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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.
2012-2013 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), Judy Olson (jsolson@uci.edu), Geoffrey Bowker (gbowker@uci.edu) and Melissa Mazmanian (mmazmani@uci.edu). Presented by the Department of Informatics.
Nov. 2, 2012 HAL VARIAN, Google
“Predicting the Present with Search Engine Data”
Dec. 7, 2012 PAUL EDWARDS, University of Michigan
“Governance and Cyberinfrastructure in the Earth System Sciences”
Jan. 31, 2013 DANAH BOYD, Microsoft Research Cambridge
“Visibility: The Challenges of Seeing and Being Seen in a Networked Age”
Feb. 22, 2013 JUSTINE CASSELL, Carnegie Mellon University
“Connection Machines: The Science and Engineering of Rapport”
Apr. 12, 2013 TERRY WINOGRAD, Stanford University
“Filling the H in HCI”
May 10, 2013 GENEVIEVE BELL, Intel
“Does Data Have a Secret Life: An Ethnographic Account of ’Big Data’ and the Cloud”