Kenneth Cukier

Kenneth Neil Cukier (born 1968) is an American journalist and author of books on technology and society. He is best known for his work at The Economist and the book Big Data: A Revolution that Will Transform How We Work, Live and Think,[1] coauthored with Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2013.

The book was a New York Times bestseller, translated into 21 languages and a finalist for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award.[2] The pair published a follow-on work in 2014, Learning With Big Data: The Future of Education.[3]

He has also written for The New York Times, Financial Times, Foreign Affairs and other publications. He was technology editor of the Wall Street Journal Asia edition in Hong Kong in 2001. In 1999 he coined the term "Frenchelon" to describe the French government's surveillance capabilities.[4]

In 2008 he was named to the board of directors of International Bridges to Justice.[5] In 2015 he joined the board of The Open String Foundation,[6] which provides classical instruments to disadvantaged children. In 2016 he was elected as a trustee of Chatham House,[7] a British international affairs institute. He received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Cukier, Kenneth (March 5, 2013). Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think (1st ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 256. ISBN 978-0544002692.
  2. ↑ Andrew Hill (September 18, 2013). "Finalists that are worthy of a bruising debate". Financial Times. Retrieved September 21, 2013. https://www.ft.com/content/fe6ced92-2091-11e3-9a9a-00144feab7de#axzz2fXzwqqic
  3. ↑ Cukier, Kenneth (2014). Learning with Big Data: The Future of Education. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 9780544355507.
  4. ↑ From "Spies Like Us," Wall Street Journal Europe, March 30, 2000. http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB9543629505575888
  5. ↑ IBJ board of directors http://www.ibj.org/meet-ibj/board/board-of-directors/
  6. ↑ The Open String Foundation board of directors http://www.theopenstringfoundation.org/our-team/
  7. ↑ Chatham House Council https://www.chathamhouse.org/about/council-and-directors
  8. ↑ "Wittenberg University To Recognize Alumni During 2016 Commencement Exercises". Wittenberg University.

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