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Larry L. Sautter Award for Innovation in Information Technology
UCR Computing and Communications has been recognized for three distinguished awards by the Information Technology Leadership Council.
The Sautter Award was established in 2000 to encourage and recognize innovative deployment of information technology in support of the University's mission. The Sautter Award honors projects developed by faculty and staff in any department at the ten UC campuses, the UC Office of the President (UCOP), and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The program gives up to three Golden and two Silver Awards annually, including honorable mentions. Winning projects are announced at the annual UC Computing Services Conference and project team members give short presentations about the projects during the award ceremony.
Silver Award for Achievement in University Computing
- Academic Personnel eFile System (UCR)
Honorable Mention
- Conflict of Commitment Reporting System (UCR)
- Emergency Notification System (UCR)
For more information on the ITLC or the Larry Sautter Award, visit the following links:
http://www.ucop.edu/irc/itlc/welcome.html and http://www.ucop.edu/irc/itlc/sautter/.
UCR Hyperstruction Studio in the News
UCR’s Hyperstruction Studio, the Computing and Communications designed experimental teaching facility, was featured in the June 2008 Campus Technology magazine as part of an article about various "incubator" projects going on at various campuses around the United States.
Check out the article at http://campustechnology.com/articles/63549
Computer Lab Project
UCR’s Student Computing Services (SCS) has begun discussions regarding the redesign and upgrade of several campus computer labs. Plans include increased computer services to students and faculty and enhancement projects for the current labs. The new “Smart Labs” will feature a collaborative learning space with round tables for group work, fully loaded computer software systems, the installation of digital components, including a document camera, an electronic whiteboard and a projector to enhance the instructional and collaborative needs of the faculty and students while continuing to support individual student access to computers.
Additionally, SCS has initiated discussions with the campus Commons to provide a laptop checkout service. Tentative plans consist of C&C providing 24 laptops and a cart for storage, as well as maintaining the equipment and software. C&C plans to roll out access to the Commons laptops in Fall 2008.
Authenticated Instant Messaging
C&C has developed an Instant Messaging service for campus users in support of campus administration operations, research, and teaching. IM@UCR allows students, faculty, and staff to communicate instantaneously via pre-populated buddy lists over a secure and privacy-controlled server. Importantly, IM@UCR features the ability and necessity of user identity authentication. On IM@UCR, users will never have to question the identity of the person with whom they are communicating due its integration with UCR's identity management systems. C&C plans to roll out the service to the campus in fall 2008.