NEWS AND EVENTS
Cal Poly’s DxHub, with AWS, is transforming procurement using ScopeBuilder, an AI tool developed by student Gus Flusser. ScopeBuilder generates accurate Statements of Work (SOWs) and RFPs based on user input and past contracts, addressing high request volumes and knowledge gaps. This innovation streamlines the process and sets an example for AI adoption in procurement.
San Diego’s CCOE and Cyber Lab, with Cal Poly’s Digital Transformation Hub and AWS, launched an AI chatbot to provide cybersecurity guidance for small businesses, agencies, and consumers. Built as a minimum viable product, it offers affordable support to resource-limited organizations, helping them strengthen defenses against cyber threats.
Snopes has launched FactBot, an AI tool for fact-checking online rumors. Built with Cal Poly and AWS through the Digital Transformation Hub, FactBot addresses common AI issues like hallucinations and outdated information, providing more reliable answers to users’ burning questions about what’s real online.
Generative AI is revolutionizing productivity and customer experiences, with potential to boost global GDP by 7% over a decade. Cal Poly’s AWS Cloud Innovation Center (CIC) harnessed this technology, enabling students and staff to develop a secure, cloud-based tool offering cybersecurity recommendations for public sector organizations.
Cal Poly, Federated Wireless, AWS and T-Mobile launch 5G Innovation Lab
May 30th, 2023
In collaboration with Federated Wireless, AWS and T-Mobile, the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) has launched the 5G Innovation Lab. This joint venture aims to enhance campus operations, improve core IT services and foster interdisciplinary collaboration among faculty, staff, students, the community and industry.
Private 5G might just make you rethink your wireless options
May 2nd, 2023
Early adopters in academia, manufacturing, and the military have chosen private 5G for its bandwidth, propagation features, and reliability.
The hype surrounding 5G ranges from Jetsons-like futurism to deep-in-the-rabbit-hole conspiracy theories. On the consumer side, 5G is still serving up more sizzle than steak, mainly because the technology is so new, handsets so few, and infrastructure still mostly 4G LTE or earlier, so developers are still figuring out how to take advantage of its capabilities.
To help unlock the innovative promise of 5G, California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) is working with AWS and Federated Wireless to install a campus-wide private 5G network, which will improve connectivity throughout the San Luis Obispo, Calif. campus, while also underpinning the university’s new Digital Transformation Hub (DxHub).
Cal Poly Students Design Innovative Technology Solution to Make School Buildings in Developing Countries Safer in Collaboration with the World Bank
December 20th, 2023
SAN LUIS OBISPO — The Cal Poly Digital Transformation Hub (DxHub) powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and a team of Cal Poly students designed a mobile app for the World Bank to help improve school safety in developing countries, projecting to reduce costs and time by 50%.
Millions of children’s lives and billions of dollars in infrastructure are at stake, since disasters such as earthquakes and cyclones put more than 1 million school buildings in low- and middle-income countries at risk of collapsing. An estimated 875 million children and teachers could be injured or die in damaged school buildings, according to World Bank figures. In addition, when schools close as a result of disasters, there are indirect losses as students are deprived of learning opportunities, further compounding the impacts.
April 28th, 2022
SAN LUIS OBISPO — The Cal Poly Digital Transformation Hub (DxHub) powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and a team of Cal Poly students designed a mobile app for the World Bank to help improve school safety in developing countries, projecting to reduce costs and time by 50%.
Millions of children’s lives and billions of dollars in infrastructure are at stake, since disasters such as earthquakes and cyclones put more than 1 million school buildings in low- and middle-income countries at risk of collapsing. An estimated 875 million children and teachers could be injured or die in damaged school buildings, according to World Bank figures. In addition, when schools close as a result of disasters, there are indirect losses as students are deprived of learning opportunities, further compounding the impacts.
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January 25th, 2022
SAN LUIS OBISPO — In an effort to reduce the number of opioid-related deaths in San Luis Obispo County, local health officials, in collaboration with the Cal Poly Digital Transformation Hub (DxHub), powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS), and a team of university students are releasing a new app that could save lives.
Using the Naloxone Now app, community members can find the nearest location to get naloxone — an opioid overdose reversal medicine — or have naloxone delivered to their door at no cost.
The County of San Luis Obispo Behavioral Health Department launched the web application today which provides life-saving resources on how to prevent an overdose from opioid (painkiller medication and heroin) misuse.
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Cal Poly DxHub to Power Global Game Jam
January 26th, 2021
San Luis Obispo, Calif. – The Global Game Jam is now powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS).
The Cal Poly Digital Transformation Hub (DxHub), powered by AWS, and Global Game Jam, Inc. announced a major sponsorship of the Global Game Jam Online (GGJO) international event starting today through January 31, 2021.
GGJO is the first, all-online version of the Global Game Jam event, itself the largest game jam in the world operating since 2009 and active in 130 countries. A game jam is similar to a hackathon, but focused on creating games in small groups for a fixed amount of time. The Global Game Jam is typically 48 hours, involves a global theme, and a keynote address with advice from leading game developers. Participants come together in some 1,000 official locations around the world, form small teams and work on a game idea. 50,000 jammers participated in GGJ 2020. The resulting games are uploaded to globalgamejam.org by the end of the jam. The Global Game Jam stimulates collaboration, and empowers individuals worldwide to learn, experiment, and create together through the medium of games. There is no barrier to participation.
Cal Poly Collaboration Introduces Breakthrough Technology for e-Scooters to Increase Pedestrian Safety
August 31st, 2020
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.– The Cal Poly Digital Transformation Hub (DxHub), powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS), developed a proof-of-concept for potential technologies to address e-scooter issues with sidewalk riding. The team developed breakthrough technology using readily available electronic parts that cost under a dollar and demonstrated that e-scooters could be inexpensively and easily modified to enhance safety. The solution will also help reduce e-scooter related injuries for riders and pedestrians, while encouraging individuals to operate these devices on public roadways instead of sidewalks.
Cal Poly Collaborates with Amazon Web Services to Launch Initiative for Harnessing Satellite Data to Solve Global Challenges
June 10th, 2019
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.– Cal Poly today announced the Satellite Data Solutions (SDS) Initiative built on Amazon Web Services to harness data from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites to address the planet’s most critical challenges. These challenges include forecasting natural disasters and assessing their impact, helping relief workers seek alternative access routes for delivering cargo or medical supplies, and weather tracking to alert ships and aircraft. The initiative, which was announced at the AWS Public Sector Summit 2019 in Washington, D.C., is part of the Digital Transformation Hub (DxHUB) that was formed by Cal Poly and AWS to solve real-world challenges by providing innovation guidance to public sector organizations and their experts while offering Cal Poly student’s hands-on learning experience.
Cal Poly Hosts Week-Long Cloud Innovation Center Summit to Support Global Interest
February 12, 2019
Amazon Web Services representatives and the heads of educational institutions from around the world gathered in San Luis Obispo this past week to discuss the impact of creating a worldwide network of Cloud Innovation Centers (CICs). As the world’s first cloud innovation of its kind, the DxHub had the unique opportunity to set the standards for digital transformation in the public sector. At the summit, members of the DxHub explained their streamlined innovation process and shared their experiences with solving public sector challenges. Attendees were introduced to Amazon’s proven innovation methodology and learned about partnerships with Amazon Web Services. Representatives from France, Germany, Australia, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and the US attended the summit, with expressed interest in housing future cloud innovation centers. Through sharing and globally iterating challenges, a global network of CICs has the potential to change the world.
Cal Poly Launches World’s First University-Based Cloud Innovation Center Powered By Amazon Web Services
October 19, 2017