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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

A Ratings System for Piracy

Sep 8, 2017, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Abigail De Kosnik is an associate professor of New Media and Theater, Dance & Performance Studies.

Reining in Online Abuses

Sep 5, 2017, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

Online platforms today are being used in deplorably diverse ways. How can technology companies allow the free flow of ideas while reining in abuses?

Data Science Capstone Project Showcase

Aug 28, 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.

Introducing the “Age of Algorithms”

Aug 25, 2017, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Clifford Lynch introduces the “age of algorithms” and suggests opportunities for future research.

Deep Learning for Translation

Jul 28, 2017, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Daniel Gillick is a research scientist at Google, where he focuses on natural language processing.

Technical and Infrastructure Strategies for Cloud-Based Deep Learning Applications

Jul 21, 2017, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Vartika Singh is a data science architect at Cloudera.

Deep Learning in Healthcare

Jul 11, 2017, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Lina Nilsson is a biochemical engineer and the COO of Enlitic, a medical deep learning company.

Deep Learning and Its Tempestuous (Theoretical and Empirical) Relationship with Optimization Theory’s Gradient Descent

Jul 6, 2017, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Using lens of reverse mode autodiff, with examples and Jupyter notebooks in Python and TensorFlow.

Deep Learning for Natural Language Processing

Jun 20, 2017, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Richard Socher is the chief scientist at Salesforce and researches artificial intelligence (deep learning, natural language processing, and computer vision)

Prabhat, National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center

Deep Learning for Science

May 23, 2017, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Deep learning has enabled major breakthroughs in the fields of computer vision, speech recognition, and control systems.

School of Information May 2017 Commencement

May 13, 2017, 12:00 pm

Honor the class of 2017 with keynote speaker, student speakers, and presentation of the James R. Chen Awards and the Hal R. Varian MIDS Capstone Award.

MIMS Final Project Showcase

May 11, 2017, 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Graduating master’s students present their intriguing research projects and innovative new information systems. A panel of judges will select one outstanding project from each track for the James R. Chen Award.

DataEDGE 2017

May 8 2017 - 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.

Data Mining and Analytics Project Presentations

May 4, 2017, 3:40 pm to 5:00 pm

Final project presentations for the course Info 290T. Data Mining and Analytics.

Quantum Technologies and International Security

May 3, 2017, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

What quantum technologies are on the horizon and how will they influence the future of international security?

Information Visualization Final Project Showcase

May 3, 2017, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

Class projects in information visualization.

Data Mining and Analytics Project Presentations

May 2, 2017, 3:40 pm to 5:00 pm

Final project presentations for the course Info 290T. Data Mining and Analytics.

AI for Enterprise Security: The Challenges From a Data Scientist’s Perspective

May 2, 2017, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

The challenges of using advanced analytics to monitor cybersecurity threats.

Data Science Capstone Project Showcase

May 1, 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.

Data-Intensive International Development Poster Session

May 1, 2017, 1:10 pm to 2:30 pm

Analyses of real-world data with the potential benefit the world’s poor.

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