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UAB’s CIO has been recognized as chief information officer of the year by a national CIO leadership network.
UAB’s Technology Innovation Center houses a state-of-the-art data center, the fastest university internet connectivity in the state, expandable technology infrastructure, and colocation for UAB’s partners in distributed IT.  
COVID-19-related innovations in technology land Curtis A. Carver Jr., Ph.D., among top leaders in Alabama.
UAB was announced as a 2021 CIO 100 award winner for its efforts around the GuideSafe™ exposure notification app and hybrid classroom technology.
Alabamians who download and use the GuideSafe™ app now have an added layer of information when traveling to help make smart, informed COVID-19 decisions.
Partnership with the PathCheck Foundation, founded at MIT in Cambridge, Ma., will enable other states and countries to use UAB-created exposure verification technology for exposure notification.
The Center for Teaching and Learning and the Division of eLearning continue to offer training and support for faculty to best ensure an engaging learning environment.
The group will provide input and guidance on how to allocate $300 million for costs related to improving technology and infrastructure in remote areas across the state.
Pull into a parking lot at UAB for free Wi-Fi, provided to help students and others in the community who need access to a network.
UAB expert Gary Warner and UAB Information Technology provide tips on how to protect yourself from cybercrime during the coronavirus pandemic.
Alabama’s new Commission on Artificial Intelligence boasts two information leaders from UAB.
The Technology Innovation Center is expected to open in 2021, replacing the Rust Computer Center.
UAB’s 100 Gbps Internet connection helps entrepreneurs and students at Innovation Depot accelerate their success.
UAB now has far and away the fastest supercomputer in Alabama, accelerating the volume and speed at which transformational education, research and medical care can occur.
For the fourth consecutive year, UAB Medicine has earned “Most Wired” status for use of information technology in improving patient care.
UAB has increased campus internet connection speeds 10-fold and become the first university in Alabama to achieve 100 gigabits per second, up to 10,000 times many standard home internet speeds — increasing the institution’s competitive advantage in teaching, research and health care.

best of 2016After major investments in information technology infrastructure — bringing the fastest supercomputer in Alabama to campus — UAB can now execute tasks in a couple of hours that took an entire day just a year ago. 

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