At the end of April, eleven fellows traveled to UC Berkeley and the larger Bay Area, or participated virtually, to attend a week of meetings with key California policymakers, Berkeley faculty members, ...

Brain Type, the Spring 2025 James R. Chen Award-winning project by Master of Information Management and Systems students Aaron Rodden, Kal Walker, Kimberley Soriano, Omkar Hanamsagar, and Prajakta ...

SafeWalk, by Master of Information and Data Science students Helen Hu, Ke Zhang, Kris Junghee Lee, and Ula Zhu, aims to help visually impaired people navigate the streets safely with timely audio ...

Aug 14, 2025, 5:00 pm - 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.

Jul 28, 2025, 4:00 pm - Required online orientation for newly admitted MIDS students.

FairVoice explores fair, accurate deepfake detection — working toward equitable performance across voices and identities.

Problem & Motivation In October 2022, ProPublica reported allegations that RealPage’s Revenue Management software contributes to rising rental prices by facilitating algorithmic collusion among ...

The Berkeley School of Information is a global bellwether in a world awash in information and data, boldly leading the way with education and fundamental research that translates into new knowledge, ...

This December we had three Capstone Showcase events: for the Master of Information and Cybersecurity (MICS) program, the Master of Information and Data Science (MIDS) program, and the 5th Year MIDS ...

RealEyes.ai, by recent Master of Information and Cybersecurity alums John Olmos, Jonathan Weiss, Sannan Iqbal, and Vassilis Tzavaras is a tool designed to detect and analyze deepfakes and ...

Pontes had worked with NASA, attended the Naval Postgraduate School in California, and was less skeptical than many other senators about the major U.S. companies that dominate the AI race. “We cannot ...

In a historic development, Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok has become the center of a bipartisan bill to ban the app nationwide in the name of national security. Xiao Qiang, a research ...