Events

Upcoming Events

Data Dialogs 2017

Oct 23, 2017, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

A one-day conference bringing together data experts from industry, research, and academia.

MIDS Student & Alumni Meet-Up

Oct 24, 2017, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

MIDS students and alumni are invited to mingle over beverages & bites in the one-of-a-kind Autodesk Gallery.

Visual Trumpery: Fighting Against Fake Data and Visualizations — From the Left and From the Right

Oct 25, 2017, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

With facts and truth increasingly under assault, sifting through the visual information and misinformation is more critical than ever.

What Counts As Information? What Counts As a Collection?

Oct 27, 2017, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

David Sanger (photo: Miller Center, Charlottesville, Virginia https://flic.kr/p/9Y3P5Z)

David Sanger on Cybersecurity and Democracy

Nov 1, 2017, 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

MIDS Boston Meet & Greet

Nov 9, 2017, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Connect with other MIDS students and alumni or learn more about the degree program.

Ph.D. Research Reception

Nov 15, 2017, 4:10 pm to 8:00 pm

School of Information Ph.D. students share their innovative research with the community.

Camille François on Cybersecurity and Democracy

Nov 16, 2017, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Data Science Capstone Project Showcase

Dec 21, 2017, 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm

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

School of Information 2018 Winter Commencement

Jan 21, 2018, 2:00 pm

Honor summer and fall I School graduates with keynote speaker, student speaker, and presentation of the Hal R. Varian MIDS Capstone Award.

“Does This Vehicle Belong to You?” Processing the Language of Policing for Improving Police-Community Relations

Jan 31, 2018, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

A linguistic analysis of policy body-camera data from traffic stops reveals race-based differences. How can the findings improve police-community relations?

Previous Events

The Amnesiac Society

Oct 20, 2017, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

David S. H. Rosenthal is the co-founder of the LOCKSS program at Stanford University.

The Center for Technology, Society & Policy: What Works, What Doesn’t, and How to Set a Research Agenda that Empowers Student Impact

Oct 13, 2017, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

An inside look at the center's growth and progress, with directors Elaine Sedenberg and Daniel Griffin.

Voting Computer Security in the Age of Cyber War

Oct 12, 2017, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

All of the factors are in place for electronic tampering with U.S. election outcomes. David Dill describes the problem and the solution.

Knowing, Judging, Calculating: Consumer Credit Surveillance and the Infrastructure of Prediction

Oct 11, 2017, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

The untold history of our modern credit scoring system and how it emerged from a 19th-century surveillance infrastructure with huge archives of personal information.

Developing Leading-Edge Products and Going to Market

Oct 9, 2017, 2:10 pm to 3:30 pm

Aurangzeb Khan is the CEO of Altia Systems.

Can We Afford to Go Gold (Open Access)? Can We Afford Not To?

Oct 6, 2017, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

MIDS Denver Meet & Greet

Oct 5, 2017, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Connect with other MIDS students and alumni or learn more about the degree program.

Orlando Meet & Greet

Oct 4, 2017, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

If you will be at the Grace Hopper conference or are in the Orlando area, join us to mingle with students, staff, and alumni from all three degree programs.