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.
Upcoming Seminars
Spring 2021 Seminars
April 2Enabling Provable Security at Scale
Neha Rungta PhD.
Senior Principal Applied Scientist, Automated Reasoning Group, Amazon Web Services
Senior Principal Applied Scientist, Automated Reasoning Group, Amazon Web Services
* ISR Distinguished Speaker Series
April 16Exploring Predictive Logics in the Kalahari
Nicola “Nic” Bidwell PhD.
Professor, International University of Management, Namibia
Professor, International University of Management, Namibia
April 23The MEASURE CARE Model for Disruptive Changemakers
Jameila “Meme” Styles
Founder and President, MEASURE
Founder and President, MEASURE
Part of the Workshop on Datafication and Community Activism: Redrawing the Boundaries of Research 2021
April 30Community Wellness Informatics: Designing Technology for Health Equity
Andrea Grimes Parker PhD.
Associate Professor, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology
Associate Professor, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology
May 14Rethinking Artificial Intelligence Through a Racial Justice Lens
S. Craig Watkins
Ernest A. Sharpe Centennial Professor, School of Journalism and Media, The University of Texas at Austin
Ernest A. Sharpe Centennial Professor, School of Journalism and Media, The University of Texas at Austin
May 28Designing for coordination and intervention in behavioral health
Gabriela Marcu
Assistant Professor of Information, School of Information, University of Michigan
Assistant Professor of Information, School of Information, University of Michigan
Winter 2021 Seminars
January 8Countering Structural Oppression through Co-design with Residents in Resource-Constrained Communities
Sheena Erete
Associate Professor, College of Computing & Digital Media, DePaul University
Associate Professor, College of Computing & Digital Media, DePaul University
January 22Accessing Caring Community in Playful Spaces
Kathryn E. Ringland
President's Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Computational Media, UC Santa Cruz
President's Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Computational Media, UC Santa Cruz
February 5A Tale of Two Cities: Working from Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Thomas Zimmermann
Sr. Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research
Sr. Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research
*ISR Distinguished Speaker Series
February 19Hobbyists: The Historical Roots of White Geek Masculinity
Aaron Trammell
Assistant Professor, Department of Informatics, UC Irvine
Assistant Professor, Department of Informatics, UC Irvine
March 5Participatory Approaches to AI for Digital Health and Well-being
Lauren Wilcox
Associate Professor in the School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Tech
Research Lead, Google Wellbeing Lab
Associate Professor in the School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Tech
Research Lead, Google Wellbeing Lab
Fall 2020 Seminars
October 9State of the Department
André van der Hoek
Professor & Chair, Department of Informatics, Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, UC Irvine
Professor & Chair, Department of Informatics, Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, UC Irvine
October 23Black Narratives, Black Data, Surveillance and the Fear Economy
Tawana Petty
Fellow, Digital Civil Society Lab at Stanford PACS, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
Fellow, Digital Civil Society Lab at Stanford PACS, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
November 6The Five Laws of SE for AI
Tim Menzies
Professor, Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University
Professor, Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University
*ISR Distinguished Speaker Series
November 20Assuring Organic Programs: Software Engineering of the Future
Myra Cohen
Professor and Lanh and Oanh Nguyen Chair in Software Engineering, Iowa State University
Professor and Lanh and Oanh Nguyen Chair in Software Engineering, Iowa State University
*ISR Distinguished Speaker Series
December 4Intersectional Tech: Hybrid Infrastructures and Black Youth Making Space in Gaming
Kishonna Gray
Assistant Professor, Communication & Gender and Women's Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago
Assistant Professor, Communication & Gender and Women's Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago
December 11Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media
Sarah Roberts
Associate Professor, Information Studies, UCLA
Associate Professor, Information Studies, UCLA
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