Events

Instagram filters, Google Map’s live directions, and Pokémon Go demonstrate how augmented reality enhances “real life.”

How technical systems employing algorithms are shaping and displacing human decision-making.

The premier student-run conference for the information community.

Seize the moment during Big Give, Berkeley’s annual fundraising event.

When algorithms are used for predicting recidivism, do they make the criminal justice system more fair and accurate, or do they perpetuate racial bias?

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.

Machine learning algorithms are not neutral observers of the world, but see what they are trained to see.

The One Laptop per Child project failed. So why do the same utopian visions that inspired it still motivate other projects to “disrupt” education and development?

How good data models facilitate optimization and generalization in machine learning.