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Information technology is everywhere in our lives today. What are the societal implications of ubiquitous IT? Join us as the world’s leading scholars on this topic share their research and insights. All are welcome to attend.
2011-2012 Seminar Series
All talks will be held at 3 p.m. in 6011 Donald Bren Hall. The seminar series is free and open to the public; no RSVP required. Organized by Gary Olson (gary.olson@uci.edu) and Judy Olson (jsolson@uci.edu), Bren professors of information and computer sciences at UC Irvine.
Nov. 4, 2011
Friday 		CLIFF LAMPE, University of Michigan: “Incidental Information Seeking on Facebook: Social Capital and Information Behavior”
Jan. 27, 2012
Friday 		STEPHEN BARLEY, Stanford University: “The Lure of the Virtual”
Feb. 9, 2012
Thursday 		YOCHAI BENKLER, Harvard University: “Is Resistance Futile? Power Reasserted in Networked Society”
Feb. 10, 2012
Friday 		THOMAS MALONE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: “Collective Intelligence: What Is It? How Can We Measure It? And How Can We Increase It?”
Mar. 9, 2012
Friday 		LUCY SUCHMAN, University of Lancaster: “Reconfiguring Agencies at the Interface”
Apr. 20, 2012
Friday 		ROBIN DUNBAR, Oxford University: “Why the Internet Won’t Get You Any More Friends”
Department of Informatics
Sponsored by the Donald Bren Foundation