[Asis-l] Add a Half-Day Class to Your iConference Trip

[Diane Bailey]

Coming to the iConference in February? The Information Institute, a
professional development resource at UT Austin's School of Information with
courses in a wide range of information topics, is offering two half-day
courses in mid-February. Consider taking the drive to Austin for them and a
chance to take in Austin's music, culinary, and scenic venues: 
 
.         IT Security Metrics: Building a Program, Making it Work
<https://infoinstitute.utexas.edu/courses/it-security-metrics> , Feb 9th
This half-day course provides basic training in measuring the effectiveness
of your IT security program. IT Security Metrics offers an introduction to
the field of security measurement and teaches skills and techniques for
applying metrics to a security program. If you are responsible for IT
security within your organization and looking for ways to collect better
data, show better results, and demonstrate real business value for your
activities, this course will give you the tools you need to do it. 
 
.         Crowdsourcing and Crowd Computing
<https://infoinstitute.utexas.edu/courses/crowdsourcing-and-crowd-computing>
, Feb 16th
This half-day course explains fundamental concepts of crowdsourcing and
crowd computing and shows how to implement them in your work. The course
highlights "killer applications" that employ new information systems and use
crowd participation. You'll receive practical "how to" guidance for getting
started using commercial crowdsourcing platforms, particularly Amazon's
Mechanical Turk, and learn the capabilities and limitations of current
methods and state-of-the-art techniques.
 
Upcoming courses include:
.         Putting Data to Work in Your Organization
<https://infoinstitute.utexas.edu/courses/putting-data-to-work-in-your-organ
ization-march> , Mar 13-15, May 15-17
.         Doing Business with Open Source
<https://infoinstitute.utexas.edu/courses/doing-business-with-open-source> ,
April 19-21
 
For more information, please access our website at infoinstitute.utexas.edu
or contact us at info at infoinstitute.utexas.edu.
 
 
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