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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

Thursday, April 26, 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.

Thursday, April 26, 2018, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Doug Tygar is professor of information and computer science who works in the areas of computer security, privacy, and electronic commerce.

Tuesday, April 24, 2018, 12:00 am

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.

Monday, April 23, 2018, 2:10 pm - 4:00 pm

How do we address social media’s role in harm and conflict?

Friday, April 20, 2018, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Nicholas Weaver explains why cryptocurrencies must die.

Tuesday, April 3, 2018, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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

Thursday, March 22, 2018, 12:00 pm - 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.

Wednesday, March 21, 2018, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Niloufar Salehi introduces social computing systems to support collective action.

Monday, March 19, 2018, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

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

Saturday, March 17, 2018, 9:00 am - 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.

Friday, March 16, 2018, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

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

Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 4:10 pm - 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.

Friday, March 9, 2018, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

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

Friday, March 9, 2018, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

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

Thursday, March 8, 2018, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

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

Wednesday, March 7, 2018, 9:00 pm, – Thursday, March 8, 2018, 9:00 pm

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

Wednesday, March 7, 2018, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

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

Monday, March 5, 2018, 8:30 am - 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.