The School of Information is UC Berkeley’s newest professional school. Located in the center of campus, the I School is a graduate research and education community committed to expanding access to information and to improving its usability, reliability, and credibility while preserving security and privacy.
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.
Graduating MIMS students present their intriguing research projects and innovative new information systems. A panel of judges will select outstanding projects for the James R. Chen Award.
Graduating MICS students present their cybersecurity projects. A panel of judges will select an outstanding project for the Lily L. Chang MICS Capstone Award.
Graduating students from the inaugural class of the Master of Information & Data Science (MIDS) degree present their capstone projects to the public in an online webinar.
Graduating master’s students present their intriguing research projects and innovative new information systems. An panel of judges will select one outstanding project from each track for the James R. Chen Award.
Twelve projects shed light on topics ranging from Jeopardy to Twitter to menus, the cost of tuition to the cost of broadband, the quantified self, and more!
Student projects were based on field trips up the coast to Mendocino County to see the Further Reach fixed wireless network, interviews with rural residents of the region, and a pilot survey.
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.
With millions of songs available through the Internet, recommendation algorithms are a must. Dr. Gert Lanckriet discusses the state of the art in automated music analysis and the potential for context-aware recommendations.
David Ayman Shamma is a senior research scientist at Yahoo Labs, where he leads the HCI research group and is the scientific liaison to Flickr. His research investigates social multimedia computing and creativity.