The School of Information is UC Berkeley’s newest professional school. Located in the center of campus, the I School is a graduate research and education community committed to expanding access to information and to improving its usability, reliability, and credibility while preserving security and privacy.
The School of Information's courses bridge the disciplines of information and computer science, design, social sciences, management, law, and policy. We welcome interest in our graduate-level Information classes from current UC Berkeley graduate and undergraduate students and community members. More information about signing up for classes.
I School graduate students and alumni have expertise in data science, user experience design & research, product management, engineering, information policy, cybersecurity, and more — learn more about hiring I School students and alumni.
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.
Joshua Blumenstock is an assistant professor in the School of Information, whose work uses novel data and methods to better understand the economic lives of the poor.
Ziad Obermeyer is an associate professor in the School of Public Health. His research combines insights from medicine with methods from biostatistics, computer science, and econometrics.
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.
A seminar-style conversation led by Kristie Canegallo, former Deputy White House Chief of Staff for Implementation; DJ Patil, the first U.S. Chief Data Scientist; and Nicole Wong, former Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer. Advance registration required.
A seminar-style conversation led by Colleen Chien, former White House Senior Advisor on Intellectual Property and Innovation, and Terah Lyons, former Policy Advisor to the U.S. Chief Technology Officer. Advance registration required.
A seminar-style conversation led by Alan Steremberg (Weather Underground co-founder and former Presidential Innovation Fellow) and Corinna Zarek (Mozilla Senior Tech Policy Fellow and former Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer). Advance registration required.
Ofir Weisse explains how the Foreshadow attack dismantles Intel's SGX security — previously considered the most secure feature of Intel chips — and also bypasses virtual machine isolation between users in the cloud.
A seminar-style conversation led by former White House advisor Tom Kalil and former United States Digital Service leader Jennifer Anastasoff. Advance registration required.
A seminar-style conversation with hosts Tim O’Reilly, Jen Pahlka (Code for America), and Ryan Panchadsaram (former US Deputy Chief Technology Officer). Advance registration required.