The Berkeley School of Information is a global bellwether in a world awash in information and data, boldly leading the way with education and fundamental research that translates into new knowledge, practices, policies, and solutions.
The Master of Information and Data Science (MIDS) is an online degree preparing data science professionals to solve real-world problems. The 5th Year MIDS program is a streamlined path to a MIDS degree for Cal undergraduates.
The School of Information's courses bridge the disciplines of information and computer science, design, social sciences, management, law, and policy. We welcome interest in our graduate-level Information classes from current UC Berkeley graduate and undergraduate students and community members. More information about signing up for classes.
I School graduate students and alumni have expertise in data science, user experience design & research, product management, engineering, information policy, cybersecurity, and more — learn more about hiring I School students and alumni.
The death by suicide of disabled Black teen Sewell Setzer III and his family’s lawsuit against chatbot company Character.AI have opened up renewed debate and uncertainty about AI safety.
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.
Cybersecurity Clinic students share their experiences supporting environmental justice, trans community support, reproductive rights, and disability justice organizations.
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.
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.
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.
Alvitta Ottley examines the role of machine learning algorithms in expediting visual analysis, revealing data patterns, and fostering the discovery of novel insights — and confronts the risks of data bias, interpretability, and user trust.
Drawing from work in law and design, Ryan Calo uses dark patterns, robots, generative artificial intelligence, and other examples to evidence the problem of socio-digital vulnerability.
Thursday, December 21, 2023, 5:00 pm
- 7:30 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.
Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 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.
Thursday, November 30, 2023, 5:00 pm
- 6:00 pm PST
The Citizen Clinic (INFO/CYBER 289) is a public-interest cybersecurity course that supports the capacity of politically-targeted organizations to defend themselves against online threats. Join us to learn more.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 12:10 pm
- 1:30 pm PST
Analyses of police misconduct rely heavily on self-reported law-enforcement data. Dean Knox proposes a research algorithm to deal with unreliable and distorted data.