Presentation Interests

Below is a list of topics/technologies/etc. staff are interested in hearing about in session presentations at UCCSC:


  • Databases, Web, Google...
  • VDI, cloud infrastructure services, VR, 3d printing, 360 video
  • Ruby/JRuby usage across UC
  • IT Customer Service Support
  • LMS, privacy, learning analytics, working with third party vendors (especially in conjunction with Canvas)
  • Web application development. java, python, php, javascript, html, css
  • How UC employees can (legally) contribute to open source projects.
  • How to integrate web apps with Shibboleth.
  • Practical use cases for using APIs to integrate campus data into departmental apps
  • Practical use cases for CalGroups (new tool at UCB), esp. for departmental IT staff
  • Practical use cases for CalCentral (cool tool at UCB), esp. for departmental IT staff
  • War stories (or fairy tales) about the SIS project (major new system at UCB)
  • Cybersecurity; UC-wide cybersecurity experiences during past year; IS-3 update
  • Cybersecurity incident handling, identification, and management
  • Cloud computing, deploying machines more efficiently, cyber security, networking
  • ITSM, ServiceNow, IT Training
  • How other campus's have deployed the CMDB or other ServiceNow applications
  • How others are using Amazon Web Services for WordPress or Drupal hosting
  • How others are using Slack with connected services
  • How others are sending mass HTML email (home grown or 3rd party)
  • Security awareness programs at different campuses
  • Use of client/personal digital certificates for digital signatures, authentication and/or encryption
  • Initiatives that involve collaboration between more than one campus
  • Secure email or messaging for general campus use (not as part of an electronic medical record system)