Eric Schmidt
Humanitas Visiting Professor in Media 2013*
As executive chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt is responsible for the external matters of Google as well as advising the CEO and senior leadership. From 2001-2011, he served as Google’s chief executive officer, overseeing the company’s technical and business strategy alongside founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page.
Prior to joining Google, Eric was the chairman and CEO of Novell and chief technology officer at Sun Microsystems, Inc. Previously, he served on the research staff at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), Bell Laboratories and Zilog. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Princeton University as well as a master’s degree and Ph.D. in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley.
*The Humanitas Chair in Media has been made possible by the generous support of the Blavatnik Family Foundation
Further free lectures (no need to book):
The Future of States in the Digital Age and the Balkanisation of the Internet
Tuesday, 29 Jan 2013
The Future of Conflict, Combat, and Intervention
Wednesday, 30 Jan 2013
Conculding symposium (free but please register here):
Connectivity and the Diffusion of Power
Thursday, 31 Jan 2013
Reproduced courtesy of the University of Cambridge
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