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Events

Upcoming events

Monday, April 7, 2025, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Rohit Chopra is the former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and a former Federal Trade Commission commissioner.

Monday, April 7, 2025, 2:40 pm - 4:30 pm

Ph.D. students present their dissertation research on technology ethics in rural Togo and climate change and migration

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

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

Previous events

Thursday, April 20, 2023, 11:10 am - 12:30 pm PDT

Arvind Satyanarayan explores the future of human/machine partnerships.

Wednesday, April 19, 2023, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm PDT

Kate Starbird is a leading expert on how people use social media to seek, share, and make sense of information and misinformation.

Wednesday, April 19, 2023, 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.

Monday, April 17, 2023, 12:10 pm - 1:00 pm

Marc Rogers discusses his volunteer work in cybersecurity, with three case studies of activities he has recently been involved in.

Friday, April 14, 2023, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Thoughts on stewardship of the scholarly and cultural record from adjunct professor Clifford Lynch.

Tuesday, April 11, 2023, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Mike Brown discusses emerging Indo-Pacific security challenges and the role of technological innovation in strategic competition.

Friday, April 7, 2023, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Thoughts on stewardship of the scholarly and cultural record from adjunct professor Clifford Lynch.

Friday, March 24, 2023, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Congames are as old as human society, but the internet has made congames much more powerful.

Friday, March 17, 2023, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Short research presentations and updates.

Friday, March 10, 2023, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST

Data management plans are required for federally funded research. Does the requirement actually promote effective data archiving, sharing, and access?

Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 9:00 pm PST, – Thursday, March 9, 2023, 9:00 pm PST

24-hour fundraising drive

Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 9:00 am - 4:15 pm

Join us for a series of events celebrating Women in Data Science at UC Berkeley.

Monday, March 6, 2023, 5:10 pm - 6:30 pm

Dr. Jason Reinhardt discusses the nuclear deterrence challenges facing the United States and the world.

Friday, March 3, 2023, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

The Research Organization Registry (ROR) identifies affiliations in research outputs and tracks research outputs at the institutional level.

Wednesday, March 1, 2023, 4:10 pm - 5:15 pm PST

Nina Beguš will introduce “artificial humanities,” an approach that integrates the study of humanities into the creation of technologies

Monday, February 27, 2023, 12:10 pm - 1:00 pm

Hakeem Oseni shares strategies for using diplomacy and personality to achieve good security outcomes.

Saturday, February 25, 2023, 4:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Master of Information Management and Systems (MIMS) program with fun and informative activities, networking, a dinner event, and more.

Friday, February 24, 2023, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST

Thoughts on stewardship of the scholarly and cultural record from adjunct professor Clifford Lynch.

Friday, February 17, 2023, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST

Thoughts on stewardship of the scholarly and cultural record from adjunct professor Clifford Lynch.

Wednesday, February 15, 2023, 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm PST

Formerly incarcerated Berkeley students discuss technology-mediated harms that disproportionately affect communities impacted by the criminal legal system.