Events

Upcoming events

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Berkeley Center for New Media 20th Anniversary Alumni Conference

Thursday, April 10, 2025 - Friday, April 11, 2025

A two-day conference examining the field of new media and celebrating the work of BCNM alumni in computer vision, human-computer interaction, algorithms, race and popular media, urban space, and new media art.

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Data Are Made, Not Found

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.

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School of Information 2025 Commencement

Monday, May 19, 2025, 7:00 pm

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

Previous events

Making Research Notes Accessible Online

Friday, November 20, 2015, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Big Give 2015

Thursday, November 19, 2015, 12:00 am

Be a part of Berkeley’s annual 24-hour fundraising campaign to support students, faculty, and research.

Communications, Community, and Celebration: Co-creating the Maker Movement

Wednesday, November 18, 2015, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

How media and events play an essential role in organizing and spreading the Maker movement.

Government and Critical Infrastructure Security

Tuesday, November 17, 2015, 12:00 pm

I School Tailgate Party: Cal vs. Oregon State

Saturday, November 14, 2015, 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Reviving Joan

Friday, November 13, 2015, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Data Dialogs 2015

Friday, November 13, 2015, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

A one-day conference bringing together data experts from industry, research, and academia.

Well-Behaved Pirates, Publishers, and Libraries: The Early Years

Friday, November 6, 2015, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Prospective MIMS Student Open House

Thursday, November 5, 2015, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Thinking about attending the School of Information? Come to our open house to meet current students and learn more about the MIMS program.

Looking Inside the Library Knowledge Vault

Friday, October 30, 2015, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Master Class in Networked Surveillance: Threat Modeling and Mitigation

Friday, October 30, 2015, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

A master class with Julian Oliver on networked surveillance, threat-modeling, and mitigation.

System and Network Security

Tuesday, October 27, 2015, 12:00 pm

Behind the Scenes at the California Digital Library

Friday, October 23, 2015, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

A Domain Model for Digital Curation

Friday, October 16, 2015, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

"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.

"Creating a New Information School" and "Pervasive Failures and Bad Translations"

Friday, October 9, 2015, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Challenges for the Data Ecosystem

Wednesday, October 7, 2015, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

New data technologies pervade our institutions, but the data revolution is far from complete. Doug Cutting of Cloudera discusses some of the current challenges, both technical and social.

Emulation as a Strategy for Digital Preservation

Friday, October 2, 2015, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

CTSP Proposal Hackathon

Saturday, September 26, 2015, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

A half-day event for potential CTSP fellowship applicants to find collaborators, form teams, and work on project ideas together.

Links, Meaning, and Contexts

Friday, September 25, 2015, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm