Events

Comparing the difficulty in measuring “relevance” in information science and “innovation” in economics.

Findings from Ithaka S+R’s research into the successes, needs, and gaps in the publishing community’s shared infrastructure

Alessandro Acquisti’s research estimates how much consumer data is worth, who profits from it, and what difference privacy laws make.

How Twitter’s recent changes might affect reproducible research and good research practice.

The YouTube Effect, a documentary by Alex Winter, takes viewers on a timely and gripping journey inside the cloistered world of YouTube and parent Google.

Jameeka Green Aaron is the chief information security officer for Okta’s Customer Identity Cloud.

A discussion of the challenges, with adjunct professor Clifford Lynch.

Librarians’ traditional distinction between “known item” search and “subject” search leads to theoretical clarification of the nature of catalogs, of metadata, and of search.

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.

Graduating MICS students present their cybersecurity projects. A panel of judges will select an outstanding project for the Lily L. Chang MICS Capstone Award.

Celebrate our student and alumni mentors.

Honor the class of 2023 with keynote speaker, student speakers, and student awards.

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.

Cornelia Ilin gives a high-level introduction to the transformer model architecture, using bidirectional representations from transformers (BERT) on electronic medical health records to predict pediatric patients’ diagnosis codes.

Ali Montazeralghaem researches recommender systems, deep learning and reinforcement learning methods, and natural language processing.

Some of the most recognized female leaders in tech discuss the challenges they have faced in their careers and how they have overcome them.

Thoughts on stewardship of the scholarly and cultural record from adjunct professor Clifford Lynch.

The creator of open-source projects FinRL, ElegantRL, and FinGPT outlines the deep learning revolution and his experiences applying it to the challenging domain of the financial market.

Funding for academic research libraries nationally and internationally has been declining for at least two decades. Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason presents critical choices facing research libraries.

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.