John Seely Brown Symposium on Technology and Society

• Current and past speakers

  

  The John Seely Brown Symposium is sponsored by the School of Information with support from a gift by John Seely Brown. 

Google Lecture Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship

• Fall 2011/Winter 2012 schedule

  

  The Google Lecture Series is intended to inspire all to explore entrepreneurial opportunities. The series is presented at the School of Information with support from Google and the CREATE student group at SI.

Yahoo Speaker Series

• Fall 2011/Winter 2012 schedule

  

  The series supports distinguished guest lecturers from the fields of information and technology.

Robert C.F. Bartels Health Informatics Lecture Series

• Fall 2011/Winter 2012 schedule

  

  The Bartels Health Informatics Lecture Series is offered jointly by the School of Information and the School of Public Health.

MIX lecture: Keith Williams

• Enhancing retention and ethnic diversity

  

  The Multi-Ethnic Information Exchange student organization at UMSI presented Keith B. Williams, director of minority student initiatives at the Wayne State University Department of Chemistry, on January 19. He spoke on "Quantity and Quality: A Look at Elements and Their Implementation Designed to Enhance Retention Resulting in an Increase in the Ethnic Diversity of Science-Related Degrees Awarded."

   

2011-12 faculty guest lectures

• Distinguished guest speakers at UMSI

  

  Missed a guest lecture at UMSI? Catch up by reviewing the speaker's slides and presentation.

FIRST Talks

• Winter 2012 schedule

  

  Featured Information Research Student Talks is a series of public invited talks from UMSI graduate students.

STIET-ICD Seminars

• Winter 2012 schedule

  

  STIET-ICD Seminars focus on the use of incentive-centered design to deliver new and improved systems for human use of the Internet. ICD proceeds from the observation that the performance and quality of Internet systems depends on the ways in which autonomous, self-motivated individuals interact with each other and with the system. System designers cannot program humans like software, but they can provide appropriately designed incentives in an attempt to induce truthfulness, cooperation, volunteerism, high-quality effort or other desirable behaviors.