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Events

Upcoming events

Friday, September 27, 2024, 3:10 pm - 4:30 pm

In 1918, UC Berkeley began a full-time program in library science. Join us to celebrate the 106th birthday and history of the I School, SIMS, SLIS, and School of Librarianship.

Friday, October 4, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

The recent discovery of hundreds of letters from our alumnus Robert Gitler ’31 sheds new light on his experiences in founding the Japan Library School in 1951.

Friday, October 11, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

How the economics of trademarks contributed to the spread of modern notions of “information”.

Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

A community meet-up and happy hour for I School students, alumni, and guests.

Friday, October 18, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Deirdre K. Mulligan served for the past year in the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy as deputy U.S. chief technology officer for policy.

Friday, October 25, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Clifford Lynch explores the problems and questions AI poses for preserving the digital cultural record.

Friday, November 1, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Do economies of scale render cloud services inherently monopolistic? Nick Merrill’s new research suggests otherwise.

Friday, November 8, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST

Günter Waibel is associate vice provost & executive director of the California Digital Library.

Friday, November 15, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST

Cathy Marshall is an adjunct professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University. 

Friday, November 22, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST
Wednesday, December 11, 2024, 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm PST

Graduating MICS students present their cybersecurity projects. A panel of judges will select an outstanding project for the Lily L. Chang MICS Capstone Award.

Tuesday, December 17, 2024, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

Graduating 5th Year MIDS students present their data science projects.

Thursday, December 19, 2024, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

Graduating MIDS students present their data science projects. A panel of judges will select an outstanding project for the Hal R. Varian MIDS Capstone Award.

Thursday, April 10, 2025 - Friday, April 11, 2025

A two-day conference examining the field of new media and celebrating the work of BCNM alumni in computer vision, human-computer interaction, algorithms, race and popular media, urban space, and new media art.

Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Speaker danah boyd looks behind the scenes at the data required to power today’s AI models, exploring the ecology that has emerged to gobble up data produced for other purposes and contexts.

Previous events

Friday, March 23, 2007, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Wednesday, March 21, 2007, 6:00 pm, – Thursday, March 22, 2007, 8:30 pm

<b>AnnaLee Saxenian</b><br>"Globalization and the Flow of Knowledge"<br>Wed, March 21, 2007 - Blackhawk Museum<br>Thu, March 22, 2007 - Google

Tuesday, March 20, 2007, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Friday, March 16, 2007, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Tuesday, March 13, 2007, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Friday, March 9, 2007, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Wednesday, March 7, 2007, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Barney Pell, Founder and CEO, Powerset
"Powerset and Natural Language Search"
Wed, March 7, 2007, 4:00pm-5:00pm
202 South Hall

Tuesday, March 6, 2007, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Friday, March 2, 2007, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Tuesday, February 27, 2007, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Friday, February 23, 2007, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Wednesday, February 21, 2007, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

<b>Brian Cantwell Smith, University of Toronto</b><br>"Pilot Project for a Future University"<br>Wednesday, February 21, 2007<br>202 South Hall, 4:00pm-5:30pm

Tuesday, February 20, 2007, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Friday, February 16, 2007, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Thursday, February 15, 2007, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Wednesday, February 14, 2007, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

"Democratizing Innovation"
Eric von Hippel, MIT
February 14, 2007, 4:00pm-5:30pm
202 South Hall

Tuesday, February 13, 2007, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Friday, February 9, 2007, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Wednesday, February 7, 2007, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm