Hello Colleagues,
Spring has arrived in Connecticut and, with it a renewed sense of excitement, growth and accomplishment both in our classrooms and through our research commitment. I would like to share with you some of our recent milestones.
OPIM
Professor Says Data Privacy Has Been an Issue Online for Years
Wave 3 News– Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is under fire, accused of not doing enough to protect people’s privacy on the social media site. He faced lawmakers during a several-hour long hearing in Washington D.C. on Tuesday to discuss the social media giant’s mishandling of millions of users’ personal data.
Grindr Provided Users’ Information – Including HIV Status – To Analytics Companies
When Choosing a Doctor, Patients Prefer Online Reviews to Government Ratings
Data Visualization with Tableau Workshop
On Friday March 23, OPIM Innovate held a workshop taught by Professor Craig Calvert on Data Visualizations with Tableau.
Op-Ed: How Privacy Concerns Drive Website Business Models
UConn Today– As is evident with the current Facebook crisis, third parties pose a significant potential privacy risk to visitors. But Facebook is not the only website using them. The convenience of easy sign-ins with Google or Twitter accounts also results in immediate identification with third parties.
For Some Workers, That Paycheck Could be in Cryptocurrency Sooner Than Later
OPIM Innovate Investigates Blockchain
This semester OPIM Innovate has partnered with the newly formed Werth Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation to give students proper understanding and structure surrounding Blockchain.
Splunk Certification Opportunity
Splunk is a big data platform that specializes in taking machine data from different types of computing systems. Once it retrieves that data it can process it, parse it out, and then people can run queries. As a member of the Splunk Pledge, the University of Connecticut receives free training and certification to become a Certified Power User.
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Innovate Sponsors Splunk User Group Presentation
In conjunction with Connecticut’s Splunk User Group, OPIM Innovate’s own Tyler Lauretti was able to create a functioning Fitbit add on for Splunk. Working on this side project he was able to add data from Fitbits and import it into the Splunk platform to get more detailed information on a user’s health. Splunk is a big data platform that specializes in taking machine data from different types of computing systems.