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

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

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 PhD 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 iSchool 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 iSchool Information economics and policy Sociology of information Human- computer interaction Information assurance Information design and architecture Computer Science Social Sciences Law and Policy Management Science PROFESSIONAL SKILLS SCHOLARSHIP

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 / ePublishing) – 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 ProjectCampus Client UCB IT System MapCentral Computing Event Calendar NetworkPublic Affairs IARS BearsIntercollegiate Athletics Course Approval System Academic Senate, IS&T BriefBankLaw School Telebears Redesign Registrar’s Office, IS&T MaNIS Interface ProjectBiology 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, eBay, 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

PhD 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.