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Berkeley School of Information

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The UC Berkeley School of Information is a multi-disciplinary program devoted to enhancing the accessibility, usability, credibility & security of information.

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ICYMI ๐Ÿ“ฐ Michael Buckland, professor emeritus, was featured by the YouTube channel INFIDEOS for his 1991 paper โ€œInformation as Thingโ€ as part of their โ€œWhat Makes This Paper Great?โ€ series.
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Former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Digimarc CEO Riley McCormack, Prof. Hany Farid, and Raรบl Torrez will be on a panel about safeguarding the development of AI.

๐Ÿ“… January 22, 2024; 4:30 - 6:00 PM
๐Ÿ“ Banatao Auditorium

Register now:
eventbrite.com/e/safeguardingโ€ฆ

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ICMYI ๐Ÿ“ฐ Prof. Coye Cheshire, along with colleagues at the UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare and at UCSF, received a $300K grant from the UC Noyce Initiative on computational precision health.

Read the article about this grant:
ischool.berkeley.edu/news/2023/univโ€ฆ

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Join us tomorrow evening for the Capstone Showcase!

This virtual showcase will feature 6 impressive projects eligible for the Hal R. Varian Capstone Award.

๐Ÿ“… Thursday, 12/23, 5:00 - 7:30 pm PT
๐Ÿ”— Learn more: bit.ly/48pZWQJ

Join us tomorrow evening for the #BerkeleyMIDS Capstone Showcase! This virtual showcase will feature 6 impressive #datascience projects eligible for the Hal R. Varian Capstone Award. ๐Ÿ“… Thursday, 12/23, 5:00 - 7:30 pm PT ๐Ÿ”— Learn more: bit.ly/48pZWQJ
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And the Emmy Award goes toโ€ฆ

To find out, join us this evening for the 5th year Capstone Showcase! Stop by online to learn about 6 of our students' impressive pieces of work.

๐Ÿ“… TODAY, 4:00 - 6:30 pm
๐Ÿ“ Online
๐Ÿ”— Learn more: bit.ly/48ktT4Q

And the Emmy Award goes toโ€ฆ To find out, join us this evening for the #BerkeleyMIDS 5th year Capstone Showcase! Stop by online to learn about 6 of our students' impressive pieces of work. ๐Ÿ“… TODAY, 4:00 - 6:30 pm ๐Ÿ“ Online ๐Ÿ”— Learn more: bit.ly/48ktT4Q
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MIDS alumni Romain Hardy, Joe Klepich, Ryan Mitchell, Steve Hall, and Jericho Villareal published their Capstone project in nature's Scientific Reports with the help of Assistant Prof. Cornelia Ilin.

Check out more:
ischool.berkeley.edu/news/2023/midsโ€ฆ

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'As voice cloning has improved, I've been seeing an increase in these types of fakes,' says Hany Farid.

Podiatrist Dana Brem found her voice cloned and used for promoting a product she'd never heard of. MedPage Today
medpagetoday.com/special-reportโ€ฆ

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ICYMI ๐Ÿ“ฐ Justin D. Norman passed his preliminary exam in June. Justin is focused on understanding the abilities and inabilities of AI as it is being applied in high-stakes forensic settings. ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘

ICYMI ๐Ÿ“ฐ @JustinJDN passed his preliminary exam in June. Justin is focused on understanding the abilities and inabilities of AI as it is being applied in high-stakes forensic settings. ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘
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The Fall 2023 Data Science Capstone Project Showcase for 5th year students is TUESDAY, Dec. 19! Join us for an online presentation of a culmination of their work.

๐Ÿ•‘ 4:00 - 6:30 pm

Learn more:
ischool.berkeley.edu/events/2023/daโ€ฆ

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Prof. Joshua Blumenstock & Daniel Bjรถrkegren wrote a piece for the IMF, stating that AI must be carefully adapted to benefit the poor based off research in Kenya, Togo, and Sierra Leone.

๐Ÿ”— bit.ly/3uCeE8A

Prof. @jblumenstock & @danbjork wrote a piece for the @IMFNews, stating that AI must be carefully adapted to benefit the poor based off research in Kenya, Togo, and Sierra Leone. ๐Ÿ”— bit.ly/3uCeE8A
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Ph.D. student Yangyang Yang and Prof. Kimiko Ryokai have created โ€œBeing The Creek,โ€ a project that utilizes mobile augmented reality (MAR) to help people experience Berkeleyโ€™s natural environment from the perspective of Strawberry Creek.
bit.ly/48a2BxQ

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Calling US-based data journalists and visualization designers! I am seeking participants for an interview study on visualization design processes, including data exploration, final design choices, and the use of language. Your insights are appreciated!

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The The White House Executive Order on AI tasked USAID w/ identifying ways to harness in its services.

TOMORROW! Hear from top leaders in academia, civil society, & industry on how USAID can harness this powerful technology while mitigating its risks. usaidandai.eventbrite.com

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The Fall 2023 Cybersecurity Capstone Project Showcase is TOMORROW! Join us for an online presentation of studentsโ€™ work where judges will select a project for the Lily L. Chang MICS Capstone Award

๐Ÿ•‘ 4:00 - 6:30 pm

Learn more:
ischool.berkeley.edu/events/2023/cyโ€ฆ

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ICYMI ๐Ÿ“ฐ Michael Buckland, professor emeritus, and Olivier Le Deuff
from Universitรฉ Bordeaux Montaigne presented a workshop on the life and ideas of Robert Pagรจs, the French documentation theorist and social psychologist, at the Document Academy annual meeting in Paris, France.

ICYMI ๐Ÿ“ฐ Michael Buckland, professor emeritus, and @neuromancien from @UBMontaigne presented a workshop on the life and ideas of Robert Pagรจs, the French documentation theorist and social psychologist, at the Document Academy annual meeting in Paris, France.
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Join us on Wednesday evening for the Capstone Showcase!

6 amazing masterpieces will be on display at this gallery of innovation, so stop by online to enjoy these artists speak about their projects.

๐Ÿ“… Dec. 13, 4:00 - 6:30 pm
๐Ÿ“ Online

๐Ÿ”— bit.ly/47UtBSs

Join us on Wednesday evening for the #BerkeleyMICS Capstone Showcase! 6 amazing masterpieces will be on display at this gallery of innovation, so stop by online to enjoy these artists speak about their projects. ๐Ÿ“… Dec. 13, 4:00 - 6:30 pm ๐Ÿ“ Online ๐Ÿ”— bit.ly/47UtBSs
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At the New America Public Interest Tech-UN Convening, Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity Exec Director Ann Cleaveland appeared on a panel to discuss how companies can build public interest concerns into their business models, and build trust with the general public.

๐Ÿ”— bit.ly/3T0tAaH

At the @NewAmericaPIT-UN Convening, @CLTCBerkeley Exec Director Ann Cleaveland appeared on a panel to discuss how companies can build public interest concerns into their business models, and build trust with the general public. ๐Ÿ”— bit.ly/3T0tAaH
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In an article by CNN's Donie O'Sullivan & Brian Fung, Prof. Hany Farid reflects on how the availability of sophisticated AI tools is bound to affect the election cycle. As a result, the Biden campaign has built a new AI taskforce.
cnn.com/2023/11/30/polโ€ฆ

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Thrilled to share that my NLP research, 'Polyglot or Not?', from Berkeley School of Information has been accepted to EMNLP 2023! ๐Ÿš€ If you're attending this weekend shoot me a DM and let's chat LLMs! ๐Ÿค–๐Ÿ’ฌ

Read the paper here: arxiv.org/abs/2305.13675

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