it is also available for Microsoft Word, LibreOffice, Thunderbird, Android, as a desktop application, and more. The service is open source and can be used offline (the desktop app)… Read More »
Save the dates! 2020 MICDE Symposium April 9-10
Save the dates! The Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering (MICDE) will host its 2020 Annual Symposium on April 9-10, 2020 at the Rackham Building. External experts will talk about how they are driving new fronts in computing. The symposium will showcase some of the game-changing research supported by the MICDE Catalyst Grants program. Participants will also… Read More »
Feb. 21 AIM Data Showcase to focus on SAFE virtual worlds in XR
The Center for Academic Innovation invites all U-M community members on Feb. 21 for conversation about privacy, security, and ethics in extended reality (XR).
Last chance to register for the AIM Data Showcase, Feb. 14
Friday, February 14 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the Hussey Room of the Michigan League (911 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48104). Please register to attend. The Center for Academic Innovation invites all University of Michigan community members to join us for a morning of conversations about the data that power higher education and educational research. We’ll hear from faculty,… Read More »
Be a mentor, get a mentor!
Are you interested in helping colleagues reach their professional goals, or striving towards professional goals of your own? If so, consider becoming a mentor or mentee in the Michigan IT Mentor Program! The Michigan Mentor IT program empowers and enables Michigan IT professionals from all levels to connect and learn from others with similar interests or experiences related… Read More »
Back in business: BI CoP relaunches
Many members of the Business Intelligence community have been talking about how we can share knowledge across campus, engage with our data stewards to understand methodologies used in capturing our data, share our struggles, and learn from one another. A small group has decided to reboot our Business Intelligence Community of Practice (BI CoP) and we had a… Read More »
Register to attend the Data for Public Good Symposium Feb. 25
Do you have experience working alongside community partners in data analysis or program evaluation? Do you want to connect with others who are using their skills for public good? You are invited to attend the 3rd annual Data for Public Good Symposium on Tuesday, February 25, 2020, Weiser Hall, 10th floor. Hosted by the Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS),… Read More »
Hacks with Friends 2020 registration now open
Register today for Hacks with Friends 2020—a fun-filled event where you have two days to break out of your confines, form a team, build a project (or hack) from scratch, and show it off in a competition! The 2020 Hacks with Friends (HWF) will take place March 5–6 at the Ross School of Business. HWF is open to… Read More »
First-ever Women+ Data Science Symposium
The very first Women+ Data Science Symposium will be held April 17, 2020. All practicing and aspiring data scientists, but especially women and gender minority participants, are invited to discuss cutting-edge research, explore resources for research and career advancement, and network with other attendees. You are encouraged to submit your idea for a talk or poster! Especially in… Read More »
CoderSpaces are weekly data science hubs
Do you write code for research or class? Do you sometimes get stuck? Are you just starting to learn how to code? Hosted by members of the U-M community, CoderSpaces are there for you to meet other coders and learn from your coder peers. Participation is open to anyone interested in writing code for computational social science, data… Read More »
Attend “What Does Big Tech Owe Us?” March 18
Wallace House presents Recode’s Kara Swisher interviewing Alex Stamos live on stage at U-M’s Hill Auditorium, March 18, at 6:30 p.m. This event is co-sponsored by ITS, the Dissonance Event Series, and others. Huge tech companies have changed the way we live. Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple have built unprecedented reach into our pocketbooks, privacy, individual liberties, and… Read More »
Tech Tip: Project Naptha
Project Naptha is a useful Chrome extension that enables users to select, copy, edit, and even translate text that is included within an image. In my experience it works surprisingly well, especially since this kind of tool typically requires special software and conversions. Upon installing, the extension works in the background. If an image with text is displayed… Read More »
Check out the new Containers CoP
The Containers Community of Practice held its first meeting on Thursday, December 12 in West Hall. Containers are a fast-growing form of virtualization that reduce deployment-stage errors, scale quickly, and are easily portable between hosting platforms. They can be used for web applications and services, computation, and as software development/testing environments. At the first meeting, the group expressed… Read More »
ITS is seeking interns for summer 2020!
Every summer ITS offers a 14-week internship program to students. The ITS Internship Program offers paid, full-time positions to students looking for an opportunity to gain valuable experience while making connections in the professional field they are considering for a career. Applications for the 2020 ITS Internship Program are now open. If you know students who might be… Read More »