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Events

Upcoming events

Wednesday, August 6, 2025, 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm PDT

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

Thursday, August 14, 2025, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

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.

Sunday, August 17, 2025, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

A festive summer gathering for I School students, alumni, staff, faculty, and friends.

Previous events

Friday, January 25, 2019, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Saturday, January 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.

Monday, December 17, 2018, 5:00 pm - 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.

Wednesday, December 12, 2018, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Jen King explores how people think about information privacy in online settings.

Wednesday, December 5, 2018, 9:30 am - 11:00 am

Try out students’ interactive inventions: whimsical and improbable devices designed to teach, solve problems, provoke thought, or create fun.

Tuesday, December 4, 2018, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Join us for the final project poster presentations from the course Info 259. Natural Language Processing.

Monday, December 3, 2018, 9:30 am - 11:00 am

Try out students’ interactive inventions: whimsical and improbable devices designed to teach, solve problems, provoke thought, or create fun.

Thursday, November 29, 2018, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

The impacts of data mining, policy algorithms, and predictive risk models on poor and working-class people in America.

Thursday, November 29, 2018, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Dan Lieberman, senior associate of advanced analytics at Booz Allen, discusses what machine learning is, why it is particularly challenging in cybersecurity, and how to design machine learning applications that will have the biggest impact for cyber applications.

Friday, November 16, 2018, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

This event has been cancelled due to the Northern California wildfires. The event will be rescheuled for a future date.

Thursday, November 15, 2018, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Wednesday, November 14, 2018, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

A seminar-style conversation led by Kristie Canegallo, former Deputy White House Chief of Staff for Implementation; DJ Patil, the first U.S. Chief Data Scientist; and Nicole Wong, former Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer. Advance registration required.

Friday, November 9, 2018, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Wednesday, November 7, 2018, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

A seminar-style conversation led by Colleen Chien, former White House Senior Advisor on Intellectual Property and Innovation, and Terah Lyons, former Policy Advisor to the U.S. Chief Technology Officer. Advance registration required.

Monday, November 5, 2018, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

MIDS students and alumni are invited to join us for snacks, cold beverages, and refreshing conversation.

Wednesday, October 31, 2018, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

The EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes big responsibilities for organizations.

Wednesday, October 31, 2018, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Issa Kohler-Hausmann studies the methodological and theoretical issues in stating and proving discrimination claims.

Wednesday, October 31, 2018, 1:10 pm - 2:30 pm

Sendhil Mullainathan discusses how machine learning can improve our understanding of the health system itself.