Events

Upcoming Events

DataEDGE 2019

Apr 23 2019 - All-day event

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.

Women Leaders in Tech: Shattering Ceilings and Scaling Cliffs

Apr 24, 2019, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm

A panel of women in senior leadership roles in the technology sector discuss their experiences in an industry that continues to be largely male-dominated.

The I School in 2019: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going

Apr 26, 2019, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Dean AnnaLee Saxenian looks back at her 15 years as dean and discusses scenarios for the future.

New York City I School Meet-Up

May 2, 2019, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

I School students and alumni are invited to a meet-up and happy hour to meet new friends and mingle with old.

Information Access Seminar: Clifford Lynch

May 10, 2019, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Working the Double Bottom Line: The Promise and Limits of Social Enterprises in the Shadow of AI

May 13, 2019, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

A conversation about “humans in the loop” who invisibly deliver on-demand task-based services and the lives of the people paid to train artificial intelligence.

MIMS Final Project Showcase

May 16, 2019, 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Graduating master’s 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.

Machine Learning for the Developing World using Mobile Communication Metadata

May 17, 2019, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

School of Information May 2019 Commencement

May 19, 2019, 10:00 am

Honor the class of 2019 with keynote speaker Geoff Nunberg, student speakers, and presentation of the James R. Chen Awards and the Hal R. Varian MIDS Capstone Awards.

Previous Events

The Means Don’t Quantify the Ends: Criteria and Metrics for Evaluating Digital Preservation Success

Mar 9, 2018, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Cultural preservation is a form of communication with the future. So how can we measure its success?

Stewardship of the Cultural Record: How do we approximate cultural “production”?

Mar 9, 2018, 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm

The challenge of cultural stewardship when everyone is a content producer.

A Conversation on Big Data, Surveillance, and Policing

Mar 8, 2018, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Catherine Crump & Andrew Guthrie Ferguson discuss issues related to surveillance, policing, and civil liberties.

Big Give

Mar 7, 2018, 9:00 pm to Mar 8, 2018, 9:00 pm

Seize the moment during Big Give, Berkeley’s annual fundraising event.

Self-Disclosure and Response Behaviors in Socially Stigmatized Contexts on Social Media

Mar 7, 2018, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

How can social media platforms better foster well-being when people experience distress and stigma?

WiDS Berkeley: The Global Women in Data Science Conference

Mar 5, 2018, 8:30 am to 5:15 pm

A one-day technical conference bringing together data scientists and professionals from around the globe to discuss the latest research and applications of data science.

Three Progress Reports

Mar 2, 2018, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Algorithms in Practice: Comparing Web Journalism and Criminal Justice

Feb 26, 2018, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

Angèle Christin documents a gap between the intended and actual effects of algorithms in two professions.

Migration and the Value of Social Networks

Feb 23, 2018, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Joshua Blumenstock uses novel data and methods to understand the economic lives of the poor.

Looking Around, Rather Than Ahead: Design at the Periphery of Contemporary High Tech Development

Feb 21, 2018, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

How technology design can help us understand different social phenomena.

Study of Private Sector Research and Data Sharing Practices

Feb 16, 2018, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Preliminary research results about companies’s internal research practices in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and behavioral analytics.

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Design Workshop: Designing for Inclusivity in Tech

Feb 10, 2018, 10:00 am to 4:30 pm

A design workshop for I School students on diversity and inclusion in the tech field.

Information and Embodiment

Feb 9, 2018, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Issues and Opportunities Facing the School of Information

Feb 2, 2018, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Dean Saxenian will comment on some of the challenges and opportunities facing the campus and the School.

“Does This Vehicle Belong to You?” Processing the Language of Policing for Improving Police-Community Relations

Jan 31, 2018, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

A linguistic analysis of policy body-camera data from traffic stops reveals race-based differences. How can the findings improve police-community relations?