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Harnessing AI for Global Economic Development

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

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.

Optimization for Machine Learning

Feb 14, 2019, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

How good data models facilitate optimization and generalization in machine learning.

Ph.D. Research Reception

Feb 13, 2019, 4:10 pm to 8:00 pm

School of Information Ph.D. students share their innovative research with the community.

Information Flows and Cultural Disruption

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

A change to a society’s pattern of communication, coordination, trust, and coercion is culturally disruptive.

Towards an Equitable Data-Driven Urbanism: Transforming Urban Theory and Practice via Data Science

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

The Times They Are A-Changin’: The Influence of Scandal and Experience on Users’ Attitudes to Social Media Data Control

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

Has widespread news of abuse made people more protective of their personal data?

Does Email Suppress Turnout on Election Day? Experimental Evidence from the 2016 General Election

Jan 30, 2019, 12:40 pm to 2:00 pm

Massive impersonal unsolicited email campaigns might actually backfire.

5th Year MIDS Data Science Panel

Jan 29, 2019, 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm

Join current MIDS students and alumni for a discussion on data science roles and career resources.

Climate Change and Some Possible Surprises

Jan 25, 2019, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

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.

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