This past spring, the Office of Data and Information Technology (ODIT) partnered with the student group Design at UCI to offer a special VR track as part of their 2024 Design-a-thon competition, ‘True to You.’ Thanks to ODIT’s sponsorship and the leadership of Jessica Sotelo, Design-a-thon Director, and Keri Albers, Digital Innovation at UCI, nine students gained access to Meta Quest headsets and the opportunity to learn how to create immersive environments.
Conceptualized in Fall 2023 to enter the ANTrepreneur Center’s annual AI Innovation Challenge, Zotsites aims to assist students in navigating the vast expanse of UCI-related domains and webpages, including academic resources, student services, campus organizations, communities and even third-party UCI-centered discussion threads on Reddit – so students can always find the relevant information they need.
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month! The month was originally created through a collaboration with the National Cyber Security Alliance and the Department of Homeland Security.
Over the next year, UC Irvine will be working diligently to update, strengthen and elevate our security processes to achieve new security standards that all UC campuses have committed to upholding. This initiative, named ZotDefend, will focus on protecting UCI’s digital world.
The OIT web content team is thrilled to share that new Generative AI (GenAI) starter learning paths have been activated in Udemy, UCI's chosen online learning platform. UCI affiliates with access to Udemy can now explore the new learning paths to enhance their GenAI...
Introducing ZotDesk, UCI’s new AI chatbot from the Office of Information Technology, designed to provide instant answers to all your IT-related queries 24/7.
On April 30, UC Irvine announced the launch of ZotGPT Chat for students. Custom-made to support UC Irvine’s emerging generative AI needs, ZotGPT is UCI’s answer to the data privacy and governance concerns regarding third-party AI services, while still offering users the capabilities found in the latest GPT large-language models.
Amazon One Pilot begins to try out palm scanning in Brandywine Commons in place of using a physical card or mobile device to access meals.
UCI has launched Compass MAPSS and DataGPS aimed at fostering a campuswide data culture.
