Events

Upcoming Events

Perhaps We Have Framed the Research Data Management Challenge Incorrectly?

Jan 24, 2020, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Natural Language Processing Seminar: Yonatan Belinkov

Jan 31, 2020, 11:10 am to 12:00 pm

Yonatan Belinkov is a postdoc at Harvard, where he works on language representations in neural networks.

Genres of Library Service: Economics, Ideology, Technology, etc.

Jan 31, 2020, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

“The perverse absent-presence”: Disability and the perception of archival representation

Feb 4, 2020, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

Gracen Brilmyer, a 2016 CTSP fellow and MIMS 2016 alum, presents research for their doctoral dissertation.

Natural Language Processing Seminar: Maarten Sap

Feb 7, 2020, 11:10 am to 12:00 pm

Maarten Sap is a Ph.D. student at the University of Washington researching natural language processing for social understanding.

The US Census and Social Media Archiving

Feb 7, 2020, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Social media users are generally averse to archiving their posts, but what can we learn from the the 1940 US Census?

The Role of Public Libraries, Today and Tomorrow

Feb 14, 2020, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Monique le Conge Ziesenhenne is the assistant city manager of Palo Alto.

Assessing the Reliability of Clothing-Based Forensic Identification

Feb 21, 2020, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

A 2009 report was highly critical of many forensic practices. This is the first thorough analysis of the purportedly distinct patterns on the seams of denim pants.

Natural Language Processing Seminar: Marco Ribeiro

Feb 28, 2020, 11:10 am to 12:00 pm

Marco Ribeiro is a researcher at Microsoft Research, focused on helping humans interact with machine learning models meaningfully.

WiDS Berkeley

Mar 2, 2020, 8:45 am to 4:30 pm

Women in Data Science is 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.

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

Information Access Seminar: Howard Besser

Mar 6, 2020, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

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.

Rob Sanderson (photo: Sarah Waldorf/Getty Center)

Information Access Seminar: Rob Sanderson

Mar 13, 2020, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Rob Sanderson is a semantic architect at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, and a passionate advocate for open culture, linked open data, and the digitization of cultural heritage.

Information Access Seminar: Mary Elings and Christina Fidler, Bancroft Library

Mar 20, 2020, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Natural Language Processing Seminar: Yejin Choi

Apr 3, 2020, 11:10 am to 12:00 pm

Yejin Choi is an associate professor at the University of Washington.

Information Access Seminar: Jeff MacKie-Mason

Apr 17, 2020, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Jeff MacKie-Mason is the university librarian and chief digital scholarship officer

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

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?

The New Jim Code? Race, Carceral Technoscience, and Liberatory Imagination in Everyday Life

Oct 17, 2019, 12:59 pm to 5:30 pm

Dr. Ruha Benjamin explores a range of discriminatory designs that encode inequity.

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

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

Machine Learning, Archives and Special Collections

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

The most significant near-term applications for machine learning in archives and special collections.

Citizen Clinic Information Session

Aug 28, 2019, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Learn how Berkeley students are defending civil society organizations from cyberattacks, disinformation, and online abuse.

Policy and Security Landscapes Intertwined in a Global Environment

Aug 22, 2019, 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm

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

I School Community Picnic

Aug 20, 2019, 5:15 pm to 7:00 pm

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

Littlest Bear Virtual 5K Run/Walk 2019

Jul 29, 2019, 12:01 am to Aug 4, 2019, 11:30 pm

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

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