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Extrapolating from Italian data, University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory data scientists estimate that the fatality rate for COVID-19 is higher than some recent estimates have suggested.

Hany Farid is conducting a major survey to find out how far COVID-19 online conspiracy theories have penetrated the population. The EECS and I School professor ultimately aims to develop strategies to stop misinformation about COVID-19 before it settles into people’s minds.

Accenture Applied Intelligence and the Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) are building a strategic relationship to further the field of data science. This collaboration aims to explore major social and scientific challenges, such as ethical AI, biomedicine, and environmental sustainability in California.

The Data Science Education Program is excited to host a series of online resources and virtual events to welcome our newly admitted students. If you are interested in learning more about Data Science at Cal, please explore our Cal Week events from April 18-24!

In this video conversation, Jennifer Chayes, associate provost of the Division of Computing, Data Science, and Society and dean of the School of Information, speaks with three UC Berkeley faculty about how data can be used to combat racial health disparities, rather than perpetuate them.

Berkeley's Computing and Data Science in Action Join us this Tuesday, April 21 for Understanding and Seeking Equity amid COVID-19 , a conversation with UC Berkeley researchers leveraging computing and data science to support COVID-19 response and recovery. Emerging data show the COVID-19 pandemic is amplifying socioeconomic disparities as the coronavirus advances across the country and the world. In this interactive conversation, three faculty researchers...

From understanding the impacts of public health interventions on fighting COVID-19 to seeking out new drug targets and vaccines to studying the virus’s possible effects on the 2020 U.S. presidential election, UC Berkeley researchers are using the tools of data science to solve some of the most pressing challenges posed by the pandemic. In a live webcast on Tuesday, April 7, an interdisciplinary cast of...

Ollie Downs has been awarded the Paul Fasana LGBTQ Studies Fellowship for their strong commitment to LGBTQ equality in data science. The Paul Fasana LGBTQ Studies Fellowship supports graduate students at the School of Information whose research interests or studies are related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer studies in any field or discipline.

Berkeley's Computing and Data Science In Action Join us this Tuesday, April 7 for Creating Informed Responses: Berkeley's Computing and Data Science In Action, a conversation with UC Berkeley researchers leveraging computing and data science to blunt the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and support a robust recovery. This video event will feature Berkeley experts who are at the center of these critical efforts , which include...

Our prime concern is for students' health and fundamental well-being and academic learning. And we want to assure our students that throughout this tumultuous time, we commit to helping you in any way that we can. Please take special care of your whole selves – get plenty of rest, follow the general guidelines for illness prevention, and check in with yourself to monitor your emotional...