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Parler Games: Folklore, Social Media, and Insurrection

Apr 24, 2024, 12:10 pm to 1:30 pm

Timothy Tangherlini uses a computational folkloristic approach to analyze conversations on the social media platform Parler leading up to the January 6th attack on the Capitol.

Citizen Clinic Pizza Information Session

Apr 24, 2024, 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm

The Citizen 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.

Targeting Humanitarian Aid with Machine Learning and Digital Data

Apr 25, 2024, 3:10 pm to 4:00 pm

Can we combine data from satellites, mobile phones, and financial services providers with machine learning to identify the neediest people and better target humanitarian aid?

Data Science Spring 2024 Capstone Project Showcase

Apr 25, 2024, 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm

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.

UC Berkeley AI Policy Research Symposium 2024

Apr 26, 2024, 10:30 am to 12:00 pm

Learn about cutting-edge AI research and advocacy efforts

Early Thoughts on AI-based Systems and Stewardship of the Evolving Cultural Record

Apr 26, 2024, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

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

MIMS 2024 Final Project Showcase

May 9, 2024, 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm

Graduating MIMS 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.

School of Information May 2024 Commencement

May 18, 2024, 2:00 pm

Honor the class of 2024 with keynote speaker, student speakers, and student awards.

Cybersecurity Summer 2024 Capstone Project Showcase

Aug 7, 2024, 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm

Graduating MICS students present their cybersecurity projects. A panel of judges will select an outstanding project for the Lily L. Chang MICS Capstone Award.

Previous Events

CNI Report and the Changing Role of Documents in Society and the Role of Cultural Heritage "Memory" Institutions

Apr 12, 2013, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Transforming Health Care in the Information Age

Apr 10, 2013, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

Jack Cochran, MD, FACS, is the executive director of The Permanente Federation

Public Search Interfaces to Plant Collection and Nuclear Forensics Search

Apr 5, 2013, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

National Parks & Digital Learning

Apr 3, 2013, 2:10 pm to 3:00 pm

Milton Chen will discuss work ongoing with the National Park System Advisory Board leading up to the National Parks Centennial in 2016.

Discussion of Biographical Data

Mar 22, 2013, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Matching and Searching Online

Mar 20, 2013, 12:40 pm to 2:00 pm

Ali Hortasçu is a professor in economics at the University of Chicago, where he studies auctions, industrial organizations, and search and matching models.

A Look Inside Facebook’s Graph Search

Mar 20, 2013, 11:10 am to 12:30 pm

Teaching 153K+ students at a time: The PowerSearching-WithGoogle.com story

Mar 19, 2013, 12:10 pm to 1:00 pm

InfoCamp Berkeley 2013

Mar 16, 2013, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

InfoCamp Berkeley is an unconference for anyone interested in user experience, information architecture, interaction design, information management, information design, librarianship, online search, informatics, or related fields.

MOOCs and Libraries

Mar 15, 2013, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Learning with Sociable Artifacts that Make Us More Human

Mar 14, 2013, 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm

What happens when when learners develop peer-learning relationships with virtual humans and humanoid robots? And how can we design robots or digital avatars to support peer learning?

Strategic Interaction and Networks

Mar 13, 2013, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

Rachel Kranton is the James B. Duke Professor of Economics at Duke University, where she studies how institutions and the social setting affect economic outcomes.

Predictive Models of Student Learning in K–16

Mar 11, 2013, 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm

Zach Pardos is a researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology exploring data-driven methodologies to aid learners and educators using virtual learning environments.

Public Search Interfaces to Plant Collections & Exploring Social Norms with the Crowd

Mar 8, 2013, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Will the Internet Destroy the News Media?

Mar 6, 2013, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm

Joshua Gans is the Jeffrey S. Skoll Professor of Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, where he specializes in technological competition and innovation, economic growth, publishing economics, industrial organization, and regulatory economics.

Motivating persistence in the face of failure: Technological tools that enhance perseverance and learning

Mar 5, 2013, 12:40 pm to 2:00 pm

Catherine Chase is a postdoctoral scholar at Carnegie Mellon University; her research interests include sociable learning technologies, computer-based assessment, learning through contrast, and student motivation.

And The Bands Played On

Mar 4, 2013, 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm

Joel Waldfogel is the Frederick R. Kappel Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management.

What is New in Libraries? — And How New?

Feb 22, 2013, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Peter Brantley <br />(photo by <a href="http://flic.kr/p/99B47j">Joi Ito</a>)

Designing Strategies for the Deployment of Open Annotation within the Scholarly Community

Feb 15, 2013, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Information Access Seminar with Peter Brantley, director of scholarly communications at Hypothes.is.

Nuclear Forensics & Participatory Archiving

Feb 8, 2013, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

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