I School Lectures

Previous events

Pace of Change: Silicon Valley and the West Wing

Wednesday, February 24, 2016, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

An inside perspective from two former members of President Obama’s White House team about how tech policy and presidential priorities intersect.

Power, Accountability, and Human Rights in a Networked World

Wednesday, February 17, 2016, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Rebecca MacKinnon is a leading advocate for Internet users’ rights to online freedom of expression and privacy around the world.

"I'm Very Concerned About the Privacy of My Users:" Privacy as a Practice in Mobile App Development

Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Katie Shilton is an assistant professor at the University of Maryland whose research explores ethics in mobile application development.

Music Search and Recommendation from Millions of Songs

Wednesday, April 8, 2015, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

With millions of songs available through the Internet, recommendation algorithms are a must. Dr. Gert Lanckriet discusses the state of the art in automated music analysis and the potential for context-aware recommendations.

Supply Chains, their Graph Structure, and their Role in Information Industries

Wednesday, February 11, 2015, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

I’m In the Database (But Nobody Knows)

Wednesday, February 4, 2015, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

“Your data will only be used in aggregated form.” — what does this statement mean, and why is it so often included in privacy policies? And does this practice actually protect your privacy?

Caring for Chronic Health Conditions: Designing for Collaborative Reflection

Wednesday, December 3, 2014, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Gabriela Marcu designs health information systems that fit social practices and workflow, to alleviate the strain that chronic conditions place on our healthcare system.

Privacy and Inferences: Measurement, Detection, and Protection

Wednesday, November 19, 2014, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Jessica Staddon is a research scientist and privacy product lead at Google working on leveraging data for better security and privacy.

Skills Gap and Online Education

Wednesday, November 5, 2014, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Lynda Weinman is co-founder and executive chair of lynda.com

Leveraging Workforce Science to Unlock Employee Value

Wednesday, October 29, 2014, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

It works for marketing. It works for finance. And now, big data and predictive analytics are working for HR.

Securing Cyberspace: A National Priority

Wednesday, October 8, 2014, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Frederick R. Chang is the director of SMU’s Darwin Deason Institute for Cyber Security and the former director of research at the National Security Agency.

Patent Reform: Lessons Learned and What's Next for Startups

Wednesday, September 10, 2014, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Julie Samuels discusses recent battles for patent reform and recounts lessons learned.

Changing the Nature of Work

Wednesday, April 23, 2014, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

The new frontier in user interfaces is a constellation of wearable gadgets, tablets, smart phones, appliances, and more that can communicate with one another autonomously.

Online Ads and Offline Sales: Measuring the Effects of Online Advertising via a Controlled Experiment on Yahoo!

Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 4:10 pm - 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.

Analytics 3.0: Big Data and Small Data in Big and Small Companies

Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Dean’s Lecture with Tom Davenport of Babson College, co-founder of the International Institute for Analytics

Sprinting with the Community

Wednesday, September 4, 2013, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Dean's Lecture, with Jon Whittle of Lancaster University

Transforming Health Care in the Information Age

Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

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

Data Mining Meets HCI: Making Sense of Large Graphs

Wednesday, November 28, 2012, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

The Discipline of Organizing: The Intellectual Intersection of the Information Schools

Wednesday, October 3, 2012, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Dean's Lecture, with Robert Glushko

Personality-Targeted Design: Theory, Experimental Procedure, and Preliminary Results

Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Oded Nov is an assistant professor of management at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University. His talk will introduce a framework for personality-targeted design, much like a medical treatment based on a specific genetic profile.