Tracy Smith

Deputy CIO for Innovation & Technology Strategy, Office of the CIO

Growing a Research Support Ecosystem

Tags: Amy Hovious, Chuck Thompson, Heidi Imker, Maryalice Wu, Session, Tracy Smith

Nine 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 […]

Connecting People & Technology

Tags: Jake Myers, Paul Hixson, Tracy Smith

UC2B envisions a community where every person has equal access to technology and support. To do this, we need to unite people, organizations and technology to build an advanced and inclusive future with a focus on equity, collaboration, economic development and Smart City innovation. Learn about UC2B activities and explore how to get involved!

Creating Communities to drive forward Data as an Asset

Tags: Dimuthu Tilakaratne, Mary Stevens, Phil Reiter, Tracy Smith

We presented a vision for a future with data as an asset at the Spring ITPF and now we’d like to form a few communities of practice to help make that vision a reality. Please brainstorm with us and your peers for an engaging discussion about how and why data is an asset for our […]

Linking High-Risk-Data-Researchers to Appropriate Technology Services: Potential Role of a Faculty Liaison

Tags: Christopher Larrison, Heidi Imker, Phil Reiter, Tracy Smith

There are numerous data technology options available to researchers utilizing high risk data. Identifying the appropriate level of storage security and leveraging campus technology to ensure the best balance between access and security are evolving tasks for campus technology professionals and researchers. Changing technologies create the need for an active interface between both groups. One […]

Transforming data into an asset

Tags: Joe Barnes, Mary Stevens, Phil Reiter, Tracy Smith

Data can be a valuable asset for any organization. There are challenges around harnessing the power of data and using it to help the organization fulfill its goals. As a university we have many diverse ways that data can be created and used. We will be discussing data, the hows and whys we should be […]

Data Ecosystem Birds of a Feather

Tags: Joe Barnes, Mary Stevens, Phil Reiter, Tracy Smith

Companion to Transforming data into an asset. This is intended to provide a space for more discussion and engagement between community members on what a data ecosystem could and should look like at the university. If you are interested in data, and how the future data ecosystem at the university might help you do your […]

The Transformation Journey of Technology Services and You

Tags: Beth Scheid, Greg Gulick, Scott Genung, Tracy Smith

Technology Services is reinventing and reinvigorating itself through an IT Transformation (ITX) journey. We envision an organization poised for high impact as the University embarks on a digital transformation and the partnership required throughout campus to enable these emerging capabilities. We will provide an overview of the ITX journey, including a status update and why […]

Research IT Panel Update from a Technical Perspective

Tags: Nick Vance, Tim Boerner, Tracy Smith

Research IT has engaged with campus on numerous strategic projects, including data analytics, high performance and throughput computing, and outreach. The team seeks to provide a status update, from a technical perspective, while soliciting feedback from the broader campus community.

A Year of Cyberinfrastructure at Illinois

Tags: Chuck Thompson, Tracy Smith

A Year of Cyberinfrastructure (“Year of CI”, http://cyberinfrastructure.illinois.edu/) has been funded by the OVCR and the OCIO to build awareness and understanding of what CI resources can do for faculty in all disciplines and to develop a plan for implementing additional campus CI resources. This session will provide details on planned activities and how IT […]