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Events

Upcoming events

Friday, September 27, 2024, 3:10 pm - 4:30 pm

In 1918, UC Berkeley began a full-time program in library science. Join us to celebrate the 106th birthday and history of the I School, SIMS, SLIS, and School of Librarianship.

Friday, October 4, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

The recent discovery of hundreds of letters from our alumnus Robert Gitler ’31 sheds new light on his experiences in founding the Japan Library School in 1951.

Friday, October 11, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

How the economics of trademarks contributed to the spread of modern notions of “information”.

Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

A community meet-up and happy hour for I School students, alumni, and guests.

Friday, October 18, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Deirdre K. Mulligan served for the past year in the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy as deputy U.S. chief technology officer for policy.

Friday, October 25, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Clifford Lynch explores the problems and questions AI poses for preserving the digital cultural record.

Friday, November 1, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Do economies of scale render cloud services inherently monopolistic? Nick Merrill’s new research suggests otherwise.

Friday, November 8, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST

Günter Waibel is associate vice provost & executive director of the California Digital Library.

Friday, November 15, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST

Cathy Marshall is an adjunct professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University. 

Friday, November 22, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST
Wednesday, December 11, 2024, 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm PST

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

Tuesday, December 17, 2024, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

Graduating 5th Year MIDS students present their data science projects.

Thursday, December 19, 2024, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

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.

Thursday, April 10, 2025 - Friday, April 11, 2025

A two-day conference examining the field of new media and celebrating the work of BCNM alumni in computer vision, human-computer interaction, algorithms, race and popular media, urban space, and new media art.

Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Speaker danah boyd looks behind the scenes at the data required to power today’s AI models, exploring the ecology that has emerged to gobble up data produced for other purposes and contexts.

Previous events

Thursday, October 8, 2020, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

A typical day in the life of a data scientist, with a demo of data engineering, data analysis, and data science using Spark SQL, Spark ML, Delta, and Redash.

Friday, October 2, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Friday, September 25, 2020, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Join us to celebrate the history of the I School, SIMS, SLIS, and School of Librarianship.

Friday, September 11, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Information access seminar, with Wayne de Fremery and Michael Buckland

Friday, August 28, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

An inside look at the US National Academies committee and their report

Thursday, August 13, 2020, 5:00 pm - 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.

Wednesday, August 5, 2020, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Graduating MICS students present their cybersecurity projects.

Monday, August 3, 2020, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Graduating 5th Year MIDS students present their data science projects.

Monday, July 27, 2020, 12:01 am, – Sunday, August 2, 2020, 11:30 pm

A fun run/walk/roll for the I School Community! Proceeds benefit Diversity & Inclusion Fellowships.

Wednesday, June 10, 2020, 9:00 am - 10:15 am

Campuswide online video series

Sunday, May 17, 2020, 9:30 am - 10:15 am

An online event to honor the graduating class of 2020.

Thursday, May 14, 2020, 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Graduating master’s students present their intriguing research projects and innovative new information systems. A panel of judges will select outstanding projects for the James R. Chen Award.

Friday, May 1, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

The history and theory of copying and of copies

Thursday, April 30, 2020, 5:00 pm - 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.

Friday, April 24, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Student reports on e-commerce marketing, AI, and cloud information systems.

Thursday, April 23, 2020, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Sarah Poon and Deb Agarwal of LBNL discuss their experience at the intersection of data science and user experience.

Tuesday, April 21, 2020, 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Campuswide online video series

Friday, April 17, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

How the UC Berkeley Library is digitizing its rare and special historical collections.