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Upcoming Events

Nov 13, 2019, 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Students and alumni are invited to join us for snacks, cold beverages, and refreshing conversation.

The Charisma Machine: The Life, Death, and Legacy of One Laptop per Child, by Morgan G. Ames

Author Conversation on “The Charisma Machine: The Life, Death, and Legacy of One Laptop per Child”

Nov 15, 2019, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Morgan Ames and LA Review of Books editor Michele Pridmore-Brown discuss the legacy of the One Laptop per Child project and our refusal to learn from its failure.

Beyond “Bots and Trolls” — Understanding Disinformation as Collaborative Work

Nov 18, 2019, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

Key insights for defending against strategic information operations.

Two Reports: Deepfakes and Self-Driving Cars

Nov 22, 2019, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

AI & Responsible Design: Perspectives from Practitioners

Nov 25, 2019, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

How practitioners think about design for algorithmic systems and products.

Information Access Seminar: Niall Keleher

Dec 6, 2019, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

School of Information Winter 2020 Commencement

Jan 13, 2020, 12:00 pm

Honor the class of 2019 with keynote speaker, student speakers, and presentation of capstone awards.

WiDS Berkeley

Mar 2 2020 - All-day event

A one-day technical conference bringing together data scientists and professionals from around the globe to discuss the latest research and applications of data science.

Feminist Open Access and Internet Publishing

Mar 12, 2020, 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Discover how the Organization for Transformative Works built a model for non-corporate, user-driven, online participatory cultures.

DataEDGE 2020

Apr 28 2020 - All-day event

Are you and your organization taking advantage of the opportunities created by the flood of new data? The DataEDGE conference will bring you up to speed on the data revolution.

Previous Events

Cybersecurity 2024

Nov 12, 2019, 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Steven Weber and Amit Elazari forecast cybersecurity in 2024 to illuminate what’s at stake today. (A “Discover Cal” lecture.)

Two Talks: Incorporating Sense-making Into Descriptions of Information Systems and Scenarios and Issues in “Send Computation to the Data” Repository Models

Nov 8, 2019, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Identity Verification Standards in Welfare Programs: Experimental Evidence from India

Nov 6, 2019, 4:10 pm to 6:00 pm

Requiring biometric authentication excluded and inconenienced legitimate beneficiaries of a social protection program.

ABCs of Information: Content, Context, Relevance, and other Challenges

Nov 1, 2019, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

How could we evolve a more satisfactory tool-kit of concepts and terms as a stronger basis for information studies?

Intimate and Accountable Reconfigurations of Social Platforms

Oct 25, 2019, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

How might online spaces be reconfigured against harassment and abuse?

Engage, Design, Examine: Five Years of the Center for Technology, Society & Policy

Oct 22, 2019, 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm

A festive celebration of five years of CTSP, with a showcase of selected projects from the past five years.

Community Data Science Approaches to Digital Gun Violence Prevention

Oct 18, 2019, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

The promises and challenges of using AI to help prevent violence based on social media content and engagement.

Simplifying and Accelerating Data Exploration

Oct 18, 2019, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

How could interactive data exploration tools be redesigned to give deeper insights more easily and quickly?

Photo courtesy of Jessie Hodge https://flic.kr/p/em8u7G

I School Meet-up in DC

Oct 16, 2019, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

I School students and alumni are invited to a meet-up and happy hour to meet new friends and mingle with old.

Mind Reading and Telepathy for Beginners and Intermediates

Oct 16, 2019, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

What people think machines can know about the mind, and why their beliefs matter

Howard Besser (photo by Dan Streible: http://flic.kr/p/7Wbqr8)

CANCELED: Archiving the Non-Organizational Born-Digital: The Challenges Posed by Material from Individuals, Communities, Social Movements, and Events

Oct 11, 2019, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

How archives and special collections can address the transition from analog to digital creation and the digital deluge.

This School’s Social Mission: The Early Days

Oct 4, 2019, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

This School was founded in 1918 on a strong social agenda; Professor Buckland will review the past 101 years of its mission.

From Smart Phones to Smart Students

Oct 2, 2019, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

Distraction versus learning with mobile devices in the classroom and student success

101st Birthday Celebration

Sep 27, 2019, 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

In 1918, UC Berkeley began a full-time program in library science. Join us to celebrate the 101st birthday and history of the I School, SIMS, SLIS, and School of Librarianship.

Social Impact Un-Pitch Day 2019

Sep 26, 2019, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Join CTSP and IMSA to brainstorm ideas for projects that address the challenges of technology, society, and policy.

Towards an Artificial Intuition: Conversational Markers of (Anti)Social Dynamics

Sep 23, 2019, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

Designing a Future with ML + UX

Sep 23, 2019, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

As AI and ML shape technology, how do we ensure that products are designed by and for people?

Scaling Cybersecurity Support for Civil Society

Sep 20, 2019, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

How the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity’s Citizen Clinic is combating sophisticated attacks from governments, hate groups, terrorists, and multinational corporations.

Public Policy Initiatives That Might Improve Digital Stewardship

Sep 13, 2019, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Alternate policy approaches for stewardship of some classes of cultural materials in the current world.

I School Fall 2019 Meet-up: Celebrating Entrepreneurship

Sep 11, 2019, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Meet new friends and catch up with old on the rooftop deck of venture capital firm Accel

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