CCT CES A tech match made in heaven

CCT & CES – A tech match made in heaven! CES Annual Conference Aug 7, 2019 Matt Rahr, CCT Director

Communications & Cyber Technologies • • Hi, I’m Matt! Director of Cyber and Information Technologies Started as a student worker in CALS & CES in 2000 UA CALS Alum – School of Natural Resources & the Environment (BS and MS) • What is CCT? – – Organizationally within the Arizona Experiment Station Serves all three RCU’s CALS, CVM, & CES ½ Communications + ½ Cyber Technologies Provide the digital-communications vehicle to deliver our “story”

CCT Current Services • Information Technology – – • Design – – • Desktop Publication Marketing Material Web Design Mockups Logos Development – – – • Division-Level IT Hardware, server uptime, operating system patches Web and Database Hosting -- Virtual Server Hosting Network Upgrades, both on campus and across Arizona IT Security issues, outreach, awareness Web and Mobile Application Development Database Design GIS/Location-aware applications Multimedia – – – Distance education via video conferencing Classroom technology, lecture capture, interactive strategies Video Production, outreach videos, CALS documentaries https: //cct. cals. arizona. edu

CCT - Cyber Experiment Station New Unit “CCT - Data Science Services” Team Lead: David Le. Bauer – Director of Data Science 2 App Programmers & 2 Research Programmers • • Provide assistance to faculty conducting research computing applications. – “Data Science as a Service” – Backgrounds in Plant Sciences, Ecology, Remote Sensing, working with large data, R, Python, HPC/HTC, Cy. Verse – Contact datascience@cals. arizona. edu CCT is tailoring infrastructure for use in research computing • Developing front-end applications to run large computing jobs on AWS and Cy. Verse • Building Tomorrow. Lab – a collaboration between Stanford, ASU, MIT, Harvard and CALS. Foster creative and engaging dialogue around rapidly evolving genetic technologies • Analyzing data captured from the large field scanalyzer (MAC) and large aperture scintillometer (YAC) • Cyberinfrastructure Advisory Group Report on our website

CCT Do’s • • • Web and Mobile Development Video Production – Landmark Stories Virtual Classroom Technology Web/DB Hosting Network Improvements Mail Listservs Big Data / Data Science Initiatives Print Design (Posters, etc) Extension Publications (AZ#) Web/DB Server Support Drupal Support CCT Do Not’s • • • Email support (24/7) Net. ID support VPN support County office desktop support Mobile device support Software specific support tasks • Call/Email Andy Medina! gamedina@cals. arizona. edu (520) 626 -8395

Communications & Cyber Technologies Team of data scientists, programmers/developers, cloud-solution experts, videographers, and tele-presence engineers. • Web and Mobile app customized development • Distance education classroom build-outs across the State (small group to large classroom) • Landmark Stories film team to craft documentaries surrounding CALS/CES based research that addresses societal issues OUR GOAL To utilize custom-built and off-the-shelf technology to enable science and education Communicate the “story” of CALS/CES to the public

My RAINge Log • An easy-to-use tool to help you track your actual rainfall so you can better manage your land • Ranchers and land managers in central Arizona expressed a need for an online tool specifically designed around the type of infrequent, cumulative precipitation observations often collected at remote, rangeland sites • Local precipitation records support better management PI: Dr. Michael Crimmins, Dr. Mitch Mc. Claran https: //myraingelog. arizona. edu

Project Harvest • Engaging community members through citizen science about the health of their harvested rainwater, soil, and plants. • Problem: lack of information regarding the quality of harvested water. No monitoring programs. – Understand potential pollutants in harvested water might impact soil, plant, and human health – Promote Citizen Science in underserved communities – Altogether, 260 community members were trained, and 851 water, 137 soil, and 71 plant samples were prepared analyzed in first year PI: Dr. Monica Ramirez-Andreotta https: //projectharvest. arizona. edu

Arizona Web. Quit App • “Quit Tobacco Your Way” • Web. Quit is a series of self-guided tools designed to help you quit tobacco and stay quit. • Push notifications via App and/or Text messages • Chat box with live coach via Ashline • Compliments 1 -800 -ASHLINE Coaching Help Line PI: Dr. Mark Martz https: //azwebquit. org

Landscape Drip Irrigation Scheduler • “Optimize your drip irrigation schedule using proven sciencebased methods” – 1) Identify the Property – 2) Add Plant and Emitters – 3) Get a Water Wise Schedule • Customized water schedule based on local temp, RH, precip, soil-type, plant type, drip irrigation zones, etc. PI: Jeff Gilbert, Dr. Ursula Schultz https: //cals. arizona. edu/dripirrigation

Quickstart Web Platform • • • “Quickstart” is a complete, customized version of the popular Drupal content management system. Combination of Drupal 7 core, plus many additional features and modules specific to the University of Arizona. UA-branded theme - a mobile first HTML, CSS, and Javascript framework. Comes pre-packaged with demo content that you can modify or delete for your convenience. Constantly being updated by our team and the open-source campus community “With Quickstart all the pieces have been put in place for you to spin up beautiful, accessible and secure websites in a matter of hours instead of weeks. ” https: //quickstart. cals. arizona. edu/

UA Landmark Stories • “Produces cinematic, character-driven short and long form documentaries that brings us closer to science and our community” – – Help tell the story of CALS and CES through creative storytelling 3 Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards for Best Documentary (category) Distilling complicated science into palatable and entertaining film Investigative/research process, maintaining journalistic integrity Led by Producers Cody Sheehy & Sandra Westdahl youtube. com/landmarkstories instagram. com/landmarkstories facebook. com/landmarkstories twitter: @Stories. Landmark

Landmark Stories Portfolio • Post-Production: The West Is Burning • Seed-Funding: Fisheries Project • • • James 4 -H Camp Farm to School Program Navajo Extension Partnership Brainbuilders For Life Operation Military Kids Tucson Kitchen Garden https: //youtube. com/landmarkstories/ • • • Beyond The Mirage Nature’s Notebook Jaguar Research Earthlight Insecta

Adoption of Off-the-Shelf Tech • • • Qualtrics (with offline support) Confluence (public facing coming soon) D 2 L Community Replacement for Reg. Online – RFP in process Turning Point Technologies (clickers) Trellis – powered by Sales. Force CRM

Updates with Email Security and Auto-Forwarding Signature Generator (beta) https: //brand. arizona. edu/generator/email-signature Automated lists based on department code @arizona. edu addresses

Communications & Cyber Technologies Team of data scientists, programmers/developers, cloud-solution experts, videographers, and tele-presence engineers. • Web and Mobile app customized development • Distance education classroom build-outs across the State (small group to large classroom) • Landmark Stories film team to craft documentaries surrounding CALS/CES based research that addresses societal issues OUR GOAL To utilize custom-built and off-the-shelf technology to enable science and education Communicate the “story” of CALS/CES to the public

Questions? Matt Rahr https: //cct. cals. arizona. edu https: //youtube. com/landmarkstories rahr@ag. arizona. edu 520 -626 -0329