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Events for the I School Community

Upcoming events

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

The UC Berkeley Cybersecurity Clinic (INFO/CYBER 289) is a public-interest cybersecurity course that supports the capacity of politically-targeted organizations to defend themselves against online threats. Join us to learn more.

Thursday, December 5, 2024, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Students, staff, faculty, and friends are invited to a festive holiday celebration in in South Hall.

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.

Previous events

Thursday, August 22, 2019, 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Cybersecurity policy webinar with Audrey Plonk and Amit Elazari of Intel.

Tuesday, August 20, 2019, 5:15 pm - 7:00 pm

The annual gathering for I School students, alumni, staff, faculty, and friends.

Thursday, August 15, 2019, 5:00 pm - 8:00 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.

Monday, July 29, 2019, 12:01 am, – Sunday, August 4, 2019, 11:30 pm

A fun run/walk/roll for the I School Community! Proceeds benefit Diversity & Inclusion Fellowships.

Thursday, May 2, 2019, 6:00 pm - 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.

Thursday, April 25, 2019, 5:00 pm - 8:00 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.

Wednesday, April 17, 2019, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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.

Thursday, March 21, 2019, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

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

Wednesday, March 20, 2019, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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.

Thursday, February 21, 2019, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

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

Wednesday, February 20, 2019, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

David Bamman is an assistant professor in the School of information working on natural language processing and machine learning.

Wednesday, February 13, 2019, 4:10 pm - 8:00 pm

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

Saturday, January 12, 2019, 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.

Monday, December 17, 2018, 5:00 pm - 8:00 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.

Wednesday, November 14, 2018, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

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.

Wednesday, November 7, 2018, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

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.

Monday, November 5, 2018, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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

Wednesday, October 24, 2018, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

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.

Wednesday, October 10, 2018, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

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.

Thursday, October 4, 2018, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

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