Thursday, April 20; 3-5 pm; Arbor Lakes North Dome. Have you heard the buzz? Jocelyn Anderson and the Women in IT Community of Practice (WIT CoP) Professional Development Subcommittee planned an exciting topic for this week’s meeting: U-M researcher Rada Mihalcea will discuss semantic analysis and what it tells us about gender preferences in social media. Mihalcea, professor of… Read More »
Lisa Callihan (LSA IT customer experience manager) and Jennifer Herron (ITS infrastructure business planning lead) presented at the 46th ACUTA (Association for College and University Technology Advancement) Annual Conference on March 20 in Chicago, IL. Their presentation focused on their effort to create, maintain, and grow a Community of Practice (CoP) for U-M’s contact centers, in partnership with the Michigan IT… Read More »
In 1990, women held 35% of computing occupations in the U.S. By 2015, that number was reduced to 25%. The goal of the Women in IT CoP is to share knowledge and explore how we can promote diversification in IT at U-M.
A new Michigan IT Community of Practice is taking shape around augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) systems. Areas of interest include the use of these systems for visualization, teaching, content development, and performance. Meetings will begin in January (specific date TBA). Join the MCommunity group, AR and VR CoP, and the new Google+ community for more… Read More »
Women in IT Community of Practice: Women make up less than 25 percent of the IT workforce in the USA. Minorities make up even less. A new community of practice explores why that is, and how we can promote diversification in IT. The goal of Women in IT is to establish a network of IT professionals to support women’s career… Read More »
Visit the Communities of Practice page for more information and to subscribe to the CoP calendar. Assessment & Evaluation CoP: Tuesday, November 15, 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m.; Rm 1322 (Tribute Room), School of Education; Topic: Introduction to Data Management for A&E. Agile Development: Tuesday, November 15; 3:30–4:30 p.m.; location TBD. Project/Program Management: Thursday, November 17, 2:30–4 p.m. Women in… Read More »