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Transforming Invoice Processing: How the Shared Services Center is Leveraging AI
U-M’s Shared Services Center has leveraged U-M GPT Toolkit to improve efficiency when processing invoices. AI-powered invoice processing has significantly improved operations across multiple teams.
Come Celebrate Our Beautiful Minds!
Register for the 2025 Beautiful Minds Conference. This event promotes education and awareness of neurodiversity and community building with the goal of educating, inspiring, and empowering everyone to celebrate their unique minds.
Inside the Duderstadt Center: A Hidden Tech Playground for Creators
The Duderstadt is a hub of creativity and cutting-edge technology, open to faculty, staff, and students alike.
MiDesktop empowers faculty and staff, cuts costs
MiDesktop, the university’s virtual desktop infrastructure, is stepping into the spotlight this academic year. While it has been an effective institutional asset for some time, the service is now being promoted directly to faculty, researchers, and staff. For those unfamiliar with MiDesktop, the service allows users to remotely access a pool of virtual desktops with their group’s specialized… Read More »
Save the Date: Michigan IT Winter Innovation Expo 2024 – A Celebration of Technology and Innovation
Mark your calendars! Michigan IT is excited to invite you to the Winter Innovation Expo on December 10, 2024. This not-to-be-missed event will be held at the Central Campus Classroom Building (CCCB) and promises a full day of discovery, inspiration, and networking. The Expo will feature an array of activities including the latest updates from Michigan IT, an… Read More »
Using AI to Work Smarter, Not Harder
Artificial intelligence has been a buzzword for the last few years. From funny videos on YouTube to Congressional hearings about regulations regarding its use, AI has felt like yet another fad the greater public has become infatuated with.
The Resource Management Portal: providing access to insights and actions for ARC Users
The Resource Management Portal (RMP), an interface for those using Advanced Research Computing (ARC) services, has been completed after several years of contributions by folks from several ITS teams.
Upgrades to ‘My UM-Flint’ portal enhance user experience for campus community
My UM-Flint, the central digital hub for authenticated campus resources at the University of Michigan-Flint, now offers increased functionality and customization.
Unlocking Hydrogen’s Potential: Leveraging U-M Advanced Research Computing for Enhanced Vehicle Fuel Usability
Alauddin Ahmed, an assistant research scientist in mechanical engineering, has been using resources provided by ITS’s Advanced Research Computing (ARC) team in an effort to increase hydrogen’s usability as a promising vehicular fuel.
Beyond the Code: The Reality of AI-Assisted Creative Writing with “Maizey”
Tag along with Brenna Prescott, ITS fellow, as she trains her own AI using U-M Maizey to assist with her creative writing.
Automated Data Cleaning for Sleep Data from Wearables
Automated sleep data cleanup and processing to harmonize Fitbit data obtained via Fitabase with self-reported sleep diary entries sent via SMS-to-Email. This project uses Microsoft Power Automate for processing sleep diary entries in a shared mailbox, and Excel / Power Query for loading and cleaning sleep stages and HRV data.
Explore future mobility at CCAT Global Symposium and Mcity Congress
The deployment of highly automated vehicles is at an inflection point worldwide, from safety concerns to the integration of electrification. Attend two conferences this month that will offer a week of mobility innovation discussions at the University of Michigan.
U-M’s Alumni Association Streamlines LEAD Scholarship Applications with Salesforce Integration
U-M’s Alumni Association has improved its LEAD Scholarship Application process by integrating Salesforce. The new system streamlined the award process, reducing overhead and improving efficiency. The LEAD program processed over 1400 applications, and more than 80 scholarships were offered for the upcoming academic year.
What Actually Goes On Up On North Campus
Michigan IT organized tours of the Ford Motor Company Robotics Building and the Wilson Student Team Center. Come along as we recap!
Meet the Newest Advisor at the Newnan Academic Advising Center: Maizey
The Newnan Academic Advising Center in LSA is utilizing Maizey to provide increased access to advising services for students.
Profiles in IT: Kat Hanchon–Word wizard
Kat Hanchon is a marketing communications specialist with Information and Technology Services. She enjoys flexing her creativity, learning how to incorporate AI into her work, and staffing events. She likes camping, hiking, and making fairy gardens.
LSA Technology Services partners with faculty to develop MacromoleculAR research application
In May 2023, LSA Technology Services launched a new application, MacromoleculAR, that provides an interactive augmented reality (AR) experience for users to view various molecular models. The app was developed for Randy Stockbridge, an associate professor in the Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB). And it’s not only great for the students in her course, but… Read More »
Education and Awareness in VR: New experience illustrates the effects of racial discrimination
Assistance from the XR team at the University of Michigan Center for Academic Innovation has helped bring to life 1000 Cut Journey, a new virtual reality experience that immerses users in the life of a fictional Black man in America. 1000 Cut Journey aims to provide users with deeper insights into the microaggressions and racial injustices Black Americans… Read More »
Academic Innovation Fund provides funding and tools to educational tech
The Center for Academic Innovation is providing funding and support to thirteen new projects aimed at helping implement educational technologies at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor as well as other global learning communities. The funded projects will include support for pre-college programs and residential U-M courses in both hybrid and online learning models. The thirteen projects will receive… Read More »