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Events

Upcoming events

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Wednesday, December 8, 2021, 4:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Bryan Pardo discusses his lab’s work bridging the gap between digital audio software interfaces and the musicians, podcasters, and sound artists who use the tools.

Wednesday, December 8, 2021, 4:00 pm - 6:00 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.

Wednesday, December 8, 2021, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PST

Technoculture is the American mythos and ideology. Where does Blackness manifest in Western technoculture?

Friday, December 3, 2021, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST

Recent developments in networked information, with a focus on research and higher education.

Wednesday, December 1, 2021, 10:00 am - 11:30 am PST

Try out students’ interactive inventions: whimsical and improbable devices designed to teach, solve problems, provoke thought, or create fun.

Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 12:00 am

Support diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and justice at the School of Information.

Monday, November 29, 2021, 10:00 am - 11:30 am PST

Try out students’ interactive inventions: whimsical and improbable devices designed to teach, solve problems, provoke thought, or create fun.

Friday, November 19, 2021, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST

David S. H. Rosenthal: “Blockchain: What’s Not To Like?” and Clifford Lynch: “Priorities for Capital Investment in Digital Infrastructure and Services”

Wednesday, November 17, 2021, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PST

Dr. David Robinson explores the algorithms we use to define ourselves, and how they can work as enchantments — stories that make themselves come true.

Friday, November 12, 2021, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST

Mary Elings and Christina V. Fidler discuss the Bancroft Library’s approach to managing born-digital collections and building a sustainable digital archives program.

Wednesday, November 10, 2021, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PST

Dr. Daniel Greene explores why technology solutions aren’t solving complex social problems such as STEM education and the digital divide.

Friday, November 5, 2021, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

PhiloBiblon is a database of primary sources for the study of medieval Iberian culture, built on a Wikibase platform.

Friday, November 5, 2021, 12:10 pm - 2:00 pm

Dr. Doris Lee presents her dissertation research enabling data analysts to identify trends and patterns, generate and verify hypotheses, and detect outliers and anomalies.

Friday, November 5, 2021, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Dr. Latanya Sweeney pioneered the field of data privacy and launched the study of algorithmic fairness.

Friday, October 29, 2021, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

How and why the ​University of California migrated its ten campuses, two regional library facilities, ​and  California Digital Librar​y to a single centralized catalog system.

Thursday, October 28, 2021, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm PDT

Vini Jaiswal explains the “data lakehouse” data paradigm, which provides all of the capabilities needed to train and deploy machine learning models.

Friday, October 22, 2021, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Alan Inouye discusses how policy-making has evolved in the library & education sectors during the pandemic and possible future directions.

Thursday, October 21, 2021, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm PDT

Bill Marczak shares his experience identifying new threat actors, including Candiru, a secretive Israel-based company that sells spyware exclusively to governments

Saturday, October 16, 2021, 12:00 am, – Sunday, October 17, 2021, 12:00 am

The 12th annual InfoCamp explores conflicts in data control and policy. The two-day event, led by IMSA, features an ideathon and a speaker series. The event is free and open to everyone in the information community.

Friday, October 15, 2021, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Short reports on various topics, including JCDL, SNAC, information science history, relevance theory, and more.