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A Q&A with Eric Zackrison, Lecturer in Technology Management
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Our department had the pleasure of sitting down and chatting with Professor Eric Zackrison, one of our incredible lecturers. Read his full interview to learn more about his background, teaching experience and more—as well as to get an in-depth look at a recently developed core course for our Undergraduate Certificate, TMP X111, which he has been teaching.
Continue ReadingAchieving consensus: What the path to a code of ethics says about communication
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
As the usage of AI becomes more widespread, so do discussions about its ethics in the workplace and beyond. Many modern industries, such as the medical industry with the American Medical Association’s Code of Medical Ethics, have established rules for appropriate practice that serve wider society, its clientele, and peers. As the AI industry gains its footing, how might its community come together to arrive at a similar, standardized code of ethics? What takes a discussion in a conference room and turns it into a rulebook that everyone can agree on? Assistant Professor Jessica J. Santana (UCSB), along with co-author Seonghoon Kim (National University of Singapore), tackles this question in their research.
Continue ReadingDonorship Profile: How Endowed Chairs help make Technology Management great
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Philanthropy is an incredibly important part of any university’s operations, but it is especially important for a public university like UCSB. For us in the Department of Technology Management, one significant source of donor support comes in the form of Endowed Chairs. These coveted chairs contribute heavily to the quality of our faculty lineup and the caliber of their research, as well as the accessibility of resources and funding for our students. Check out this Q&A and more about what Endowed Chairs bring to our department!
Continue ReadingSpring Quarter Newsletter 2025: Program Updates
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Happy Spring Quarter! Our department is excited to be putting together this retrospective on Winter 2025 and the beginning of Spring. Our programs are working hard preparing for graduation, key departmental events like the New Venture Competition (NVC) Finals, and more! We’d also like to highlight amazing new achievements like the launch of the E+TM Program and our PhD students’ advancement to candidacy. Read on for more details.
Continue ReadingA Q&A with Kelly Behlen, Alumna of the Undergraduate Certificate in Technology Management
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Our department had the pleasure of chatting with Kelly Behlen, an alumna of our Undergraduate Certificate and a former intern in our department, to talk about the impact Technology Management has had on her life, career, and more. Read her full interview to learn more about the path that took her from her Certificate and working as an intern in our department, to her exciting new leadership role at Cisco Meraki.
Continue ReadingInformation heterogeneity in AI systems
Friday, May 16, 2025
Manish Raghavan, Drew Houston (2005) Career Development Porfessor at the MIT Sloan School of Managaement and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Continue ReadingUCSB Master of Technology Management: Attend an Info Session
Monday, April 28, 2025
Do you have a STEM background and are interested in gaining the business skills to lead technical teams? Do you have a humanities or social science background and want to prepare for a career in technology-driven organizations? No matter your background, UCSB’s Master of Technology Management (MTM) graduate program will give you the essential technology skills, business acumen, and entrepreneurial mindset to accelerate your career and expand your leadership opportunities within technology-driven firms.
Continue ReadingDigging Deep: How Data Embeddedness Shapes Data Work for AI in Organizations
Friday, April 18, 2025
Hatim Rahman, Associate Professor of Management and Organizations and Sociology (by courtesy) at Northwestern University
Continue ReadingTalk: On the Social and Psychological Impacts of Emerging Technologies
Friday, March 21, 2025
Laura Dabbish, Professor at Carnegie Mellon University in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII)
Continue ReadingMeet Benedetta De Mare and Francesco Rosciano, MTM Class of 2025
Monday, February 24, 2025
MTM Executive Director Erin Nerstad sat down with Benedetta and Francesco to hear more about why they joined MTM – both after previously studying at Politecnico di Milano in Italy. Both students discussed the highlights of their time with MTM so far, their thoughts on their cohort & on Santa Barbara, and more. Check out this Q&A to read more from the students themselves, and if you're interested, watch their video interview in Italian!
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