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Events

Previous Events

Apr 11, 2014, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm
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Apr 9, 2014, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm
Victoria Stodden is a scholar of law, statistics, and computational science policy, and is an advocate for open data and reproducible research.
Apr 4, 2014, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm
Co-hosted by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Apr 1, 2014, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm
This workshop, hosted by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, will examine the policy implications of the use of large data sets and sophisticated analytics for decision-making.
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Mar 15, 2014, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
InfoCamp is an unconference for the information community. Join us for an inspiring day of user experience, data science, information architecture, interaction design, informatics, and more.
Jane Greenberg
Mar 12, 2014, 12:40 pm to 2:00 pm
Jane Greenberg is a professor at the School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the director of the SILS Metadata Research Center.
Mar 7, 2014, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm
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Mar 6, 2014, 10:30 am to 4:30 pm
A one-day symposium on privacy protections, surveillance methods, and modes of resistance in a digital age.
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Feb 26, 2014, 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm
How should we balance national security and privacy and civil liberties in federal counterterrorism programs? Join members of the U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to discuss government transparency, US surveillance programs, and the path forward.
Ying Ding
Feb 26, 2014, 12:10 pm to 1:30 pm
Two use cases of the potential of semantic technologies for data integration and data analysis.
Jimmy Lin
Feb 24, 2014, 12:10 pm to 1:30 pm
Jimmy Lin is an associate professor in the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland.
Feb 21, 2014, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm
Daniel Russell is Google’s Über Tech Lead for Search Quality and User Happiness
David Reiley
Feb 12, 2014, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm
Does online advertising actually work? Google scientist David Reiley says it does — but not in the way you expect. In this lecture, he reveals the surprising impact of online advertising on bricks-and-mortar sales.
Benjamin Stokes
Feb 12, 2014, 12:10 pm to 1:00 pm
Benjamin Stokes investigates how digital media foster civic engagement, informal learning, and activism.
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Feb 5, 2014, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm
A timely and engaging conversation with Cindy Cohn, legal director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Nicole Ozer, technology and civil liberties director at the ACLU of Northern California.

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