Events

Upcoming Events

Bringing Software Engineering Practices to Data and Artificial Intelligence

Jan 21, 2021, 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm

Denny Lee is a developer advocate at Databricks

Jan 22, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Recent moral panic around Internet fragmentation hides the uncomfortable truth: the Internet has always been affected by political realities. Our measurements reveal a multi-polar Internet.

Virtual Teams in a Gig Economy

Jan 22, 2021, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

How team identity boosts worker engagement in a gig economy.

How New Information Can Change Old Social Norms

Jan 25, 2021, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

Can widespread misperceptions about others’ beliefs sustain social norms? How do social norms change when new information becomes available?

Science Nationalism

Jan 29, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Emerging science nationalism and its implications for the research enterprise and the global system of scholarly communication.

Cash Transfers at Scale

Jan 29, 2021, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

Cash transfers to people in extreme poverty have become a policy tool of choice; should policy-makers go all the way to Universal Basic Income?

Information Access Seminar: David S. H. Rosenthal

Feb 5, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

David S. H. Rosenthal is the co-founder of the LOCKSS program at Stanford University.

The Future of Data Science and Machine Learning at Scale: A Look at MLflow, Delta Lake, and Emerging Tools

Feb 10, 2021, 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm

Jules S. Damji surveys emerging technologies to address the challenges of data at scale

Information: A Historical Companion. Edited by Ann Blair, Paul Duguid, Anja-Silvia Goeing, and Anthony Grafton

Historicizing Information

Feb 12, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Paul Duguid discusses his new book, Information: Information: A Historical Companion, a landmark history that traces the creation, management, and sharing of information through six centuries.

Information Access Seminar: Catherine Marshall

Feb 19, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Information Seeking Research: A State of the Art

Mar 5, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

An overview of the last 50 years of information science research on information seeking and transfer.

Post-Covid Issues

Mar 12, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Information Access Seminar: Leslie Johnston

Mar 19, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Leslie Johnston is director of digital preservation at the U.S. National Archives.

Information Access Seminar: Ron Day

Apr 23, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Post-Covid Planning

Apr 30, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Previous Events

A Day in the Life of a Data Scientist

Oct 8, 2020, 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm

A typical day in the life of a data scientist, with a demo of data engineering, data analysis, and data science using Spark SQL, Spark ML, Delta, and Redash.

Continuity of the Research Enterprise During the Pandemic

Oct 2, 2020, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

102nd Birthday Celebration: a Virtual Celebration of Women Leaders Past, Present, and Future

Sep 25, 2020, 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm

Join us to celebrate the history of the I School, SIMS, SLIS, and School of Librarianship.

The Impact, Priorities and Prospects for Sustained Infrastructure Investment in Scholarly Communication

Sep 18, 2020, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Contexts

Sep 11, 2020, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Information access seminar, with Wayne de Fremery and Michael Buckland

Lifecycle Planning and Cost Estimation for Biomedical Data, and Implications for Repository Strategies

Aug 28, 2020, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

An inside look at the US National Academies committee and their report

Data Science Summer 2020 Capstone Project Showcase

Aug 13, 2020, 5:00 pm to 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.

Cybersecurity Summer 2020 Capstone Project Showcase

Aug 5, 2020, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Graduating MICS students present their cybersecurity projects.

Data Science Summer 2020 Capstone Project Showcase for 5th Year MIDS Students

Aug 3, 2020, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Graduating 5th Year MIDS students present their data science projects.

Littlest Bear Virtual 5K Run/Walk 2020

Jul 27, 2020, 12:01 am to Aug 2, 2020, 11:30 pm

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

Berkeley Conversations: COVID-19 in the Global South: Economic Impacts and Recovery

Jun 10, 2020, 9:00 am to 10:15 am

Campuswide online video series

Tribute to Spring 2020 Graduates

May 17, 2020, 9:30 am to 10:15 am

An online event to honor the graduating class of 2020.

MIMS Final Project Showcase

May 14, 2020, 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm

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

Copy Theory

May 1, 2020, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

The history and theory of copying and of copies

Data Science Spring 2020 Capstone Project Showcase

Apr 30, 2020, 5:00 pm to 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.