Events

Upcoming events

Littlest Bear Virtual 5K Run/Walk 2024

Monday, July 29, 2024 - Sunday, August 4, 2024

A fun run/walk/roll for the I School community.

Cybersecurity Summer 2024 Capstone Project Showcase

Wednesday, August 7, 2024, 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.

Data Science Summer 2024 Capstone Project Showcase

Thursday, August 15, 2024, 5:00 pm - 7:00 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.

A festive picnic on the grass in front of South Hall

I School Community Picnic

Sunday, August 18, 2024, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

A festive summer gathering for I School students, alumni, staff, faculty, and friends.

Cybersecurity Fall 2024 Capstone Project Showcase

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.

Data Science Fall 2024 Capstone Project Showcase for 5th Year MIDS Students

Tuesday, December 17, 2024, 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm PST

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

Data Science Fall 2024 Capstone Project Showcase

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.

Previous events

DataEDGE 2016

Thursday, May 5, 2016, 12:00 am, – Friday, May 6, 2016, 12:00 am

Are you and your organization taking advantage of the opportunities created by the flood of new data? The DataEDGE conference will bring you up to speed on the data revolution.

Data Science Capstone Project Showcase

Monday, May 2, 2016, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Graduating MIDS students present their data science projects. A panel of judges will select two outstanding projects for the Hal R. Varian MIDS Capstone Award.

Toward a Gender-Inclusive Internet: Strategies to Counter Harassment, Revenge Porn, Threats, and Online Abuse

Wednesday, April 27, 2016, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

From Gamergate to revenge porn, cyberharassment and abuse disproportionately target women — often with devastating consequences. Join this expert panel to discuss how we can make a meaningful contribution to a gender-equal internet.

Public Health NGOs and Open Science Politics: Rhetorics of Openness, Health Field Contestations, and the Elusiveness of Health Equity

Friday, April 22, 2016, 3:10 pm - 5:30 pm

The Rise of Data Science for Social Good

Thursday, April 21, 2016, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

The rise of data science for social good and the relationship between optimizing for the bottom line vs. optimizing for social justice.

How Machines Learn to Discriminate

Wednesday, April 20, 2016, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

How does machine learning unintentionally inherit society’s prejudices, implicit biases, and faulty heuristics?

Wasn't Digitization Supposed to be Easy? And Good for Us?

Friday, April 15, 2016, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Values in the Stack: Challenges and Levers for Building Ethical Data Infrastructures

Wednesday, April 13, 2016, 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.

The Rise of the Design Executive Officer

Friday, April 8, 2016, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Maria Giudice is VP of experience design Autodesk and the author of Rise of the DEO: Leadership by Design.

Library Collaboration — Does it have a future? What kind?

Friday, April 8, 2016, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Jim Michalko recently retired from his position as VP of research libraries at OCLC.

Oakland A's Game & Tailgate

Wednesday, April 6, 2016, 5:30 pm

Join I School students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends for a night at the ballpark and pregame tailgate party.

Toward Human-Centered Algorithmic Technologies

Wednesday, April 6, 2016, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Data-driven algorithms run more and more of the world — with speed and efficiency, but also unintended bias, unfairness, and incomprehensibility.

Finessing Your UX Foundation Skills for Real Life

Saturday, April 2, 2016, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

A one-day workshop with UX leader Uday Gajendar will offer a high-intensity yet fun overview of major UX methods for software design projects.

Software Preservation and Attacks on the Cultural Record

Friday, April 1, 2016, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Designing for Knowledge: Beyond Data Visualization

Wednesday, March 30, 2016, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Christian Marc Schmidt is principal and founder of Schema, a creative design and technology studio focused on the intersection of interaction design and data visualization.

Human Behavior in Networks

Wednesday, March 30, 2016, 12:40 pm - 2:00 pm

Robert West studies human behavior in social and information networks using data science, data mining, network analysis, machine learning, and natural language processing.

A Walk Through the Work of a Policy Technologist

Tuesday, March 29, 2016, 9:40 am - 11:00 am

Joseph Lorenzo Hall is the chief technologist and director of the internet architecture project at the Center for Democracy & Technology.

“Update on the Center for Technology, Society & Policy” and “News and Notes about Enterprise Search”

Friday, March 18, 2016, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Interactive Systems for Learning Programming at Scale

Wednesday, March 16, 2016, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Philip Guo developed Rosetta, a language-independent platform to visulalize code written in seven popular languages: Python, Java, C, C++, Ruby, JavaScript, and TypeScript.

InfoCamp Berkeley 2016

Saturday, March 12, 2016, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

InfoCamp is an “unconference” — an intimate seminar-style event for anybody interested in information-related topics, including user experience, data science, information architecture, interaction design, informatics, and information and communication technologies for development.