Online training on Microsoft software is free to Washington residents through a state WorkSource career development program with Microsoft. More than 1,000 courses are provided, including technical training for IT professionals (with certifications available) and digital literacy for computer beginners.
Monica Harrington, Web entrepreneur and leader of two successful local startups, will address “How do we innovate?” on UWTV’s Media Space, December 29 at 9:00 p.m. Harrington will discuss what drives successful startups and why they are important to tech-savvy communities like Seattle.
Intrigued by the documents behind the WikiLeaks story? Tap into over a century of previously classified communication between diplomats and heads of state with Foreign Relations of the United States. This archive of now-declassified correspondence is the world's first glimpse of diplomatic history as it unfolds.
A free wireless Patients and Visitors service is now in place at UW Medical Center (UWMC) and Harborview Medical Center (HMC). No special UW login or password is required. This is available in all UWMC and HMC locations with Wi-Fi coverage. Thanks to bandwidth limits on this service, the performance of the staff network is not expected to be affected. This two-year collaborative effort involved staff from UWMC, HMC, UW Medicine IT, and UW-IT. See IT Connect for other UW wireless information.
The UW iSchool is hosting iConference 2011, an international gathering of information scholars and professionals that fosters interaction and collaboration on a global scale, in Seattle February 8-11. The conference will feature industry panels on “Privacy in the Cloud” and “Big Data”, as well as papers, workshops and posters on information management and security, social media, health informatics, and more.
Did you know you could register your laptop and electronics with UW Police to help recover them if they are stolen? It only takes a few minutes to use the online Electronic Equipment Registration for personally owned equipment. You can also register your bicycle. Read The Daily for more holiday safety tips.
Students who use UW Email will need to switch to UW Windows Live, UW Google Apps, or arrange for their own email service before June 30, 2011. UW-IT notified students of this change by email earlier this quarter. The following students are exempt: clinical students, medical students, graduate students in the School of Medicine, and students who are also staff or faculty. Exceptions for other groups, such as School of Dentistry students, are in progress. Additional details and steps to take are online.
UW Computer Science and Engineering assistant professor Shwetak Patel won the 2010 TechFlash Newsmaker of the Year Award this month. Nominated along with five CEOs of the region’s prominent tech companies, Patel was referred to as a “UW professor who has been on a hot streak of innovation.” See details and photos online.
UW psychology professor Jaime Diaz uses Catalyst Web Tools and other Web technologies to enhance lectures, engage students, expand the classroom, and collect feedback. The use of technology "breaks that time boundary...you can make the class smaller, you can make the class richer," says Diaz. Read his Profile of Technology Use, provided by UW-IT.
