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Events

Upcoming events

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.

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.

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. 

Friday, November 22, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST
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.

Wednesday, December 11, 2024, 4:00 pm - 6:30 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.

Tuesday, December 17, 2024, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

Graduating 5th Year MIDS students present their data science projects.

Thursday, December 19, 2024, 5:00 pm - 7:00 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.

Thursday, April 10, 2025 - Friday, April 11, 2025

A two-day conference examining the field of new media and celebrating the work of BCNM alumni in computer vision, human-computer interaction, algorithms, race and popular media, urban space, and new media art.

Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Speaker danah boyd looks behind the scenes at the data required to power today’s AI models, exploring the ecology that has emerged to gobble up data produced for other purposes and contexts.

Previous events

Friday, September 9, 2022, 9:30 am - 11:00 am PDT

The problems, potentials, and pitfalls of emphasizing justice in content governance systems, with Anna Lauren Hoffman and Hadar Dancig-Rosenberg.

Wednesday, August 31, 2022, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

Open to all MICS students and alumni.  

Friday, August 26, 2022, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

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

Thursday, August 11, 2022, 5:00 pm - 8:00 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.

Sunday, August 7, 2022, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Catch-up with old friends and network with new ones at Berkeley's newest downtown hotel.

Thursday, August 4, 2022, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

Graduating 5th Year MIDS students present their data science projects.

Wednesday, August 3, 2022, 4:00 pm - 6:00 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 25, 2022, 12:01 am, – Sunday, July 31, 2022, 11:59 pm

A fun run/walk/roll for the I School community. Proceeds benefit diversity & inclusion fellowships.

Wednesday, June 8, 2022, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm PDT

Celebrate our student and alumni mentors.

Thursday, May 19, 2022, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm PDT

Zeashan Pappa discusses Databricks Unity Catalog and data governance in the lakehouse architecture.

Monday, May 16, 2022, 2:00 pm

Honor the class of 2022 with keynote speaker Timnit Gebru, student speakers, and student awards.

Thursday, May 12, 2022, 5:00 pm - 8:00 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.

Thursday, May 5, 2022, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm PDT

Adjunct professor Geoffrey Nunberg passed away on August 11, 2020. He was a dear colleague, teacher, mentor, and friend — brilliant, generous, thoughtful, witty, and kind. He is deeply missed. Join us online for a tribute to his life.

Friday, April 29, 2022, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Danielle Cooper discusses Ithaka S+R’s research on scholarly information and technology practices that foster successful data sharing in data communities.

Tuesday, April 26, 2022, 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm PDT

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.

Friday, April 22, 2022, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Olivier Le Deuff and Rayya Roumanos are professors at Bordeaux Montaigne University visting UC Berkeley.

Thursday, April 21, 2022, 5:00 pm - 8:00 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.

Friday, April 15, 2022, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

School of Information Ph.D. students share their innovative research.

Friday, April 15, 2022, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm PDT

Faculty, administrators, students, and activists explore the roles of surveillance and policing in the classroom, on campus, and in the community.

Thursday, April 14, 2022, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm PDT

A panel of experts analyze a series of artificial intelligence controversies, including discrimination lawsuits, facial-recognition legislation, emotional manipulation, illegal electioneering, vaccine disinformation, environmental degradation, and even genocide.