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I School Seattle Meet-Up

Jul 16, 2018, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Alumni and students: meet new friends and mingle with old at an I School meet-up in Seattle.

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InfoCamp Berkeley 2018

Mar 17, 2018, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

The premier student-run conference for the information community, with a focus on augmenting society and the vanishing divide between digital and physical worlds.

Consumer Law for the 21st Century

Mar 16, 2018, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

The Internet of Things will be tethered, blurring the lines between physical goods, digital goods, and digital services.

Capturing Human Behavior and Language for Interactive Systems

Mar 14, 2018, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

We imagine a future in which computers understand a broad range of human behaviors, but today’s systems fall short of these visions.

The Means Don’t Quantify the Ends: Criteria and Metrics for Evaluating Digital Preservation Success

Mar 9, 2018, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Cultural preservation is a form of communication with the future. So how can we measure its success?

Stewardship of the Cultural Record: How do we approximate cultural “production”?

Mar 9, 2018, 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm

The challenge of cultural stewardship when everyone is a content producer.

A Conversation on Big Data, Surveillance, and Policing

Mar 8, 2018, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Catherine Crump & Andrew Guthrie Ferguson discuss issues related to surveillance, policing, and civil liberties.

Big Give

Mar 7, 2018, 9:00 pm to Mar 8, 2018, 9:00 pm

Seize the moment during Big Give, Berkeley’s annual fundraising event.

Self-Disclosure and Response Behaviors in Socially Stigmatized Contexts on Social Media

Mar 7, 2018, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

How can social media platforms better foster well-being when people experience distress and stigma?

WiDS Berkeley: The Global Women in Data Science Conference

Mar 5, 2018, 8:30 am to 5:15 pm

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.

Three Progress Reports

Mar 2, 2018, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Algorithms in Practice: Comparing Web Journalism and Criminal Justice

Feb 26, 2018, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

Angèle Christin documents a gap between the intended and actual effects of algorithms in two professions.

Migration and the Value of Social Networks

Feb 23, 2018, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Joshua Blumenstock uses novel data and methods to understand the economic lives of the poor.

Looking Around, Rather Than Ahead: Design at the Periphery of Contemporary High Tech Development

Feb 21, 2018, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

How technology design can help us understand different social phenomena.

Study of Private Sector Research and Data Sharing Practices

Feb 16, 2018, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Preliminary research results about companies’s internal research practices in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and behavioral analytics.

Photo by Daria Nepriakhina on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/zoCDWPuiRuA

Design Workshop: Designing for Inclusivity in Tech

Feb 10, 2018, 10:00 am to 4:30 pm

A design workshop for I School students on diversity and inclusion in the tech field.

Information and Embodiment

Feb 9, 2018, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Issues and Opportunities Facing the School of Information

Feb 2, 2018, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Dean Saxenian will comment on some of the challenges and opportunities facing the campus and the School.

“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?

Documenting the 99%

Jan 26, 2018, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Wayne de Fremery develops new technologies for investigating Korean literature and documentary traditions

South Bay Community Meet-Up

Jan 23, 2018, 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm

Meet & mingle with other alumni, students, faculty, and staff.

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