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Events

Upcoming events

Wednesday, April 16, 2025, 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.

Friday, April 18, 2025, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Cathy Marshall is an adjunct professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University. 

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

Michael Buckland and Clifford Lynch are retiring from the Friday afternoon Information Access Seminar after leading it for 69 consecutive semesters. In their final Information Access Seminar, the two look back over thirty-five years of the seminar.

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.

Previous events

Thursday, November 12, 2020, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm PST

New research shows that “naming and shaming” can be counterproductive and even dangerous.

Thursday, November 12, 2020, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

How can technology be designed and deployed to make cybersecurity more accessible to underserved populations?

Friday, November 6, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Elaine Sedenberg leads global research and academic engagement for Facebook’s Privacy and Data Policy team.

Thursday, November 5, 2020, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PST

Industry-specific Databricks case studies and an introduction to selling the value of data-centric solutions.

Wednesday, November 4, 2020, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm PST

Peter Schwartz is one of the world’s most experienced, insightful, and entertaining analysts of the digital revolution.

Friday, October 30, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Salwa Ismail is associate university librarian for digital initiatives and information technology and associate CIO for UC Berkeley Library.

Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

AI policy experts discuss the surprising ways that industries are approaching AI development more cautiously and cooperatively.

Friday, October 23, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

An overview of the Social Networks and Archival Context Cooperative, its past, and its future.

Thursday, October 22, 2020, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

A conversation with Josh Kallmer, head of global public policy and government relations at Zoom

Saturday, October 17, 2020, 9:30 am, – Sunday, October 18, 2020, 1:30 pm

The 11th annual InfoCamp is themed around living through a unique time in history. The two-day event, led by IMSA, features an ideathon and a speaker series. The event is free and open to everyone in the information community.

Thursday, October 15, 2020, 5:10 pm - 6:00 pm

Join CTSP and IMSA to brainstorm ideas for projects that address the challenges of technology, society, and policy.

Wednesday, October 14, 2020, 12:00 am, – Friday, October 16, 2020, 12:00 am

A virtual conference exploring organized technology refusal from historical and contemporary vantage points

Thursday, October 8, 2020, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

A typical day in the life of a data scientist, with a demo of data engineering, data analysis, and data science using Spark SQL, Spark ML, Delta, and Redash.

Friday, October 2, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Friday, September 25, 2020, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Join us to celebrate the history of the I School, SIMS, SLIS, and School of Librarianship.

Friday, September 11, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Information access seminar, with Wayne de Fremery and Michael Buckland

Friday, August 28, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

An inside look at the US National Academies committee and their report