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Women in Data Science, Berkeley
WiDS Berkeley: Women in Data Science at UC Berkeley
Mar 8 2021 - All-day event
Join us for a series of events celebrating Women in Data Science at UC Berkeley.
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Ph.D. Research Reception, Part 1
Mar 10, 2021, 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm
School of Information Ph.D. students share their innovative research with the community.
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Big Give
Mar 10, 2021, 9:00 pm to Mar 11, 2021, 9:00 pm
Seize the moment during Big Give, Berkeley’s annual fundraising event.
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Ph.D. Research Reception, Part 2
Mar 12, 2021, 12:00 pm to 2:30 pm
School of Information Ph.D. students share their innovative research with the community.
Clifford Lynch
Post-Covid Issues
Mar 12, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm
Ethan Zuckerman
Social Media Is Too Important to Leave Up to the Market
Mar 15, 2021, 10:30 am to 11:30 am
Ethan Zuckerman explores a model for rethinking and rebuilding social media and digital institutions as public goods.
Leslie Johnston
Applied Trustworthy Digital Repositories and Risk Assessment
Mar 19, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm
Leslie Johnston is director of digital preservation at the U.S. National Archives.
Ryan Shaw
Information Access Seminar: Ryan Shaw
Apr 2, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm
Ryan Shaw is an associate professor at the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Local to Global: E-Reserves at UC Berkeley
Apr 9, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm
How Berkeley’s University Library rose to the challenge of providing course materials to all students in a fully virtual global environment.
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Roundtable Discussion: Refusal of Surveillance Tech, Part 1
Apr 12, 2021, 10:30 am to 12:15 pm
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Cybersecurity Spring 2021 Capstone Project Showcase
Apr 14, 2021, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Graduating MICS students present their cybersecurity projects.
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Data Science Spring 2021 Capstone Project Showcase
Apr 22, 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.
Ron Day
Information Access Seminar: Ron Day
Apr 23, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm
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Roundtable Discussion: Refusal of Surveillance Tech, Part 2
Apr 26, 2021, 10:30 am to 12:15 pm
Clifford Lynch
Post-Covid Planning
Apr 30, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Previous Events

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The School’s First 50 Years: 1918–1968
Sep 14, 2018, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm
Woman Using a Samsung VR Headset at SXSW. Photo courtesy of Nan Palmero https://flic.kr/p/qJPZEL (CC BY 2.0)
Gender Bias in Tech: A Virtual Reality Experience
Sep 13 2018 - All-day event
An interactive live-action VR comedy that reveals both sides of the gender divide.
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100th Birthday Celebration
Sep 12, 2018, 4:30 pm
In 1918 — 100 years ago — UC Berkeley began a full-time program in library science. Join us to learn about the history of UC Berkeley's School of Information, from its origins in library science to today, and celebrate with us afterward with a reception and birthday cake.
Richard (Dick) D. Daniels
Where Business Meets Technology: Kaiser Permanente
Sep 10, 2018, 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.
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A Hermeneutical Metatheory for Information Science
Sep 7, 2018, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm
Habeus Data: Privacy vs. the Rise of Surveillance Tech, by Cyrus Farivar
“Habeas Data” Panel Discussion
Aug 30, 2018, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
A panel discussion with tech reporter Cyrus Farivar about the explosive growth of surveillance technology.
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MIDS Data Science Meet-up
Aug 28, 2018, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
MIDS students and alumni are invited to join us for snacks, cold beverages, and refreshing conversation.
Clifford Lynch
The Cultural Record in the Information War Era
Aug 24, 2018, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm
How recent developments that are rapidly destabilizing the cultural record, and what we can do.
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I School Community Picnic
Aug 19, 2018, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
The annual gathering for I School students, alumni, staff, faculty, and friends.
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Littlest Bear Virtual 5K Run/Walk
Jul 26 2018 - All-day event
A fun run/walk/roll for the I School Community! Proceeds benefit Diversity & Inclusion Fellowships.
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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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School of Information May 2018 Commencement
May 12, 2018, 2:00 pm
Honor the class of 2018 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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MIMS Final Project Showcase
May 10, 2018, 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Graduating master’s students present their intriguing research projects and innovative new information systems. A panel of judges will select one outstanding project from each track for the James R. Chen Award.
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Geospatial Data Platform Demo and Discussion
May 7, 2018, 10:30 am to 12:00 pm
Learn more about GEOWorks, the new geospatial data platform from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
Sebastian Benthall
Context, Causality, and Information Flow: Implications for Privacy Engineering, Security, and Data Economics
May 4, 2018, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm
Sebastian Benthall is a security scientist working at the intersection of computer science, economics, law, and philosophy.
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Information Visualization Final Project Showcase
May 2, 2018, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Class projects in information visualization.
Christian Sandvig
It’s “Technically Fair” But You May Not Like It: Algorithmic Curation, Filtering, and Prediction Wrestles with Ethics and Public Opinion
Apr 30, 2018, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm
What to do when software algorithms are designed for statistical fairness or legal compliance, but still seem unfair.
Tech & Data for Good
Tech & Data for Good Showcase Day
Apr 30, 2018, 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm
The Tech & Data for Good Showcase Day will highlight student-led projects that apply tech and data for social good.
Galen Panger
Emotion in Social Media
Apr 30, 2018, 2:10 pm to 3:30 pm
New findings about emotions in social media and their implications for social, behavioral, and data sciences.
Michael Buckland
Search Support for All Kinds of Evidence
Apr 27, 2018, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm
How might we develop a unified framework for the description, indexing, and discovery of all kinds of evidence resources?

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