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Events

Upcoming events

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

Tuesday, November 12, 2019, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Steven Weber and Amit Elazari forecast cybersecurity in 2024 to illuminate what’s at stake today. (A “Discover Cal” lecture.)

Wednesday, November 6, 2019, 4:10 pm - 6:00 pm

Requiring biometric authentication excluded and inconenienced legitimate beneficiaries of a social protection program.

Friday, November 1, 2019, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

How could we evolve a more satisfactory tool-kit of concepts and terms as a stronger basis for information studies?

Friday, October 25, 2019, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

How might online spaces be reconfigured against harassment and abuse?

Tuesday, October 22, 2019, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

A festive celebration of five years of CTSP, with a showcase of selected projects from the past five years.

Friday, October 18, 2019, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

The promises and challenges of using AI to help prevent violence based on social media content and engagement.

Friday, October 18, 2019, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

How could interactive data exploration tools be redesigned to give deeper insights more easily and quickly?

Thursday, October 17, 2019, 12:59 pm - 5:30 pm

Dr. Ruha Benjamin explores a range of discriminatory designs that encode inequity.

Wednesday, October 16, 2019, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

I School students and alumni are invited to a meet-up and happy hour to meet new friends and mingle with old.

Wednesday, October 16, 2019, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

What people think machines can know about the mind, and why their beliefs matter

Friday, October 11, 2019, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

How archives and special collections can address the transition from analog to digital creation and the digital deluge.

Friday, October 4, 2019, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

This School was founded in 1918 on a strong social agenda; Professor Buckland will review the past 101 years of its mission.

Wednesday, October 2, 2019, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Distraction versus learning with mobile devices in the classroom and student success

Friday, September 27, 2019, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

In 1918, UC Berkeley began a full-time program in library science. Join us to celebrate the 101st birthday and history of the I School, SIMS, SLIS, and School of Librarianship.

Thursday, September 26, 2019, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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

Monday, September 23, 2019, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

As AI and ML shape technology, how do we ensure that products are designed by and for people?

Friday, September 20, 2019, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

How the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity’s Citizen Clinic is combating sophisticated attacks from governments, hate groups, terrorists, and multinational corporations.

Friday, September 13, 2019, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Alternate policy approaches for stewardship of some classes of cultural materials in the current world.