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Category: Technology
The Exciting Growth of IoT
Just about every sector of consumer products and industry will be influenced by the IoT revolution creating many jobs in diverse industries. Learn more about the new UCSC Silicon Valley IoT specialization.
UCSC Silicon Valley-Udacity partnership prepares top caliber data scientists for today’s jobs
University of California instructors will bring Udacity’s widely popular online curriculum to classrooms this fall in a new partnership to prepare data science professionals for the workforce.
30 Tech Books and Counting
Oswald Campesato, UCSC Silicon Valley Extension instructor and author of more than 30 technical books, has developed much of our AI curriculum.
Upcoming trends in IoT
Getting world-changing data from Internet of Things (IoT) sensors is a lot cheaper than it used to be thanks to new tools that retrieve data faster and more reliably.
IoT skills and data-driven decisions
The $190 billion IoT market is expanding every day building a demand for people with a variety of tech skills. Learn about the market from four industry experts teaching in the new UCSC Extension IoT specialization.
The bright future of C programming
The people who know C, the second most popular programming language, are finding their jobs mostly in embedded system and semiconductor industries.
Alum launches social networking app
“This place teaches you more about startups than anywhere else. Every day I learn something new.”
Building Network Mom for Systems Engineers
“A network engineer’s key job is to keep the network up.”
What’s ahead in cloud, virtualization, security, and networking?
“IT, in the age of cloud, requires a very diverse set of skills including virtualization, networking, security, storage, and programming … More
Blockchain cryptographer: Grow your expertise in a single area
“Blockchain is creating real value.”
Explainable AI: trust, transparency, accountability
“Business needs to see inside the black box.”
Investing in Deep Learning and Machine Learning
“The cumulative effect of this innovation will continue to change society.”
From Employee to Entrepreneur
“If it’s viable, it will grow.”
Tech versatility for a long career
“The key is really cross-platform development.”
The interview: How to impress the recruiter
“It’s been a tight market—even in this (EDA) niche.”
Closing the skills gap for AI jobs
“Every company is…transitioning their workforce into the age of AI.”
Synopsys CTO Antun Domic to talk on New Trends in EDA
“Not everybody will be working directly in AI.”
Are you ready for AI?
“AI Frontiers is a great opportunity for our students.”
Python 3 by the book
Python “is going to help them in their career. It’s the future.”
Building the query pipeline for meaningful data
“Hadoop is a critical foundational skill.”
Systems engineer test drives Facebook Connectivity solutions
“I work with a company where every day they help connect people.”
Full stack web developer adds iPhone app design skills
“We tend to think of apps as small, little things, but actually they’re very powerful and very fast.”
Cybersecurity for HR professionals
“We are living in a ‘Brave New World’ when it comes to technology.”
Mastering the Coder’s Job Interview
Programmers need to code with an audience.
Security By Design: Great security starts early in design
“Being classified as security was actually keeping us away from getting the job done.”
Big Data for Social Good
We need to ground our policy decisions in cross-disciplinary research—especially in an era of such ideological polarization.
Data scientist lands an OPT job at Google
“This is the place everyone should go to learn cutting edge technology.”
Silicon Valley Campus raising profile
“The visibility and importance of UC Santa Cruz in Silicon Valley has never been greater—and we’re just getting started.”
Silicon Valley clinical researchers teach annual one-week intensive
“Discoveries in technology and science are giving us a greater chance of having a positive impact on disease and creating … More