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Events

Upcoming events

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.

Friday, April 11, 2025, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

AnnaLee Saxenian breaks down the shift from Google’s 1998 mission “to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful” to today’s highly contested information ecosystem.

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 14, 2013, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Design Futures Lecture, with Dr. Kevin Walker, Head of Information Experience Design, Royal College of Art
Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 11:40 am - 1:00 pm
Joseph Lorenzo Hall is the Chief Technologist at the Center for Democracy & Technology
Friday, November 1, 2013, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Elisa Oreglia presents her doctoral dissertation research on the role of migrant Chinese workers in the spread of technology, based on in-depth ethnographic studies in three small Chinese villages.
Monday, October 28, 2013, 5:15 pm - 6:30 pm
Meet the technologists on the forefront of global information policy debates and find out how you can follow in their footsteps.
Thursday, October 24, 2013, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
with Manuel Castells
Monday, October 21, 2013, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Workshop sponsored by the UC Berkeley Open Access Initiative
Monday, October 21, 2013, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Special lecture, with Matthew Lease, University of Texas at Austin.
Friday, October 11, 2013, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Information Access Seminar
Friday, October 4, 2013, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Information Access Seminar, with Patrick Riley
Friday, September 20, 2013, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Information Access Seminar, with Paul Duguid
Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm
Dean’s Lecture with Tom Davenport of Babson College, co-founder of the International Institute for Analytics
Friday, September 13, 2013, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Information Access Seminar, with Warren Sack of UC Santa Cruz
Thursday, September 12, 2013, 8:30 am - 6:00 pm
One-day conference exploring the impact of open data on public policy and democratic governance in the digital age.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 4:10 pm - 6:00 pm
Special Lecture, with Pedro Ferreira, Carnegie Mellon University
Wednesday, September 4, 2013, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm
Dean's Lecture, with Jon Whittle of Lancaster University
Friday, June 7, 2013, 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
Thursday, May 30, 2013, 1:00 pm, – Friday, May 31, 2013, 6:00 pm
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 quickly on the current state of the Big Data revolution.
Saturday, May 18, 2013, 2:00 pm
Honor the class of 2013 with student speakers, keynote speaker DJ Patil, and presentation of the James R. Chen Awards.
Thursday, May 16, 2013, 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Graduating master’s students present their intriguing research projects and innovative new information systems. An panel of judges will select one outstanding project from each track for the James R. Chen Award.
Friday, May 10, 2013, 9:30 am - 11:30 am
Student project exhibition from the course Info 290. Innovation and Information, which teaches processes and tools for innovative leadership in the face of “wicked problems.”