Education and Research at UC Berkeleys School of

Education and Research at UC Berkeley’s School of Information Prof. Marti Hearst Presentation to the International Conference on Informatics Education and Research for Knowledge-Circulation Society January 17, 2008

A Brief History of the i. School 1994 School of Library & Information Studies 1995 1997 Hal Varian named SIMS created by recommendation of Founding Dean Information Planning Group 2005 First class admitted 2007 Name changed to i. School • Anno Saxenian named Dean • • 9 th Masters class graduates First doctoral graduates hired

Our Mission We are developing scholars, entrepreneurs, and public leaders who can transform information into knowledge and understanding.

Program Overview • Small interdisciplinary faculty – 12 ladder faculty – Joint appointments with Law, Computer Science, Business, Economics, City Planning – Research & curriculum combine leading edge social science and technology capabilities • High caliber program – 40 masters students admitted annually to 2 -year program; many professionally experienced – 2 -5 Ph. D students admitted each year

Competitive position • Information schools are becoming more common and more visible – Over a dozen leading US universities and colleges: Michigan, Washington, Syracuse, CMU, Penn State – Several important programs overseas, e. g. , Singapore • UC Berkeley’s i. School leads the field – Distinguished faculty conducting leading-edge research – Our program and curriculum already a model for others – Advantage of size: Team-based projects, small classes – Important synergies with rest of the Berkeley campus – Close proximity to Silicon Valley technology community – Outstanding students from varied backgrounds

Intellectual Landscape SCHOLARSHIP Information economics and policy Law and Policy Humancomputer interaction Social Sciences Information design and architecture i. School Sociology of information PROFESSIONAL SKILLS Computer Science Information assurance Management Science

Education

Masters Program • A 2 year, full-time program – Many students work 10 hours/week • Students take about 15 courses – About 15% of these are outside the school – Five required core courses • The final project is very important – Goal: integrate concepts learned from all of their classes. – Schedule: • Propose a topic in Fall of second semester • Spend much of the Spring semester completing it

Masters Curriculum • Five required Core Courses: – Information Organization and Retrieval – Social & Organizational Issues of Information – Computer Science and Distributed Systems – Information Law and Policy – Project Management or Systems Analysis

Masters Curriculum: Electives • Human-Computer Interaction Track: – User Interface Design & Development – Needs and Usability Assessment – Information Visualization and Presentation – Information Aesthetics/Graphic Design – Tangible User Interfaces – Technologies for Creativity & Learning – Qualitative Research Methods

Masters Curriculum: Electives • Information Architecture & Retrieval – Database Design – Principles of Information Retrieval – Web Services – Applied Natural Language Processing – Organization of Information in Collections – The Quality of Information – The History of Information – Search Engines: Technology, Society, & Business

Masters Curriculum: Electives • Information and Service Design • (Document Engineering / e. Publishing) – Document Engineering – Web Services – Web Architecture – Web-based Publishing – XML Foundations – Mixing & Remixing Information – ISD Clinic • Develop final projects into long-running and substantial systems.

Masters Curriculum: Electives • Information Economics & Policy – Information Policy – Economics of Information – Economics of Network Security & Privacy – Intellectual Property Law for the Information Industry – Privacy, Security, & Cryptography – Cyberlaw

Masters Curriculum: Electives • Social and Organizational Aspects of IT – Computer-Mediated Communication – Information in Society – Studies in Regional Growth & Development – Quantitative Research Methods – The Social Life of Visual Media – Virtual Communities & Social Media

Masters Curriculum: Electives • Management / Business / Services Science – Strategic Computing & Communications Technology – Services Science Seminar – Professional Skills Workshop – Courses from the Business School: • Marketing for High-Tech Entrepreneurs • Innovation in Services and Business Models • Energy, Sustainability and Business Innovation • Various Management courses

Final projects contribute to campus Project Campus Client UCB IT System Map Central Computing Event Calendar Network Public Affairs IARS Bears Intercollegiate Athletics Course Approval System Academic Senate, IS&T Brief. Bank Law School Telebears Redesign Registrar’s Office, IS&T Ma. NIS Interface Project Biology Dept/ NSF

Master’s student placements Typical functions: • Human computer interaction, user interface design • Product or project management • Web services, web content, or applications engineer • Information architecture, database design & management • Library and information services Representative employers: • Google, e. Bay, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Oracle, HP • UC, Kaiser (Hospital), US Government, CA Digital Library • Start-up Businesses

Research

Information Technologies for the Developing World

Security and Human-Computer Interaction

Network & Telecom Economics

Search User Interfaces

Social Media • Trust and Computer-Mediated Communication • The Social Life of Photo Usage • Presentation of Self in Social Networks • Large-Scale Study of Relationship Formation

Ph. D Program • Graduates of the program have taken diverse jobs: – Professor of Information Technology & Public Policy at the Heinz School at CMU – Researcher at Intel Research – Researcher at PARC – Postdoctoral researcher at Harvard – Postdoctoral researcher at Tel-Aviv U.

Summary • UC Berkeley’s School of Information: – Providing masters students with an interdisciplinary professional degree. – Studying the intersection of society, information, and technology.