Tag Information Technology
You’re muted — or are you? Videoconferencing apps may listen even when mic is off
Not only did researchers find that the apps gather audio data while "mute" is activated; they could identify activities picked up when microphones weren't believed to be on, such as eating, playing music, typing and cleaning. Read More
Human-Computer Interaction focuses on technology to improve daily lives
Human-Computer Interaction research at UW–Madison aims to make technology more accessible while fostering efficiency in human-centered tasks. Read More
Computer Sciences working group to advise on growth strategies
Chancellor Rebecca Blank has appointed two UW–Madison graduates — a technology entrepreneur and a Silicon Valley veteran — to head a group drawn from campus, alumni and industry. Read More
First cohort of Native students to graduate from UW–Madison college pipeline program
The extensive program for students from tribal communities is a new component of a long-running UW diversity initiative called the Information Technology Academy. Read More
Campus officials seek to strengthen IT governance
UW-Madison is launching a study of information technology governance and structure on campus. The effort will be led by Mike Lehman, a former UW interim vice chancellor and executive with Sun Microsystems. Read More
UW-Madison CIO Bruce Maas to retire
Maas identified leadership development of the IT community as one of his proudest accomplishments. Read More
‘Accidental techie’ from UW–Madison is IT entrepreneur
Applied Tech in Madison provides network and computer services to businesses and organizations across Wisconsin. The blue screen at center shows the status of… Read More
Partnership prepares students to tackle cybersecurity
As security breaches of household name corporations make headlines and complicate lives, undergraduates remain surprisingly underexposed to basic cybersecurity tactics. The Morgridge Institute for Research is addressing this gap through a partnership with Bowie State University. Read More
WARF wins patent infringement lawsuit against Apple
A federal jury has found that Apple infringed a patent owned by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation for an invention that significantly improves the efficiency… Read More
Interactive website developer succeeds by excelling in information architecture
Earthling Interactive of Madison does produce websites, but calling the 16-year-old firm a "website developer" is like comparing a Boeing 777 pilot to a kid who hurls paper airplanes. Sure, they both achieve flight, but that's the end of the similarities. Read More
Dairy farms go digital with apps from School of Veterinary Medicine
As farms grow increasingly complex and more dependent on science and technology, the iconic image of an old homesteader in weather-worn overalls is being replaced by that of a digital-savvy agricultural expert wielding a tablet. Read More
Made-in-Madison software helping fuel apps revolution
About 15 months after it went live, software called Ionic is fueling the hottest trend in information technology: mobile apps. Read More
Media Advisory: Panasonic executive Julie Bauer to address e-business conference
Julie Bauer, a University of Wisconsin–Madison alumna and president of Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company, will be among the more than 600 business executives and technology leaders at the 16th annual Business Best Practices and Emerging Technologies Conference, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, hosted by the University of Wisconsin–Madison E-Business Consortium (UWEBC). Read More
Electronic Lab Notebooks now available
Researchers have long relied on the venerable and trusted paper lab notebook for keeping an orderly record of research data, notes and experimental procedures. Soon, researchers on the UW–Madison campus will have a new option to store and organize these activities in the form of Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) software services under a new UW contract with LabArchives. Read More
Campus switchover to new IT network completed
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has transitioned to a new high-speed advanced research and education Internet network. Read More
DoIT installs new power system to avoid outages
A new system to avoid power outages on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus like the one that occurred on June 18 has been installed, according to the university’s Division of Information Technology (DoIT). Read More
National, shared software assurance facility, ‘SWAMP,’ launches
Cybercrime is a booming, estimated $100 billion industry in the United States and shows no signs of slowing down. Read More
Small(er) is beautiful for UW–Madison computer users
While the popularity of mobile devices and tablets has been increasing, UW–Madison students are not using them as anticipated, according to a survey by the university’s Division of Information Technology (DoIT). Read More
IT Career Academy diversifies the IT workforce
Latoria Isom, a recently hired IS Technical Support Technician at UW–Madison's Administrative Information Management Systems (AIMS), loves her job of installing and repairing computers for faculty and staff throughout campus. “There’s always something new to learn,” she says. “I don’t like to be bored and it’s never the same thing.” Read More