Assistant Director of Campus Engagement and Innovation, Technology Services
Tag: Amy Hovious
Growing a Research Support Ecosystem
Tags: Amy Hovious, Chuck Thompson, Heidi Imker, Maryalice Wu, Session, Tracy SmithNine years ago, the Year of Cyberinfrastructure Final Report presented a researcher-driven vision about what they needed to support their work. Various efforts since then have worked towards implementing that vision, including Research IT, the Research Support Community, the Research Data Service, college IT groups, and others. Campus recently made a major investment towards this […]
Compliant, Not Cryptic: An Overview of UIUC’s Regulated Research Program
Tags: Amy Hovious, Joe Sebright, Josh ErenbergThe protection of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) is a critical concern for UIUC’s research community. Many of our researchers are already working on projects from Federal agencies with CUI requirements in data handling, access, and protection. This presentation will discuss CUI at the University, its requirements for handling and protection, and the growing Regulated Research […]
Lowering barrier to entry to AWS
Tags: Amy Hovious, Josh HenryTechnology Services and the Cloud Advisory Subcommittee (IT Council) are in the process of testing out a software (Ronin) to help lower barriers to entry to Amazon Web Services (AWS). We will give an overview of the tool and have a discussion around how we can all work together to make the cloud more accessible […]
What Researchers Want
Tags: Amy Hovious, Ashley Hetrick, Research Data ServiceInspired by James Quisenberry’s panel on student needs, What Researchers Want invites researchers from across campus to share information about their projects and to articulate how we can best support them.
Research IT Portal – A Campus-Wide Collaboration to Serve Our Researchers (4B)
Tags: Amy HoviousCome check out the Research IT Portal and give us feedback! The mission of the Research IT Portal is to be a one-stop solution for researchers and those who support them to find technology tools, training, and support from all across campus. The portal has been developed in direct response to the need identified across […]
Mobile Computing on Campus
Tags: Amy Hovious, Jim Caputo, RJ Kunde, Robert BairdLast IT pro forum, our team presented its plan to improve mobile computing at the University of Illinois. This time around, we bring to you the results and progress in identifying those areas which will cause the greatest impact, obtained directly from students and staff. Some of the findings may surprise you!
Urbana Campus Mobile Computing Initiatives – Let’s Collaborate!
Tags: Amy Hovious, Jim Caputo, Robert BairdMobile computing is here to stay and growing by leaps and bounds. There are collaborative efforts underway to identify and bring together mobile expertise across campus to share information, identify application needs and help grow and push the envelope on technology. Come learn how students are getting involved and how you can too!
Mobile Computing Group – Moving Forward
Tags: Amy HoviousWhat is mobile computing on campus? The Mobile Computing Group was formed a few years ago to answer that question. The group has not been active recently, but we are ready to get things fired up again. Come chat with us about the group and how we can start a campus conversation. Now is the […]
Illinois Future Tech Report: What’s on the Teaching, Learning, and Research Horizon?
Tags: Amy Hovious, Andrew Wadsworth, Jamie Nelson, Rich Furr, Robert BairdInspired by the New Media Consortia Horizon Report, this session will launch the brainstorming, sharing, and gathering of information for a spring 2014 release of the first ever Illinois Future Tech Report. If you have an interest in learning about and sharing what’s new and what’s coming in the way of technologies for teaching, learning, […]