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Two Reports: Deepfakes and Self-Driving Cars

Nov 22, 2019, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

AI & Responsible Design: Perspectives from Practitioners

Nov 25, 2019, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

How practitioners think about design for algorithmic systems and products.

Cryptography in the Wild

Dec 4, 2019, 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm

The evolution of cryptography on the Internet, with Nick Sullivan of Cloudflare.

Natural Language Processing Seminar: Yoav Artzi

Dec 6, 2019, 11:10 am to 12:00 pm

Developments in Networked Information: Review and Prospects

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

Information Access Seminar: Niall Keleher

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

School of Information Winter 2020 Commencement

Jan 13, 2020, 12:00 pm

Honor the class of 2019 with keynote speaker, student speakers, and presentation of capstone awards.

WiDS Berkeley

Mar 2 2020 - All-day event

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.

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.

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

The New Normal: Defending Against State Sponsored Attackers

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

In 2014, Yahoo faced a sophisticated attack by Russian intelligence services. What did Yahoo learn, and is this the new normal?

MIMS Visit Day for Prospective Students

Sep 26, 2017, 12:30 pm to 5:00 pm

Thinking about applying to the MIMS program? Come visit us on campus and experience the MIMS community, classes, and culture first-hand.

Getting Started in UX Design

Sep 25, 2017, 5:10 pm to 6:00 pm

Kai Haley of Google discusses design portfolios and her own journey into UX design.

Free Speech Town Hall

Sep 25, 2017, 9:30 am to 10:30 am

Please join Dean AnnaLee Saxenian to discuss some of the difficult issues surrounding speech.

A Tribute to Ray Larson’s Academic Life

Sep 22, 2017, 1:10 pm to 5:00 pm

An afternoon of short reports by colleagues and collaborators on the academic work and interests of the late Ray Larson.

Where Business Meets Technology: Kaiser Permanente

Sep 18, 2017, 2:10 pm to 3:30 pm

Richard Daniels is executive vice president and chief information officer for Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Health Plan, Inc.

Why the Future of Cybersecurity is Closer Than You Think

Sep 15, 2017, 3:10 pm to 5:10 pm

Betsy Cooper is the executive director of the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC).

Towards Inclusive Tech

Sep 14, 2017, 1:30 pm to Sep 15, 2017, 5:00 pm

A robust dialogue about how to build more inclusive technical education and workplaces.

Creating a Culture of Digital Transformation

Sep 11, 2017, 2:10 pm to 3:30 pm

Stephen Comstock is the CIO of CBS Interactive, the digital division of CBS.

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.

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