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Welcome to the CTO Blog! Ideas and information about the people, process and technology -- and our collective progress on these that are important for UC Berkeley and of interest to our students, faculty and staff. 

Call for Proposals: Berkeley Changemaker Technology Innovation & Connected Campus Grants

March 2, 2020
We are now accepting proposals for Berkeley's first-ever CTO Technology Innovation program. The CTO is looking to support proposals that will enhance the University's operations, bolster its research endeavors or help transform instruction and the classroom experience. The innovation project you...Read more about Call for Proposals: Berkeley Changemaker Technology Innovation & Connected Campus Grants

Amazing lineup for the February 25th UC Berkeley Cloud Computing Meetup

February 20, 2020
The UC Berkeley Cloud Community of Practice will be hosting the 11th UC Berkeley Cloud Computing Meetup at the Berkeley SkyDeck Penthouse on Tuesday, February 25 with doors opening at 4:30 pm. We have some excellent guests and topics and hope to see you there. Everyone is welcome - this is a really...Read more about Amazing lineup for the February 25th UC Berkeley Cloud Computing Meetup

Don't Miss the Adobe Creative Jam at UC Berkeley

February 11, 2020
We want to get the word out on a truly unique experience just for UC Berkeley students, brought to you in partnership with the Academic Innovation Studio, the Creative Lab, and the Student Technology Fund! This is an inclusive event, and all experience levels are welcome, from experts to people who...Read more about Don't Miss the Adobe Creative Jam at UC Berkeley

Berkeley's Transparency Report Turns Five

January 28, 2020
January 28th brings another Data Protection Day. Five years ago today we launched UC Berkeley's "bConnected Transparency Report" to give our students, faculty, and staff a clear idea about how the University handles their personal information in services like Google, Box, and Sharepoint. Several of...Read more about Berkeley's Transparency Report Turns Five

Jupyterhub at Berkeley

May 10, 2019
We live in a world awash in data. As individuals and as a society we need to learn how to better understand, analyze, and use it. To that end, Berkeley recently started an exciting initiative to teach every undergraduate the fundamentals of data science. As the first chapter of the open source book...Read more about Jupyterhub at Berkeley

Updates and Progress on Cloud Computing at Berkeley

April 5, 2019
The most salient recent developments have been in focusing our work to align with the Chancellor's strategy -- in the case of cloud computing, especially towards support for scaling up Jupyterhub to meet the needs of the Division of Data Sciences. Anthony Suen has been instrumental in forging a...Read more about Updates and Progress on Cloud Computing at Berkeley

The Berkeley Cloud Strategy

February 2, 2019
I wanted to share a brief overview of UC Berkeley's Cloud Strategy so that anyone can get a sense of it in a few minutes. The most important takeaway is that it directs our focus always to be "University First". As a campus, we must invest in technology that meets the needs of the campus mission...Read more about The Berkeley Cloud Strategy

Announcement - Bill Allison Appointed Chief Technology Officer

November 24, 2015
We are pleased to announce that William Allison has been appointed Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for the University of California at Berkeley, effective today, November 24, 2015. Reporting to Deputy CIO Lyle Nevels with a dotted line to CIO Larry Conrad for campus-wide initiatives, Bill is...Read more about Announcement - Bill Allison Appointed Chief Technology Officer