CCT & CES – A tech match made in heaven!

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

2. 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”

3. CCT Current Services • Information Technology • 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 • Design • Desktop Publication • Marketing Material • Web Design Mockups • Logos • Development • 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

4. CCT - Cyber Experiment Station • New Unit “CCT - Data Science Services” • Team Lead: David LeBauer – 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, CyVerse • 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 CyVerse • Building TomorrowLab – 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

5. CCT Do’s CCT Do Not’s • Email support (24/7) • NetID 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 • 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

6. 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

7. 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 McClaran https://myraingelog.arizona.edu

8. 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 and analyzed in first year https://projectharvest.arizona.edu PI: Dr. Monica Ramirez-Andreotta

9. Arizona WebQuit App • “Quit Tobacco Your Way” • WebQuit 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

10. Landscape Drip Irrigation Scheduler • “Optimize your drip irrigation schedule using proven science-based 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

11. 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/

12. 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 youtube.com/landmarkstories instagram.com/landmarkstories facebook.com/landmarkstories twitter: @StoriesLandmark Led by Producers Cody Sheehy & Sandra Westdahl

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

14. Adoption of Off-the-Shelf Tech • Qualtrics (with offline support) • Confluence (public facing coming soon) • D2L Community • Replacement for RegOnline – RFP in process • Turning Point Technologies (clickers) • Trellis – powered by SalesForce CRM

15. 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

16. 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

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