Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work and Think

Viktor Mayer–Schönberger

Tuesday, 11 Nov 2014 at 8:00 pm – Great Hall, Memorial Union

Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, a visionary thinker and entrepreneur, is coauthor of Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work and Think. Best known for his ground-breaking research into the role of information in the networked economy, Mayer-Schönberger is a professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at Oxford University's Internet Institute and author of eight books, including Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age. Founder of the data security company Ikarus Software in his native Austria, he advises governments, businesses and NGOs on information innovation. He is also affiliated with the Belfer Center of Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, and the author of over a hundred articles and book chapters on the governance of information. National Affairs Series on Innovation Keynote

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After successes in the International Physics Olympics and the Austrian Young Programmers Contest, Dr.Mayer-Schönberger studied law in Salzburg (Mag.iur, '88, Dr.iur '91), Cambridge (UK) and Harvard (LL.M. '89). In 1992 he received a M.Sc. (Econ) from the London School of Economics. In 1986 he founded Ikarus Software, a company focusing on data security and developed the Virus Utilities, which became the best-selling Austrian software product, and has received numerous awards for innovation and entrepreneurship.He has chaired the Rueschlikon Conference on Information Policy in the New Economy, bringing together leading strategists and decision-makers of the new economy. He is the cofounder of the SubTech conference and from 2003-2006 served on the ABA/AALS National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists. He is a frequent public speaker, and sought expert for print and broadcast media worldwide. He is on the boards of foundations, think tanks and organizations focused on studying the foundations of the information economy, and advises governments, businesses and NGOs on new economy and information society issues.

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