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Events

Upcoming events

Monday, July 21, 2025 - Sunday, July 27, 2025

A fun run/walk/roll for the I School community.

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.

Previous events

Wednesday, March 16, 2016, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm
Philip Guo developed Rosetta, a language-independent platform to visulalize code written in seven popular languages: Python, Java, C, C++, Ruby, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
Saturday, March 12, 2016, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
InfoCamp is an “unconference” — an intimate seminar-style event for anybody interested in information-related topics, including user experience, data science, information architecture, interaction design, informatics, and information and communication technologies for development.
Friday, March 11, 2016, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Wednesday, March 9, 2016, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm
Digital companies from Amazon to Xiaomi are launching products that break industry boundaries. Andreas Constantinou of VisionMobile explains how.
Friday, March 4, 2016, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Tuesday, March 1, 2016, 11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Brewster Kahle challenges us to create a new Web that is reliable, private, but still fun — in order to lock the Web open for good.
Wednesday, February 24, 2016, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm
An inside perspective from two former members of President Obama’s White House team about how tech policy and presidential priorities intersect.
Thursday, February 18, 2016, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
A panel on corporate transparency and accountability around internet surveillance and censorship
Wednesday, February 17, 2016, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Rebecca MacKinnon is a leading advocate for Internet users’ rights to online freedom of expression and privacy around the world.

Friday, February 12, 2016, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Friday, February 5, 2016, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Wednesday, February 3, 2016, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm
What is the role and place for craft in designing enterprise software? Uday Gajendar will share key stories from his careers at Oracle, Citrix, and CloudPhysics.
Friday, January 22, 2016, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Wednesday, January 20, 2016, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Dhawal Mujumdar, MIMS alumnus and founder of AdsNative, shares insider tips and first-hand experience on making your career in the startup world.
Wednesday, January 6, 2016, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

The capstone project is the culmination of of the Master of Information & Data Science program. Join us for an online showcase of the Fall 2015 semester’s groundbreaking projects.

Monday, December 14, 2015, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Student projects ranging from computer-generated sonnets to detecting common technical interview questions, from identifying an elite Yelp reviewer to emojineering.
Monday, December 7, 2015, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Projects use brainwave, heart rate, body movement, and other bio-sensing technologies for affective computing, context-aware security, e-commerce, neuro-marketing, privacy, quantified self, sentiment analysis, user interfaces, and more.