Events

Upcoming events

Outstanding Mentor Awards | UC Berkeley School of Information

A Celebration of Mentorship at the I School

Wednesday, June 11, 2025, 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm PDT

Celebrate our student and alumni mentors.

Previous events

Crypto Party

Thursday, November 13, 2014, 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Learn easy crypto tools and teach your friends and classmates and colleagues. Topics include Keybase & GPG, key signing, TOR browser, DNSSEC, encrypted chat, and the use of encryption in protests.

Special Friday afternoon seminar for California Library Association attendees

Friday, November 7, 2014, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Skills Gap and Online Education

Wednesday, November 5, 2014, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Lynda Weinman is co-founder and executive chair of lynda.com

Prospective MIMS Student Open House

Tuesday, November 4, 2014, 10:30 am - 6:30 pm

Thinking about attending the School of Information? Learn more at our Open House for prospective MIMS students. Sit in on classes between 9:00 am and 5:30 pm, or come to the information session at 5:30 pm.

Leveraging Workforce Science to Unlock Employee Value

Wednesday, October 29, 2014, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

It works for marketing. It works for finance. And now, big data and predictive analytics are working for HR.

Ontology Mapping: A concept hub for storing mapping data and linguistic methods for producing mappings

Friday, October 24, 2014, 3:10 pm - 5:10 pm

Reader Privacy and the Flow of Information about Who is Reading What

Friday, October 17, 2014, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

TV Live-Tweeter: An Empowered TV Viewer

Tuesday, October 14, 2014, 5:15 pm - 6:00 pm

Kai Huotari’s analysis of TV live-tweeting identifies 4 types of live-tweeters, 4 categories of tweets, and a range of live-tweeting practices that make the live-tweeter an empowered TV viewer.

Scaling Cognitive Modeling in Digital Education

Friday, October 10, 2014, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Securing Cyberspace: A National Priority

Wednesday, October 8, 2014, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Frederick R. Chang is the director of SMU’s Darwin Deason Institute for Cyber Security and the former director of research at the National Security Agency.

Engineering for Privacy in a World of Pervasive Data

Monday, October 6, 2014, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Ari Gesher, engineering ambassador at Palantir Technologies, speaks about the design principles of his forthcoming book.

California Digital Library: Calculating Scholarly Journal Value

Friday, October 3, 2014, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

I School Tailgate Party: Cal vs. Colorado

Saturday, September 27, 2014, 10:30 am - 1:00 pm

Digital Humanities and Penniless Scholars

Friday, September 26, 2014, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

If You Could Design A Museum From Scratch, What Would It Be Like?

Friday, September 19, 2014, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Career Talk: Data Analytics at Facebook

Wednesday, September 17, 2014, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Jake Peterson will talk about the Facebook analytics team and how they perform large scale data analysis, identify actionable insights, suggest recommendations, and influence the direction of the business.

Mobile Persuasion Design: Combining Information Design with Persuasion Design to Change Behavior

Friday, September 12, 2014, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Patent Reform: Lessons Learned and What's Next for Startups

Wednesday, September 10, 2014, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Julie Samuels discusses recent battles for patent reform and recounts lessons learned.

Reconsidering the Challenges of Software Preservation and Sustainability

Friday, September 5, 2014, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Technology for the Greater Good: Meet Bayes Impact

Wednesday, September 3, 2014, 4:10 pm - 6:00 pm

A panel of women data scientists will discuss their career trajectories and experiences in their field.