Michael Steinbrecher & Rolf Schumann 
Update (engl.) 
Why the data revolution affects us all

Big Data is changing all aspects of our lives. In tune with the current debate, the authors develop positive and negative scenarios reflecting individual facets of life. The advantages and disadvantages of our world of data are illustrated in numerous case studies. In extensive interviews, actors from the worlds of politics, science, journalism and business have their say.

Sobre el autor

Prof. Dr. Michael Steinbrecher is a multi-award-winning television journalist (incl. the Grimme Award). Since 2009 he has been working as a professor for television and cross-media journalism at the Institute for Journalism at the Technical University of Dortmund. His main areas of research include big data.

Rolf Schumann embodies technology with entrepreneurship and is a renowned expert in innovation topics. He played a key role in establishing and expanding the cleantech startup Better Place and is now responsible for the Office of the CTO at the software company SAP in his capacity as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Head of Innovation for the EMEA, Central and Eastern Europe region.