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Upcoming Events

May 2, 2024 @ 9:30 AM

Platforms and the Right to Information

Hybrid Workshop, May 2

One-day workshop examining what the right to information should look like in relation to platforms and how it can be implemented in a manner that protects user privacy...

May 8, 2024 @ 12:30 PM

Information Foraging in a Social Media World

RSM Speaker Series

Carl Bergstrom explores social media's impact on the scale of human communication...

Past Events

Oct 13, 2015 @ 12:00 PM

"Kill all DRM in the world forever, within a decade" Cory Doctorow

Join science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger, Cory Doctorow in discussion with Jonathan Zittrain

Cory Doctorow joins Jonathan Zittrain in discussion about the work he's doing with EFF to kill all DRM in the world forever, within a decade!

Oct 8, 2015 @ 2:00 PM

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

at Harvard Law School

On October 8, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will be holding oral arguments at Harvard Law School, in the Ames Courtroom in Austin Hall. The…

Oct 7, 2015 @ 10:00 AM

Libraries: the Next Generation

Drawing on our past, and creating new resources for our future

In 2013, the Berkman Center helped to launch the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), which brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and…

Oct 6, 2015 @ 12:00 PM

State of the Podcast, 2015

How the podcasting revolution happened, and where it could go

Tuesday, October 6, 2015, at 12:00 pm Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University Harvard Law School Campus, Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East B Chris…

Sep 29, 2015 @ 12:00 PM

The Mozilla Delphi Cybersecurity Study: Towards a User Centric Cybersecurity Policy Agenda

with Camille François, Josephine Wolff, Andy Ellis, and Bruce Schneier

Join us to learn more about the methodology and findings behind The Mozilla Delphi Cybersecurity study.

Sep 24, 2015 @ 3:00 PM

Functionality and Expression in Computer Programs: What the Federal Court got wrong in Oracle v. Google

with Pam Samuelson

Renowned copyright scholar and expert Pam Samuelson of University of California at Berkeley will share her views on Oracle v. Google in a talk that addresses the court’s approach…

Sep 22, 2015 @ 12:00 PM

The Next Generation of Search Engines

with Cynthia Rudin, Associate Professor of Statistics at MIT

We live in a world of information overload, and how we search for information shapes our ways of thinking. This is a brainstorming session for envisioning the next generation of…

Sep 15, 2015 @ 12:00 PM

When online is offline: the case for hyperlocal webservers and networks

with Berkman Fellow, Jason Griffey

Bypassing censorship and information control with hyperlocal digital distribution via LibraryBox.

Sep 9, 2015 @ 5:00 PM

Berkman Center Fall 2015 Open House

Come to the Berkman Center for Internet & Society’s Fall 2015 Open House to meet our faculty, fellows, and staff, and to learn about the many ways you can get involved in our…

Jul 14, 2015 @ 12:00 PM

Network Equality

Olivier Sylvain, Associate Professor, Fordham School of Law

Net neutrality advocates focus on app innovation to the detriment of more important telecom law/policy norms of universality and equality.

Jul 7, 2015 @ 12:00 PM

The Web We Want & The Ed We Want

with Justin Reich

In this talk, Justin Reich will highlight some of the exciting innovations within education that seek to put students and learners in charge of their online lives.

Jun 30, 2015 @ 12:00 PM

Ideology and Text: Classifying and Analyzing Discourse using Machine Learning

with Ali Hashmi

The link between the ideology and the text: how to classify, analyze, and deconstruct media discourse using machine learning and critical approaches.

Jun 23, 2015 @ 12:00 PM

Toward Critical Feminist Technology Studies of Youth Safety: Problematizing Dominant Digital Approaches to Sexual Exploitation of Children Online

Mitali Thakor, PhD student in MIT's HASTS program

In this talk, Mitali Thakor will discuss my ethnographic fieldwork on new digital approaches to addressing child exploitation online, such as the use of avatars and image…

Jun 22, 2015 @ 6:00 PM

BiblioTech: Why Libraries Matter More Than Ever In An Age of Google

with author John Palfrey

John Palfrey argues that anyone seeking to participate in the 21st century needs to understand how to find and use the vast stores of information available online. Libraries play…

Jun 16, 2015 @ 12:00 PM

The Quantified Self; Newsfeed: Created by you?; Holding Crowds Accountable To The Public; EVE Online and World of Darkness

Microsoft Research PhD Interns Ifeoma Ajunwa, Stacy Blasiola, Nathan Matias, and Aleena Chia present their current research

Join these Microsoft PhD Interns, Ifeoma Ajunwa, Stacy Blasiola, Nathan Matias, and Aleena Chia, as they present their current research at the Berkman Center.

Jun 9, 2015 @ 12:00 PM

Data, data everywhere -- but how to manage and govern?

Christine Borgman, Professor and Presidential Chair in Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

This talk will identify some of the challenges faced by universities in managing and governing complex categories of data.

Jun 2, 2015 @ 12:00 PM

Expanding the Definition of Membership in Public Media

with Melody Kramer

What does it mean to be a member? What could it mean? Updating #pubmedia membership.

May 19, 2015 @ 12:00 PM

Guide to U.S. Government Practice on Global Information Sharing, Second Edition

with authors John Kropf and Neal Cohen

The recently published “Guide to U.S. Government Practice on Global Sharing of Personal Information, Second Edition”, provides an introduction to the principles, practices, and…

May 16, 2015 @ 9:30 AM

Wind Farm

Internet Offline Simulation Event

Wind Farm's Internet Offline Simulation is a fun and interactive day for people of all ages and backgrounds. The only requirement is an open mind and optimistic view of what might…

May 12, 2015 @ 12:00 PM

Economic Inequality and Technology: How Knowledge Sharing Helps

with Jim Bessen in conversation with Karim Lakhani

The threat of ever-widening economic inequality looms, but in his new book, Learning by Doing: The Real Connection Between Innovation, Wages, and Wealth, James Bessen argues that…