Identity and Access Management might sound like technical jargon, but in reality, it plays a crucial role in everyone’s life. It encompasses how you present yourself online, how you protect yourself from online threats such as hacking and phishing, and how much control you have over your personal information. This post is the first of a series where I’ll delve into the complexities of identity and access management, and discuss its relevance to everyone.
I had the opportunity to check out ChatGPT this week. Honestly, I didn’t have high expectations. There has been so much chatter about this tool, that I was sure that there was more hype than substance. I decided to give it an hour to see what it was all about. My very first impression was that it is actually much more like a research project or proof of concept than a product.
I, myself, am a student of Indian dialects. Are you? Do you know Colonel Pickering, the author of Spoken Sanskrit? I am Colonel Pickering. Who are you? I’m Henry Higgins, author of Higgins’ Universal Alphabet. I came from India to meet you! I was going to India to meet you! My Fair Lady (film), 1964 Much of the way that science (and many other fields) is conducted and evaluated today is heavily influenced by the foundations established in Europe during the Scientific Revolution in the 1600s.
PANEL: The Role of Scientific Publishing in Supporting D&I Discussions about publishing are nearly ubiquitous in any scientific scholarship journey. This important activity impacts how research is reviewed and valued, and can affect if and how this research is built upon. In this panel, moderated by Laura Paglione, Partner at Spherical Cow Group, featuring Marcus Lambert, Associate Vice President for Research Strategy & Operations and Associate Professor in the School of Public Health at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, and Caeul Lim, Scientific Editor/Inclusion & Diversity Officer, Cell Press, we will explore the role of scientific publishing in supporting D&I and its incorporation into research’s collective goals to build knowledge, progress, and societal benefit.
The EDI Advisory Group announced the launch of the Onboarding initiative, after a successful pilot program that paired four newcomers with four Work Stream Guides. Next, the team shared results from an EDI survey this year, which revealed that more than 50% of respondents were not as involved in GA4GH as they wanted to be. These individuals felt that a lack of time and support impeded their ability to engage with the community.
During the GA4GH 9th Plenary meeting in September 2021, I discussed the current progress of the GA4GH Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Group, a group that I co-chair. Through deep exploration using an approach to build an “intentional community”, the volunteer group has embarked on three overarching projects: Onboarding Tactics, Increasing Participation Levels, and Building Equity by Design into our standards. This talk describes the progress to date, and encourages the community to get involved and contribute to EDI efforts to effect change.
This presentation describes the role of Identity and Access Management (IAM), contrasts the unique needs for IAM in higher education with those for enterprise systems, and highlights the role that a federation like InCommon provides in fulfilling the these special needs. The goal of this presentation is to provide context for the presentations and materials that will follow during this kickoff workshop. PRESENTATION SLIDES: Orientation: IAM & InCommon Paglione, Laura.
Either Google Fi doesn’t trust its customers or it doesn’t trust its support team (or maybe both!) I recently switched over to Google Fi after a long (20+) year loyalty-fest with Sprint, my first cellular home. With Sprint transitioning into T-Mobile, it seemed like the right time to shop around. Switching to Google Fi was seemingly easy - the plans were simple, and it was seemingly easy to trade in my husband’s and my old phones and upgrade to new ones.
This presentation describes the purpose of identity registration, its role in identity and access management, and specific features of tools that assist in identity registration. It was presented as an invited talk at the BaseCAMP Workshop in July 2021. BaseCAMP is a workshop hosted by InCommon for those new to identity and access management, new to InCommon, or both. PRESENTATION RECORDING: Identity Registration 201 Available only to conference participants.
Over the past few days I again was reviewing start-up pitches in my role as one of the judges of 2021 Ansary Entrepreneurship Competition at Stevens Institute of Technology. Each year undergraduate students turn their undergraduate engineering and business Senior Design Projects into business plans, and prepare elevator pitches to compete for prizes that total $17,500. Similar to last year I have been spending my evenings reading executive summaries and listening to the (video recorded) pitches while providing feedback and asking questions about their business ideas and product approaches.