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Events

Upcoming events

Thursday, December 18, 2025, 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.

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

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

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

Thursday, May 11, 2023, 5:00 pm - 8:30 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.

Wednesday, May 10, 2023, 4:10 pm - 5:15 pm

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.

Monday, May 8, 2023, 4:10 pm - 5:15 pm PDT

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

Monday, May 8, 2023, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

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

Friday, May 5, 2023, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

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

Wednesday, May 3, 2023, 4:10 pm - 5:15 pm

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.

Friday, April 28, 2023, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

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.

Thursday, April 27, 2023, 5:00 pm - 7:30 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 21, 2023, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Short research presentations and updates.

Thursday, April 20, 2023, 11:10 am - 12:30 pm PDT

Arvind Satyanarayan explores the future of human/machine partnerships.

Wednesday, April 19, 2023, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm PDT

Kate Starbird is a leading expert on how people use social media to seek, share, and make sense of information and misinformation.

Wednesday, April 19, 2023, 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, April 17, 2023, 12:10 pm - 1:00 pm

Marc Rogers discusses his volunteer work in cybersecurity, with three case studies of activities he has recently been involved in.

Friday, April 14, 2023, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

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

Tuesday, April 11, 2023, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Mike Brown discusses emerging Indo-Pacific security challenges and the role of technological innovation in strategic competition.

Friday, April 7, 2023, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

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

Friday, March 24, 2023, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Congames are as old as human society, but the internet has made congames much more powerful.

Friday, March 17, 2023, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Short research presentations and updates.

Friday, March 10, 2023, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST

Data management plans are required for federally funded research. Does the requirement actually promote effective data archiving, sharing, and access?

Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 9:00 pm PST, – Thursday, March 9, 2023, 9:00 pm PST

24-hour fundraising drive