UC Berkeley School of Information
Degree Programs
Master of Information Management and Systems (MIMS)
Educating information professionals to provide leadership for an information-driven world.
Ph.D. in Information Science
A research program for next-generation scholars of the information age.
Master of Information and Data Science (MIDS)
Online degree preparing data science professionals to solve real-world problems.
Master of Information and Cybersecurity (MICS)
Online degree preparing cybersecurity leaders for complex cybersecurity challenges.
Events
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Health Data and the Politics of Classification
Biobanks and electronic health records systems are increasingly used to train and develop machine learning and artificial intelligence models, raising concerns for social equity and justice.
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Behind the Startup: How Venture Capital Shapes Work, Innovation, and Inequality
Venture capital investors push nascent tech firms to scale as quickly as possible to inflate the value of their asset. The gains generated by tech startups are funneled into the pockets of a small cadre of elite investors and entrepreneurs, leaving workers and users to bear many of the costs and risks.
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Terms of (Dis)Service: The Stakes of Human-Chatbot Relationships
The death by suicide of disabled Black teen Sewell Setzer III and his family’s lawsuit against chatbot company Character.AI have opened up renewed debate and uncertainty about AI safety.
