We just welcomed 67 new Master of Information Management and Systems students at South Hall! ✨ . Our students are amazingly diverse, coming from all over the world! . Get to know our MIMS '26 cohort 👇 ischool.berkeley.edu/news/2024/meet…

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We are ecstatic to announce that our Master of Information and Data Science (MIDS) was ranked #1 among online data science master’s degree programs by Fortune Recommends! 🥳 More: ischool.berkeley.edu/news/2024/uc-b…

ICYMI 📰 Andrew Chong and Ji Su Yoo, Ph.D. students, and Prof. Coye Cheshire had a paper, “Perceptions of Fairness in Technology-Mediated Marketplaces,” accepted to CHI 2024. programs.sigchi.org/chi/2024/progr…

The new MIMS 26 cohort comes from diverse work backgrounds, including education, consulting, engineering, and even journalism! 💼 🔍 Get to know even more about the cohort: ischool.berkeley.edu/news/2024/meet…

Former president Donald Trump posted a fake image of Taylor Swift supporting his campaign. Prof. Hany Farid spoke to the Los Angeles Times about it. “Now we have it being supercharged with generative AI and we are really, really partisan...” said Farid. latimes.com/entertainment-…

Prof. Hany Farid co-wrote an op-ed for Divided We Fall, where he discussed how dangerous deepfakes are for upcoming election. "Generative AI has democratized access to sophisticated tools to create new content with unprecedented ease and realism." dividedwefall.org/ai-generated-m…

Ph.D alum Nick Merrill penned an op-ed for Tech Policy Press, where he described an issue in the cybersecurity industry: there aren't enough young people. bit.ly/3WZrJDr

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Prof. Hany Farid explains to The Atlantic why AI-generated images look airbrushed and saturated. "This type of filtering on the input and output is almost certainly a big part of why AI-generated images all have a certain ethereal quality...” he said. theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

Get to know Dean Meyer in this exclusive Q&A! 🤩 We interviewed Dean Eric T. Meyer about his plans for the year, lessons learned at UT Austin, and what he does in his spare time. ischool.berkeley.edu/news/2024/eric…

Prof. Hany Farid spoke to the Financial Times about the use of deepfakes and the concept of "liar's dividend". "...Every few months, the technology gets significantly better, significantly more affordable, and more people start using and misusing it." ft.com/content/d52fd7…

Congratulations to 👏 Kosmos Global Access Proxy👏 for winning the Summer 2024 Lily L. Chang Capstone Award! Kosmos aimed to help users bypass arbitrary regional internet censorship. By disguising internet traffic, they hope to ensure a free web. 🔗 bit.ly/4eeVKWX

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🥁 🥁 The winner of the Summer 2024 Hal R. Varian Capstone Award is... EduCreate! EduCreate leverages generative AI to help teachers create visually appealing and engaging lesson plans. 🔗 bit.ly/3TliMmY

"Our coursework in cybersecurity, privacy, and technology policy directly informed our approach to creating a solution that is not only secure but also user-friendly and impactful." We spoke to the Chang Award-winning team, KosmosGAP, about their project. bit.ly/4d0WQV9

Prof. Hany Farid spoke with Hannah Murphy from the Financial Times. Tune into his insights on the trouble with deepfakes and generative AI! "How do we deal with that very human aspect of disinformation?" Farid asks. ft.com/content/d1fd85…

MIMS alum Thejo Kote's startup Airbase has been acquired by Paylocity. Paylocity paid $325M, as reported by TechCrunch. Congrats, Thejo Kote! 👏 techcrunch.com/2024/09/04/pay…

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Ph.D. students cedric and Justin D. Norman presented their research at this year’s FAact Conference. Their paper explores the risks of using synthetic data to train facial recognition technology and won the Best Paper Award. ischool.berkeley.edu/news/2024/awar…