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Events

Upcoming events

Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PST
Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 12:10 pm - 2:00 pm PST

Michaela Mahlberg is a corpus linguist who studies language as a social phenomenon and the ways we use language to understand and shape our world.

Friday, February 13, 2026, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

An in-person, collaborative deep dive with Cultural Analytics speaker Bob L. T. Sturm.

Thursday, March 5, 2026, 11:10 am - 12:30 pm PST

Emma Lurie untangles the roots of online harms in platform design, regulatory structures, and expert discourse.

Friday, March 6, 2026, 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm

Bob L. T. Sturm is an associate professor at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, and the PI of the MUSAiC project.

Friday, March 6, 2026, 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

An in-person, collaborative deep dive with Cultural Analytics speaker Bob L. T. Sturm.

Thursday, March 12, 2026

Support the I School during Berkeley’s annual fundraising blitz.

Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Peter Broadwell explores new opportunities for using deep neural models for computational analyses of theater and other performing arts.

Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Wednesday, March 18, 2026, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Lauren Tilton’s research applies digital and computational methods to the study of 20th and 21st century documentary expression and visual culture.

Wednesday, March 18, 2026, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Taylor Arnold uses large-scale computational methods to analyze how television production practices and narrative strategies intersect with industry changes and cultural contexts.

Thursday, March 19, 2026, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Noah Askin is a computational social scientist and sociologist who studies the creative process, its outcomes, and the forces that influence it.

Thursday, March 19, 2026, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Peter Leonard itemizes three barriers that hinder analysis of film and television.

Friday, March 20, 2026, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Miguel Escobar Varela studies changes in Southeast Asian cultural heritage, combining fieldwork with computational methods.

Friday, March 20, 2026, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Friday, April 10, 2026, 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm

Large language models can make writing mind-numbingly efficient — but the point of writing with AI should be to write what we couldn’t have written alone (without generating bland, derivative “slop”).

Friday, April 10, 2026, 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

An in-person, collaborative deep dive with Cultural Analytics speaker Kyle Booten.

Tuesday, May 19, 2026, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Honor the class of 2026 with keynote speaker, student speakers, and student awards.

Previous events

Wednesday, September 18, 2024, 4:10 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

When identifying organ transplant recipients — and in other matching problems — is it better to find a match more quickly, or more slowly and carefully? Afshin Nikzad’s research weighs the tradeoffs in different circumstances.

Friday, September 13, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Eric T. Meyer is dean of the UC Berkeley School of Information

Thursday, September 12, 2024, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Cybersecurity challenges faced by grassroots transnational advocacy groups in the United States that are targeted by authoritarian regimes.

Friday, September 6, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Michael Buckland extends last semester’s seminar with an complementary model of the contexts of items deemed to be relevant.

Thursday, September 5, 2024, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Will Cooper discusses the latest happenings at the intersection of security and the law.

Sunday, August 18, 2024, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

A festive summer gathering for I School students, alumni, staff, faculty, and friends.

Thursday, August 15, 2024, 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.

Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

The Citizen Clinic (INFO/CYBER 289) is a public-interest cybersecurity course that supports the capacity of politically-targeted organizations to defend themselves against online threats. Join us to learn more.

Wednesday, August 7, 2024, 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.

Monday, July 29, 2024 - Sunday, August 4, 2024

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

Wednesday, May 29, 2024, 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm PDT

Celebrate our student and alumni mentors.

Saturday, May 18, 2024, 2:00 pm

Honor the class of 2024 with keynote speaker, student speakers, and student awards.

Thursday, May 9, 2024, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Graduating MIMS 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.

Friday, April 26, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Clifford Lynch explores the problems and questions generative AI poses for preserving the digital cultural record.

Friday, April 26, 2024, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Learn about cutting-edge AI research and advocacy efforts

Thursday, April 25, 2024, 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.

Thursday, April 25, 2024, 3:10 pm - 4:00 pm

Can we combine data from satellites, mobile phones, and financial services providers with machine learning to identify the neediest people and better target humanitarian aid?

Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

The Citizen Clinic (INFO/CYBER 289) is a public-interest cybersecurity course that supports the capacity of politically-targeted organizations to defend themselves against online threats. Join us to learn more.

Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm PDT

Timothy Tangherlini uses a computational folkloristic approach to analyze conversations on the social media platform Parler leading up to the January 6th attack on the Capitol.

Friday, April 19, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Michael Buckland explores the genesis and spread of belief and misbelief.