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Events

Upcoming events

Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm PDT
Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Speaker danah boyd looks behind the scenes at the data required to power today’s AI models, exploring the ecology that has emerged to gobble up data produced for other purposes and contexts.

Thursday, April 24, 2025, 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.

Thursday, April 24, 2025, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm PDT

Learn more about the UC Berkeley Cybersecurity Clinic (INFO/CYBER 289), a public-interest cybersecurity course that supports the capacity of politically-targeted organizations to defend themselves against online threats. 

Friday, April 25, 2025, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

The Friday afternoon Information Access Seminar is retiring after 69 consecutive semesters. Michael Buckland looks back over thirty-five years of the seminar.

Friday, May 2, 2025, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Clifford Lynch passed away on April 10. A series of short reports by colleagues and friends illuminate his many and varied contributions.

Monday, May 5, 2025, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Student projects from the Biosensory Computing course.

Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Student projects from the Biosensory Computing course.

Friday, May 9, 2025, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Class projects in information visualization.

Thursday, May 15, 2025, 5:00 pm - 8:00 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.

Monday, May 19, 2025, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Honor the class of 2025 with keynote speaker, student speakers, and student awards.

Wednesday, June 11, 2025, 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm PDT

Celebrate our student and alumni mentors.

Previous events

Friday, February 21, 2025, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST

Karen Coyle is a librarian with over four decades of experience with library technology. 

Thursday, February 20, 2025, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm PST

As cybersecurity threats and the digital landscape evolve, secure communication has never been more critical. A panel of industry professionals, consultants, and journalists share their experiences and insights.

Thursday, February 20, 2025, 11:15 am - 12:25 pm PST

Security and privacy solutions designed in the West can fall apart when applied to other regions, leaving end-users at risk.

Wednesday, February 19, 2025, 2:15 pm - 3:25 pm PST

The rapid adoption of generative AI has created a cycle where personal information cascades perpetually. Niloofar Mireshghallah examines generative AI’s interplay between data, people, and models.

Friday, February 14, 2025, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST

The history of corporations manipulating information to maintain clean identities after coming under attack.

Friday, February 14, 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm

Professor Hany Farid discusses how generative AI, so-called deepfakes, work and are being used and misused.

Friday, February 7, 2025, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST

The Chips Act subsidizes US and Taiwanese chip manufacturers to locate new facilities in the United States. What are the prospects for success?

Friday, January 31, 2025, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST

Clifford Lynch is the director of the Coalition for Networked Information and an adjunct professor at the School of Information.

Friday, January 24, 2025, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST

The recovery of of biographical pages webpages for a hundred North American pioneers of Information

Thursday, December 19, 2024, 5:00 pm - 7:00 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.

Tuesday, December 17, 2024, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

Graduating 5th Year MIDS students present their data science projects.

Thursday, December 12, 2024, 2:15 pm - 3:25 pm PST

How might AI reshape the sensory norms and moral economies of discernment of American mental healthcare?

Thursday, December 12, 2024, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Cybersecurity Clinic students share their experiences supporting environmental justice, trans community support, reproductive rights, and disability justice organizations.

Wednesday, December 11, 2024, 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm PST

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

Tuesday, December 10, 2024, 2:15 pm - 3:25 pm PST

The death by suicide of disabled Black teen Sewell Setzer III and his family’s lawsuit against chatbot company Character.AI have opened up renewed debate and uncertainty about AI safety.

Monday, December 9, 2024, 12:15 pm - 1:25 pm PST

Algorithms and AI impact access to work and other essential resources, especially for low-income people. Lily Irani describes  the policies, practices, and algorithms of suspicion that control workers’ access to wages and work on digital platforms.

Friday, December 6, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST

Clifford Lynch is the director of the Coalition for Networked Information and an adjunct professor at the School of Information.

Friday, December 6, 2024, 9:00 am - 11:00 am

Students from the Front-End Web Architecture class present their final group projects.

Thursday, December 5, 2024, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

A talk by Marion Fourcade celebrating the publication of her book, The Ordinal Society.

Thursday, December 5, 2024, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Nicole S. Kuhn uses community-engaged research to understand how American Indian and Alaska Native communities leverage social media to deliver health information.