Events

Upcoming Events

A group of graduating master's students at their commencement ceremony, wearing black caps and gowns with gold master's hoods.

School of Information May 2024 Commencement

May 18, 2024, 2:00 pm

Honor the class of 2024 with keynote speaker, student speakers, and student awards.

A Celebration of Mentorship at the I School

May 29, 2024, 5:00 pm to 5:45 pm

Celebrate our student and alumni mentors.

Cybersecurity Summer 2024 Capstone Project Showcase

Aug 7, 2024, 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm

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

Data Science Summer 2024 Capstone Project Showcase

Aug 15, 2024, 5:00 pm to 7:00 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.

Cybersecurity Fall 2024 Capstone Project Showcase

Dec 11, 2024, 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm

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

Data Science Fall 2024 Capstone Project Showcase for 5th Year MIDS Students

Dec 17, 2024, 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm

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

Data Science Fall 2024 Capstone Project Showcase

Dec 19, 2024, 5:00 pm to 7:00 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.

Previous Events

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Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies: Burn It With Fire

Apr 20, 2018, 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm

Nicholas Weaver explains why cryptocurrencies must die.

Two Presentations: PrivSec-F1: Compliance Focused Toolkit and Using CAPTCHAs to Measure Internet Fragmentation

Apr 13, 2018, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

New York MIDS Happy Hour

Apr 3, 2018, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

MIDS students and alumni are invited to a fun happy hour.

Mistaking Minds and Machines: How Speech Affects Dehumanization and Anthropomorphism

Mar 22, 2018, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Recent research explores how the voice can affect the likelihood of mistaking a person for a machine or a machine for a person.

Design for Collective Action

Mar 21, 2018, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

Niloufar Salehi introduces social computing systems to support collective action.

Inherent Trade-Offs in Algorithmic Fairness

Mar 19, 2018, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

What does it mean for algorithmic classification to be fair, and how can we promote algorithmic fairness?

InfoCamp Berkeley 2018

Mar 17, 2018, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

The premier student-run conference for the information community, with a focus on augmenting society and the vanishing divide between digital and physical worlds.

Consumer Law for the 21st Century

Mar 16, 2018, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

The Internet of Things will be tethered, blurring the lines between physical goods, digital goods, and digital services.

Capturing Human Behavior and Language for Interactive Systems

Mar 14, 2018, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

We imagine a future in which computers understand a broad range of human behaviors, but today’s systems fall short of these visions.

The Means Don’t Quantify the Ends: Criteria and Metrics for Evaluating Digital Preservation Success

Mar 9, 2018, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Cultural preservation is a form of communication with the future. So how can we measure its success?

Stewardship of the Cultural Record: How do we approximate cultural “production”?

Mar 9, 2018, 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm

The challenge of cultural stewardship when everyone is a content producer.

A Conversation on Big Data, Surveillance, and Policing

Mar 8, 2018, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Catherine Crump & Andrew Guthrie Ferguson discuss issues related to surveillance, policing, and civil liberties.

Big Give

Mar 7, 2018, 9:00 pm to Mar 8, 2018, 9:00 pm

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

Self-Disclosure and Response Behaviors in Socially Stigmatized Contexts on Social Media

Mar 7, 2018, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

How can social media platforms better foster well-being when people experience distress and stigma?

WiDS Berkeley: The Global Women in Data Science Conference

Mar 5, 2018, 8:30 am to 5:15 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.

Three Progress Reports

Mar 2, 2018, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm