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Upcoming Events

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Demographics, Social Networks, and Mobile Phone Usage: Introduction and Take up of Community Cellular Networks in the Philippines
Dec 13, 2019, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm
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School of Information Winter 2020 Commencement
Jan 13, 2020, 12:00 pm
Honor the class of 2019 with keynote speaker, student speakers, and presentation of capstone awards.
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How to (Machine) Read a Novel: Modeling Events and Information in Literary Fiction
Jan 14, 2020, 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Novels pose unique challenges overlooked by current natural language processing systems.
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WiDS Berkeley
Mar 2 2020 - All-day event
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.
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Feminist Open Access and Internet Publishing
Mar 12, 2020, 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Discover how the Organization for Transformative Works built a model for non-corporate, user-driven, online participatory cultures.
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DataEDGE 2020
Apr 28 2020 - 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.

Previous Events

CTSP: Center for Technology, Society, and Policy
Digital Security Crash Course
Oct 25, 2018, 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Hands-on digital security training for people at all levels of expertise.
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Dinner & Data: Open Data, Open Government, and Social Impact
Oct 24, 2018, 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
A seminar-style conversation led by Alan Steremberg (Weather Underground co-founder and former Presidential Innovation Fellow) and Corinna Zarek (Mozilla Senior Tech Policy Fellow and former Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer). Advance registration required.
Howard Besser (photo by Dan Streible: http://flic.kr/p/7Wbqr8)
Digital Privacy for Librarians (and Others)
Oct 19, 2018, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm
How librarians can support digital privacy practices in their communities.
Aditya Parameswaran
Democratizing Data Science
Oct 17, 2018, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm
Making it easy for individuals and teams to manage, analyze, and draw insights from large datasets.
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“I don't want to be a publisher!” Regulating liability for the sticky parts: An exploration of CDA Section 230, sex work, and user content
Oct 12, 2018, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm
Threats to information sharing, users, and free speech
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Foreshadow: Breaking the Virtual Memory Abstraction with Transient Out-of-Order Execution
Oct 10, 2018, 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Ofir Weisse explains how the Foreshadow attack dismantles Intel's SGX security — previously considered the most secure feature of Intel chips — and also bypasses virtual machine isolation between users in the cloud.
Stephen Comstock
Creating a Culture of Digital Transformation
Oct 8, 2018, 2:10 pm to 3:30 pm
Stephen Comstock is the CIO of CBS Interactive, the digital division of CBS.
Zachary Bleemer
Analyzing Our Past
Oct 5, 2018, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm
Zachary Bleemer is director of the University of California ClioMetric History Project.
CTSP: Center for Technology, Society, and Policy
Social Impact Un-Pitch Day
Oct 4, 2018, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Join CTSP and IMSA to brainstorm ideas for projects that address the challenges of technology, society, and policy.
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Freedom and Ethics in the Era of Big Data
Oct 4, 2018, 12:45 pm to 2:00 pm
Peter Dabrock, chair of the German Ethics Council, explores the potential of big data to constrain the real-world exercise of freedom and self-determination.
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Dinner & Data: The Role of Humans in Fostering Innovation
Oct 3, 2018, 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
A seminar-style conversation led by former White House advisor Tom Kalil and former United States Digital Service leader Jennifer Anastasoff. Advance registration required.
Mike Kelly
Where Business Meets Technology: Red Hat
Oct 1, 2018, 2:10 pm to 3:30 pm
Mike Kelly is the CIO of Red Hat.
Marcia J. Bates
Designing Search Interfaces for our Inner Hunter-Gatherer: Getting Serious about Browsing
Sep 28, 2018, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm
Marcia J. Bates is professor emerita in the UCLA Department of Information Studies.
Aurangzeb Khan
Developing Leading-Edge Products and Going to Market
Sep 24, 2018, 2:10 pm to 3:30 pm
Aurangzeb Khan is the CEO of Altia Systems.
Michael Buckland
Information Access: Its Scope and its Limitations
Sep 21, 2018, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm
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Dinner & Data: Developing a Technology & Innovation Agenda for Social Impact
Sep 19, 2018, 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
A seminar-style conversation with hosts Tim O’Reilly, Jen Pahlka (Code for America), and Ryan Panchadsaram (former US Deputy Chief Technology Officer). Advance registration required.
Hugo Evans
Where Business Meets Technology: A.T. Kearney
Sep 17, 2018, 2:10 pm to 3:30 pm
Hugo Evans is VP of Data Science at A.T. Kearney.
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The School’s First 50 Years: 1918–1968
Sep 14, 2018, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm
Woman Using a Samsung VR Headset at SXSW. Photo courtesy of Nan Palmero https://flic.kr/p/qJPZEL (CC BY 2.0)
Gender Bias in Tech: A Virtual Reality Experience
Sep 13 2018 - All-day event
An interactive live-action VR comedy that reveals both sides of the gender divide.
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100th Birthday Celebration
Sep 12, 2018, 4:30 pm
In 1918 — 100 years ago — UC Berkeley began a full-time program in library science. Join us to learn about the history of UC Berkeley's School of Information, from its origins in library science to today, and celebrate with us afterward with a reception and birthday cake.

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