Events

Upcoming Events

Jan 28, 2022, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Relevance has long been considered central to information science. A deeper analysis leads to a narrower, more precise definition.

Research Data Publishing Ethics

Feb 4, 2022, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Daniella Lowenberg of the California Digital Library discusses integrity and ethical issues in data publishing and community-built resources.

Information Access Seminar: Mark Graham, Internet Archive

Feb 11, 2022, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Mark Graham is the director of the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive.

Research Integrity, Misconduct, and Misinformation

Feb 18, 2022, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Roger Schonfeld reviews recent concerns about research misconduct, publishing fraud, and misinformation and discusses potential policy responses.

WiDS Berkeley: Women in Data Science at UC Berkeley

Mar 7 2022 - All-day event

Join us for a series of events celebrating Women in Data Science at UC Berkeley.

Big Give 2022

Mar 9, 2022, 9:00 pm to Mar 10, 2022, 9:00 pm

24-hour fundraising drive

Data Communities

Apr 29, 2022, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Danielle Cooper discusses Ithaka S+R’s research on scholarly information and technology practices that foster successful data sharing in data communities.

Previous Events

AI, Professionals, and Professional Work: The Practice of Law with Automated Decision Support Technologies

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

How technical systems employing algorithms are shaping and displacing human decision-making.

AI in the Open World: Technology & Responsibility

Mar 20, 2019, 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm

Eric Horvitz is a technical fellow and director at Microsoft Research.

InfoCamp Berkeley 2019

Mar 16, 2019, 9:00 am to 6:30 pm

The premier student-run conference for the information community.

Community-Owned Data Publishing: California Digital Library’s new partnership with Dryad

Mar 15, 2019, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Big Give

Mar 13, 2019, 9:00 pm to Mar 14, 2019, 9:00 pm

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

Shoshanna Zuboff (photo by Sascha Pflaeging)

How We Fight Surveillance Capitalism

Mar 12, 2019, 2:40 pm to 4:30 pm

Workshop with Professor Shoshana Zuboff

The Accuracy, Fairness, and Limits of Predicting Recidivism

Mar 8, 2019, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

When algorithms are used for predicting recidivism, do they make the criminal justice system more fair and accurate, or do they perpetuate racial bias?

Harnessing AI for Global Economic Development

Mar 6, 2019, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

WiDS Berkeley

Mar 4, 2019, 12:10 pm to 4:15 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.

Computational Bibliography and the Sociology of Data

Mar 1, 2019, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Reading for Bias: Computational Semantics and the Character of Racial Discourse

Feb 27, 2019, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

Machine learning algorithms are not neutral observers of the world, but see what they are trained to see.

UCLA Library’s International Partnerships and Projects

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

The Charisma Machine: The Life, Death, and Legacy of One Laptop per Child

Feb 20, 2019, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

The One Laptop per Child project failed. So why do the same utopian visions that inspired it still motivate other projects to “disrupt” education and development?

What’s New with the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine?

Feb 15, 2019, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Mark Graham is the director of the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive.