Maria Bezaitis: Why we need strangeness
Maria Bezaitis: Il sorprendente bisogno dell'estraneità
A principal engineer at Intel, Maria Bezaitis focuses on how constellations of personal data can form new business models. Full bio
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Maria Bezaitis - Computer engineerA principal engineer at Intel, Maria Bezaitis focuses on how constellations of personal data can form new business models.
Why you should listen
Maria Bezaitis examines the social and cultural landscape, charting new directions for technology innovation within it. At Intel, her work focuses on personal data and how it develops relationally – and what this will mean in terms of new business models, the development of new devices and interfaces, and the creation of better security technologies.
Maria joined Intel in June 2006 to direct the People and Practices Research Group. She also played a leadership role at the cutting-edge social research and design organizations, E-Lab and Sapient Corporation. A longtime literature student, Bezaitis finished her Ph.D at Duke University in French Literature.
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