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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

Friday, November 14, 2014, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
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.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

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

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.
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.
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.
Friday, October 10, 2014, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
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.
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.
Friday, October 3, 2014, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Saturday, September 27, 2014, 10:30 am - 1:00 pm
Friday, September 26, 2014, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Friday, September 19, 2014, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
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.

Wednesday, September 10, 2014, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm
Julie Samuels discusses recent battles for patent reform and recounts lessons learned.