Seminar Series
Select Fridays from 2-3 p.m. during the academic year, the department organizes a Friday seminar, for which it typically brings in outside speakers. All seminars are open to anyone who wants to attend. The seminars are an excellent opportunity to be inspired by what others are doing, learn about the state of the art and interact with influential researchers from across the world. Please check back for seminar updates as scheduling changes throughout the quarter.
The seminars are held in Donald Bren Hall 6011 and streamed live on Zoom using Meeting ID 959 1727 1554.
Upcoming Seminars
Winter 2024 Seminars
January 12
Hidden in Plain Sight: Decoding Inscriptions of Caste and Gender in Computing
Palashi Vaghela
President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Communication, University of California San Diego
President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Communication, University of California San Diego
January 31
Inclusive Sociotechnical Systems: Classification, Inequality, and Expertise
Megh Marathe
Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
February 2
Sex, Work, and Technology: Lessons for Internet Governance & Digital Safety
Elissa Redmiles
Clare Luce Boothe Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department, Georgetown University
Clare Luce Boothe Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department, Georgetown University
February 9
Iterate: The Secret to Innovation in Schools
Justin Reich
Associate Professor, Comparative Media Studies/Writing, MIT
Associate Professor, Comparative Media Studies/Writing, MIT
February 16
Designing and Defining Trans Technologies
Oliver Haimson
Assistant Professor, School of Information, University of Michigan
Assistant Professor, School of Information, University of Michigan
February 23
Data Engines: The Allure of Automating China’s Soil and Soul
Silvia M. Lindtner
Associate Professor of Information, Director of the Center for Ethics, Society and Computing (ESC), University of Michigan
Associate Professor of Information, Director of the Center for Ethics, Society and Computing (ESC), University of Michigan
March 1
Utopian Funk: What Octavia Butler Teaches Us about Race, Play, and Games
TreaAndrea Russworm
Microsoft Endowed Chair, Professor, Interactive Media & Games Division, School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California
Microsoft Endowed Chair, Professor, Interactive Media & Games Division, School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California
March 8
Unseen Insights: Empowering Autonomous Data Science by, with, and for Blind People
JooYoung Seo
Assistant Professor, School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Assistant Professor, School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Fall 2023 Seminars
September 29
State of the Informatics Department
Melissa Mazmanian
Professor, Chancellor’s Fellow and Chair, Department of Informatics, UC Irvine
Professor, Chancellor’s Fellow and Chair, Department of Informatics, UC Irvine
October 13
Equity in digital mental health interventions for marginalized populations: Lessons from the Mind-Us study.
Giovanni Ramos
UC Chancellor's and Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, UCI Psychological Science
UC Chancellor's and Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, UCI Psychological Science
October 27
Access Is Capture: Datafication, Race, and Education
Roderic Crooks
Assistant Professor, Department of Informatics, UC Irvine
Assistant Professor, Department of Informatics, UC Irvine
November 3
How Language Models Work (and that's why they don't)
Sameer Singh
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, UC Irvine
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, UC Irvine
November 17
Towards More Meaningful Personal Tracking
Daniel Epstein
Assistant Professor, Department of Informatics, UC Irvine
Assistant Professor, Department of Informatics, UC Irvine
December 1
Our Attention in the Digital Age: The Past, Present and Future
Gloria Mark
Professor Emerita, Department of Informatics, UC Irvine
Professor Emerita, Department of Informatics, UC Irvine
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