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Events

Upcoming Events

Paul Duguid
Oct 6, 2023, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm
Greenpeace recently declared that we are living in “the golden age of greenwashing.” Paul Duguid looks at how we got there.
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Oct 11, 2023, 12:10 pm to 1:30 pm
Tadayoshi Kohno charts the evolution of computer security over the past 20 years and makes some predictions for the future.
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Oct 13, 2023, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm
Johanna Drucker is a Distinguished Research Professor Emerita at UCLA and is internationally known for her work in digital humanities.
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Oct 20, 2023, 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm
In 1918, UC Berkeley began a full-time program in library science. Join us to celebrate the 105th birthday and history of the I School, SIMS, SLIS, and School of Librarianship.
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Oct 25, 2023, 12:10 pm to 1:30 pm
Daniel S. Weld outlines the principles and pitfalls of effective human-AI interaction.
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Oct 27, 2023, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm
Cybersecurity Futures 2030 is a foresight-focused scenario-planning exercise considering how cybersecurity is set to transform over the next five to seven years.
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Dec 13, 2023, 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm
Graduating MICS students present their cybersecurity projects. A panel of judges will select an outstanding project for the Lily L. Chang MICS Capstone Award.
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Dec 21, 2023, 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm
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.

Previous Events

John deCraen
Oct 2, 2023, 12:10 pm to 1:00 pm
John deCraen explores the ethical, security, operational, and competitive issues that organizations face with the spread of artificial intelligence.
Wayne de Fremery
Sep 29, 2023, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm
Comparing the difficulty in measuring “relevance” in information science and “innovation” in economics.
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Sep 22, 2023, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm
Findings from Ithaka S+R’s research into the successes, needs, and gaps in the publishing community’s shared infrastructure
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Sep 21, 2023, 10:10 am to 11:30 am
Alessandro Acquisti’s research estimates how much consumer data is worth, who profits from it, and what difference privacy laws make.
Clifford Lynch
Sep 15, 2023, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm
How Twitter’s recent changes might affect reproducible research and good research practice.
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Sep 14, 2023, 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
The YouTube Effect, a documentary by Alex Winter, takes viewers on a timely and gripping journey inside the cloistered world of YouTube and parent Google.
Jameeka Green Aaron
Sep 11, 2023, 12:10 pm to 1:00 pm
Jameeka Green Aaron is the chief information security officer for Okta’s Customer Identity Cloud.
Clifford Lynch
Sep 8, 2023, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm
A discussion of the challenges, with adjunct professor Clifford Lynch.
Michael Buckland
Aug 25, 2023, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm
Librarians’ traditional distinction between “known item” search and “subject” search leads to theoretical clarification of the nature of catalogs, of metadata, and of search.
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Aug 17, 2023, 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm
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.
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Aug 9, 2023, 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm
Graduating MICS students present their cybersecurity projects. A panel of judges will select an outstanding project for the Lily L. Chang MICS Capstone Award.
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Jun 22, 2023, 5:00 pm to 5:45 pm
Celebrate our student and alumni mentors.
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May 15, 2023, 2:00 pm
Honor the class of 2023 with keynote speaker, student speakers, and student awards.
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May 11, 2023, 5:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Graduating master’s students present their intriguing research projects and innovative new information systems. A panel of judges will select outstanding projects for the James R. Chen Award.
Cornelia Ilin
May 10, 2023, 4:10 pm to 5:15 pm
Cornelia Ilin gives a high-level introduction to the transformer model architecture, using bidirectional representations from transformers (BERT) on electronic medical health records to predict pediatric patients’ diagnosis codes.
Ali Montazeralghaem
May 8, 2023, 4:10 pm to 5:15 pm
Ali Montazeralghaem researches recommender systems, deep learning and reinforcement learning methods, and natural language processing.
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May 8, 2023, 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Some of the most recognized female leaders in tech discuss the challenges they have faced in their careers and how they have overcome them.
Clifford Lynch
May 5, 2023, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm
Thoughts on stewardship of the scholarly and cultural record from adjunct professor Clifford Lynch.
Xiao-Yang (Yanglet) Liu
May 3, 2023, 4:10 pm to 5:15 pm
The creator of open-source projects FinRL, ElegantRL, and FinGPT outlines the deep learning revolution and his experiences applying it to the challenging domain of the financial market.
Jeffrey MacKie-Mason
Apr 28, 2023, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm
Funding for academic research libraries nationally and internationally has been declining for at least two decades. Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason presents critical choices facing research libraries.

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