Events

Upcoming Events

Natural Language Processing Seminar: Yonatan Belinkov

Jan 31, 2020, 11:10 am to 12:00 pm

Yonatan Belinkov is a postdoc at Harvard, where he works on language representations in neural networks.

Genres of Library Service: Economics, Ideology, Technology, etc.

Jan 31, 2020, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

“The perverse absent-presence”: Disability and the perception of archival representation

Feb 4, 2020, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

Gracen Brilmyer, a 2016 CTSP fellow and MIMS 2016 alum, presents research for their doctoral dissertation.

Natural Language Processing Seminar: Maarten Sap

Feb 7, 2020, 11:10 am to 12:00 pm

Maarten Sap is a Ph.D. student at the University of Washington researching natural language processing for social understanding.

The US Census and Social Media Archiving

Feb 7, 2020, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Social media users are generally averse to archiving their posts, but what can we learn from the the 1940 US Census?

The Role of Public Libraries, Today and Tomorrow

Feb 14, 2020, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Monique le Conge Ziesenhenne is the assistant city manager of Palo Alto.

Assessing the Reliability of Clothing-Based Forensic Identification

Feb 21, 2020, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

A 2009 report was highly critical of many forensic practices. This is the first thorough analysis of the purportedly distinct patterns on the seams of denim pants.

Natural Language Processing Seminar: Marco Ribeiro

Feb 28, 2020, 11:10 am to 12:00 pm

Marco Ribeiro is a researcher at Microsoft Research, focused on helping humans interact with machine learning models meaningfully.

WiDS Berkeley

Mar 2, 2020, 8:45 am to 4:30 pm

Women in Data Science is 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.

Howard Besser (photo by Dan Streible: http://flic.kr/p/7Wbqr8)

Information Access Seminar: Howard Besser

Mar 6, 2020, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

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.

Rob Sanderson (photo: Sarah Waldorf/Getty Center)

Information Access Seminar: Rob Sanderson

Mar 13, 2020, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Rob Sanderson is a semantic architect at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, and a passionate advocate for open culture, linked open data, and the digitization of cultural heritage.

Information Access Seminar: Mary Elings and Christina Fidler, Bancroft Library

Mar 20, 2020, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Natural Language Processing Seminar: Yejin Choi

Apr 3, 2020, 11:10 am to 12:00 pm

Yejin Choi is an associate professor at the University of Washington.

Information Access Seminar: Jeff MacKie-Mason

Apr 17, 2020, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Jeff MacKie-Mason is the university librarian and chief digital scholarship officer

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

Data Dialogs 2017

Oct 23, 2017, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

A one-day conference bringing together data experts from industry, research, and academia.

The Amnesiac Society

Oct 20, 2017, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

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

The Center for Technology, Society & Policy: What Works, What Doesn’t, and How to Set a Research Agenda that Empowers Student Impact

Oct 13, 2017, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

An inside look at the center's growth and progress, with directors Elaine Sedenberg and Daniel Griffin.

Voting Computer Security in the Age of Cyber War

Oct 12, 2017, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

All of the factors are in place for electronic tampering with U.S. election outcomes. David Dill describes the problem and the solution.

Knowing, Judging, Calculating: Consumer Credit Surveillance and the Infrastructure of Prediction

Oct 11, 2017, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

The untold history of our modern credit scoring system and how it emerged from a 19th-century surveillance infrastructure with huge archives of personal information.

Developing Leading-Edge Products and Going to Market

Oct 9, 2017, 2:10 pm to 3:30 pm

Aurangzeb Khan is the CEO of Altia Systems.

Can We Afford to Go Gold (Open Access)? Can We Afford Not To?

Oct 6, 2017, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

MIDS Denver Meet & Greet

Oct 5, 2017, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Connect with other MIDS students and alumni or learn more about the degree program.

Orlando Meet & Greet

Oct 4, 2017, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

If you will be at the Grace Hopper conference or are in the Orlando area, join us to mingle with students, staff, and alumni from all three degree programs.

Getting Off to a Good Start in Your UX Career

Oct 2, 2017, 5:10 pm to 6:00 pm

Billie Mandell is a UX design leader with two decades of experience.

Where Business Meets Technology: Red Hat

Oct 2, 2017, 2:10 pm to 3:30 pm

Mike Kelly is the CIO of Red Hat.

Where Business Meets Technology: A.T. Kearney

Sep 29, 2017, 3:10 pm to 4:30 pm

Hugo Evans is VP of Data Science at A.T. Kearney.

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.

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