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InfoCamp 2021: Our Data / Our Selves

Oct 16 2021 - All-day event

The 12th annual InfoCamp explores conflicts in data control and policy. The two-day event, led by IMSA, features an ideathon and a speaker series. The event is free and open to everyone in the information community.

Hunting Cyber Predators: A Fireside Chat with Bill Marczak

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

Bill Marczak shares his experience identifying new threat actors, including Candiru, a secretive Israel-based company that sells spyware exclusively to governments

Whiplash: Library & Education Public Policy in the Covid Era

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

Alan Inouye discusses how policy-making has evolved in the library & education sectors during the pandemic and possible future directions.

Goodbye Melvyl. Hello UC Library Search.

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

How and why the University of California migrated its ten campuses, two regional library facilities, and California Digital Library to a single centralized catalog system.

PhiloBiblon: From Siloed Databases to Linked Open Data via Wikibase: Proof of Concept

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

PhiloBiblon is a database of primary sources for the study of medieval Iberian culture, built on a Wikibase platform.

The Bancroft Library (photo by John Martinez Pavliga)

Building a Born-Digital Archives Program at the Bancroft Library

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

Mary Elings and Christina V. Fidler discuss the Bancroft Library’s approach to managing born-digital collections and building a sustainable digital archives program.

Capital Investments in the Digital Environment

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

Cybersecurity Fall 2021 Capstone Project Showcase

Dec 8, 2021, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Graduating MICS students present their cybersecurity projects. A panel of judges will select an outstanding project for the Lily L. Chang MICS Capstone Award.

Data Science Fall 2021 Capstone Project Showcase

Dec 16, 2021, 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.

Previous Events

School of Information 2019 Winter Commencement

Jan 12, 2019, 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.

Data Science Fall 2018 Capstone Project Showcase

Dec 17, 2018, 5:00 pm to 8:00 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.

Privacy, Disclosure, and Social Exchange Theory

Dec 12, 2018, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

Jen King explores how people think about information privacy in online settings.

Tangible User Interfaces: Student Project Exhibition

Dec 5, 2018, 9:30 am to 11:00 am

Try out students’ interactive inventions: whimsical and improbable devices designed to teach, solve problems, provoke thought, or create fun.

Natural Language Processing Poster Presentations

Dec 4, 2018, 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm

Join us for the final project poster presentations from the course Info 259. Natural Language Processing.

Tangible User Interfaces: Student Project Exhibition

Dec 3, 2018, 9:30 am to 11:00 am

Try out students’ interactive inventions: whimsical and improbable devices designed to teach, solve problems, provoke thought, or create fun.

Developments in 2018 and Prospects for 2019 and Facilitating Diverse Collection and Curation in Web Crawling and Indexing

Nov 30, 2018, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor

Nov 29, 2018, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm

The impacts of data mining, policy algorithms, and predictive risk models on poor and working-class people in America.

Machine Learning in Cybersecurity: Fact, Fantasy, and Moving Forward

Nov 29, 2018, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Dan Lieberman, senior associate of advanced analytics at Booz Allen, discusses what machine learning is, why it is particularly challenging in cybersecurity, and how to design machine learning applications that will have the biggest impact for cyber applications.

Cancelled: Women in Tech: The Future of AI

Nov 16, 2018, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm

This event has been cancelled due to the Northern California wildfires. The event will be rescheuled for a future date.

Digital Switzerlands

Nov 15, 2018, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Dinner & Data: Data, Technology, and Governance for Public Good

Nov 14, 2018, 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm

A seminar-style conversation led by Kristie Canegallo, former Deputy White House Chief of Staff for Implementation; DJ Patil, the first U.S. Chief Data Scientist; and Nicole Wong, former Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer. Advance registration required.

Data in the Higher Education Curriculum

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

Dinner & Data: Privacy, Security, and Fairness: the Challenges of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence

Nov 7, 2018, 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm

A seminar-style conversation led by Colleen Chien, former White House Senior Advisor on Intellectual Property and Innovation, and Terah Lyons, former Policy Advisor to the U.S. Chief Technology Officer. Advance registration required.

Denver Data Science Meet-up

Nov 5, 2018, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

MIDS students and alumni are invited to join us for snacks, cold beverages, and refreshing conversation.

Facilitating Diverse Collection and Curation in Web Crawling and Indexing and Blockchain: What's Not To Like?

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

Detecting Discrimination: What Eddie Murphy Teaches Us about Theory and Method

Oct 31, 2018, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

Issa Kohler-Hausmann studies the methodological and theoretical issues in stating and proving discrimination claims.

GDPR: Big Data, Big Responsibility

Oct 31, 2018, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

The EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes big responsibilities for organizations.

Using Machine Learning to Understand Health Care Systems

Oct 31, 2018, 1:10 pm to 2:30 pm

Sendhil Mullainathan discusses how machine learning can improve our understanding of the health system itself.

Citizen Clinic Info Session

Oct 30, 2018, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm

Learn how the Citizen Clinic provides hands-on experience developing and implementing cybersecurity practices for politically-vulnerable organizations.

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