Notes from a CTO - technology, AI, and innovation in higher education. People management and technology leadership with a product focus — mostly aimed at helping higher education use technology more efficiently, effectively, and strategically.
An overview of Berkeley’s approach to AI governance and community engagement, balancing innovation with responsible implementation through foundational governance, community building, and functional governance.
Announcement of the creation of the UC Berkeley AI Community, replacing the Cloud Computing Community of Practice to focus on the university’s evolving needs in artificial intelligence.
UC Berkeley developed our 3 Pillar Infrastructure computing strategy in 2021 to guide investments in the University computing infrastructure, from on-campus data center spaces (the “local pillar”), new investment in data center capacity in partnership with NASA at Moffett Field (the “offsite colocation pillar”), and a public cloud pillar.
Through the Berkeley Changemakers Innovation Grant, Dr. Pablo Gonzalez and his team have created a fully functioning podcast studio for students, faculty, and staff to utilize. The purpose of this studio is to give the UC Berkeley community a platform to amplify their voices.
Last month a group of inspiring and diverse group of teams celebrated their groundbreaking innovations at the Fall Technology Innovation Forum. The theme of the innovation forum was “Innovation in the Time of Coronavirus.”
BeArS@home is a customized interactive lab project developed by the Department of Chemistry, which gives undergraduate students the ability to perform virtual chemistry experiments at home.