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Events

Upcoming events

Friday, October 30, 2026, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

The Cultural Analytics Series highlights data-driven analysis of cultural phenomena. 

Friday, October 30, 2026, 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

An in-person, collaborative deep dive with Cultural Analytics speaker Mads Rosendahl Thomsen.

Wednesday, November 4, 2026, 12:10 pm - 1:30 pm

In the United States, the census is democracy’s data. These data make politics — and politics make these data. In this talk, danah boyd discusses what it takes to make democracy’s data — and what those who care about data and democracy should understand about the complexities of making high-stakes data.

Monday, November 9, 2026, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

The Cultural Analytics Series highlights data-driven analysis of cultural phenomena. 

Monday, November 9, 2026, 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

An in-person, collaborative deep dive with Cultural Analytics speakers Meredith Martin and Wouter Haverals.

Wednesday, December 2, 2026, 12:10 pm - 1:30 pm

Stef Hutka draws on decades of lessons from human factors, HCI, cognitive science, and systems thinking to help you automate with intention: setting deliberate direction, sequencing rollout, and making grounded day-to-day decisions.

Thursday, December 10, 2026, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

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, December 17, 2026, 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm PST

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, December 6, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST

Clifford Lynch is the director of the Coalition for Networked Information and an adjunct professor at the School of Information.

Friday, December 6, 2024, 9:00 am - 11:00 am

Students from the Front-End Web Architecture class present their final group projects.

Thursday, December 5, 2024, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

A talk by Marion Fourcade celebrating the publication of her book, The Ordinal Society.

Thursday, December 5, 2024, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Nicole S. Kuhn uses community-engaged research to understand how American Indian and Alaska Native communities leverage social media to deliver health information.

Thursday, December 5, 2024, 2:15 pm - 3:25 pm PST

Venture capital investors push nascent tech firms to scale as quickly as possible to inflate the value of their asset. The gains generated by tech startups are funneled into the pockets of a small cadre of elite investors and entrepreneurs, leaving workers and users to bear many of the costs and risks.

Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 10:00 am - 11:30 am PST

Try out students’ interactive inventions: whimsical and improbable devices designed to teach, solve problems, provoke thought, or create fun.

Friday, November 22, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST
Thursday, November 21, 2024, 2:15 pm - 3:25 pm PST

Biobanks and electronic health records systems are increasingly used to train and develop machine learning and artificial intelligence models, raising concerns for social equity and justice.

Friday, November 15, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST

Cathy Marshall is an adjunct professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University. 

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

The UC Berkeley Cybersecurity 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, November 13, 2024, 12:10 pm - 1:30 pm

Professor Deirdre K. Mulligan was principal deputy U.S. chief technology officer at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and director of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office (NAIIO) in the Biden-Harris Administration.

Friday, November 8, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST

Günter Waibel is associate vice provost & executive director of the California Digital Library.

Friday, November 1, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Do economies of scale render cloud services inherently monopolistic? Nick Merrill’s new research suggests otherwise.

Friday, October 25, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

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

Wednesday, October 23, 2024, 12:10 pm - 1:30 pm PDT

Who should make decisions about ethical and responsible technology deployments? And how do impacted communities make political claims over data technologies?

Friday, October 18, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Deirdre K. Mulligan served in the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy for the past 18 months as deputy U.S. chief technology officer for policy.

Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

A community meet-up and happy hour for I School students, alumni, and guests.

Friday, October 11, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

How the economics of trademarks contributed to the spread of modern notions of “information”.

Friday, October 4, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

The recent discovery of hundreds of letters from our alumnus Robert Gitler ’31 sheds new light on his experiences in founding the Japan Library School in 1951.

Friday, September 27, 2024, 3:10 pm - 4:30 pm

In 1918, UC Berkeley began a full-time program in library science. Join us to celebrate the 106th birthday and history of the I School, SIMS, SLIS, and School of Librarianship.