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IT Holiday Infographic: An AI Experiment in Text Drift

January 28, 2026

We in the IT Division set out to create an end-of-year infographic showcasing key IT metrics, such as the number of support tickets resolved and network attacks blocked by cyber security systems. We saw the project not only as a way to highlight the IT Division’s accomplishments, but also as an opportunity to experiment with Read more »

Mathematica On-line Seminars

March 7, 2011

Nina Lucido posted on Mar 07, 2011 THESE SEMINARS ARE PROVIDED BY MATHEMATICA, NOT BY IT =============================================================================== Explore advanced topics in the newest free online Mathematica seminars. S51: Image Processing Applications: This seminar explores several applications of image processing in Mathematica, including segmentation techniques, feature detection, working with multiple images, image stitching, and deconvolution. The new Read more »
Matlab Event Scheduled in April

March 2, 2011

Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on Mar 02, 2011 Mathworks (Doug Eastman and Jaime Winter) will be at the lab on Tuesday April 26 and will offer two seminars in the Bldg 50 Auditorium. AM session: 9:30 – 11:30: How a Differential Equation becomes a robot – which focuses mainly on Symbolic Toolbox, Simulink, SimMechanics, and xPC Read more »
Google Announces Cloud Connect for MS Office

February 24, 2011

Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on Feb 24, 2011 Google released a product they call “Cloud Connect on Feb 24. Using a Microsoft Office Plug-in, it allows someone who works in Office and stores documents locally to also sync them to Google Docs. At the moment, it works on Windows computers (XP, Vista, Windows 7) Google’s help Read more »
Google Class Schedule

February 24, 2011

Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on Feb 24, 2011 We have added a number of new sessions to our continuing series of Google “Hands on” Classes held in the 90-26 Training Facility. Register for these classes at Employee Self Service. To take a quick look at the IT calendar which lists these classes, go here. These are the classes Read more »
New features for Google Docs Viewer

February 23, 2011

Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on Feb 23, 2011 From a Google Blog – New features for the Google Docs Viewer Google Docs Viewer allows users to quickly view PDFs, Microsoft Word documents and PowerPoint presentations online by viewing them in the browser without downloading them locally. New files supported: Microsoft Excel (.XLS and .XLSX) Microsoft PowerPoint Read more »
Google Video Now Available to LBL

February 17, 2011

Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on Feb 17, 2011 As of Thursday, Feb 17, anyone with a Lab account has access to Google Video. This allows you to store videos and then reference them from links in email or on websites. Our first successful use of this new capability was achieved by Anne Boynton, Emergency Services Specialist. Read more »
Business Systems Windows Web Server Scheduled Outage Feb 22

February 1, 2011

Laura L Eichman posted on Feb 01, 2011 ITBS Application Outage IT-Business Systems Windows Web Servers Scheduled Outage, Tuesday, 2/22 5pm – midnight The IT Business Systems Windows web servers will be offline for scheduled maintenance on Tuesday Feb 22, from 5 pm to midnight. Approximately 100 IT Business Systems web applications (listed below) will be offline Read more »
Google Docs Gets a Facelift

February 1, 2011

Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on Feb 01, 2011 Lab Users will see a redesigned user interface for Google Docs over the next several days. One of the most helpful changes is the addition of a preview pane on the right side of the screen. Filters that allow document selection by the manner in which they are Read more »
Mathematica Training Onsite – Tuesday Feb 8 2011

January 28, 2011

Adam Stone posted on Jan 28, 2011 Wolfram will be on-site for a two-hr. training on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011 from 1:00-3:00; Bldg 2-100. Doug McClinitic from Wolfram will provide an overview on the newest Mathematica features. Add to your Google Calendar: Agenda: Brief Overview of Mathematica A brief introduction to Mathematica for those unfamiliar with the Read more »
New – Hosted Backups With Carbonite for just $4mo.

January 20, 2011

Adam Stone posted on Jan 20, 2011 The IT Division is offering a new backup service for PC and Mac computers called Carbonite that is reliable, cost effective and easy-to-use. Carbonite is easy to install and runs unobtrusively in the background. It securely encrypts data for protection. More importantly, restoring files, whether just a few or Read more »
Google Upgrade News

January 19, 2011

Adam Stone posted on Jan 19, 2011 Over the next three weeks, IT will be upgrading one division to the new Google Apps Environment each evening. Users who will be transitioned will receive a notice the day before as well as immediately after the upgrade. After the upgrade, users will have access to additional Google Apps Read more »
Recharge for CPU usage starting Jan 1 2011

January 12, 2011

Adam Stone posted on Jan 12, 2011 When we originally launched the Lawrencium cluster project, we said there might be a possibility of a charge for CPU cycles to recover some of the costs. Unfortunately, that time has come and we will start recharging for cycles. The good news is that the charge will only be Read more »