Ilya Utekhin

SPb European University, Professor

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Ilya Utekhin is a Professor of the Department of Anthropology at the European University of Saint Petersburg.

Ilya is a person combining profound academic approach with modern hi-tech startup methodology.

 

 

While developing theory, including ethnography of communication, anthropology of technology, new media studies and human-computer interaction, Ilya acts as key advisor of startups with high imprint of Data Science, focusing on news processing, search engines, chatbots and even blockchain-related sentiment.

Some of the questions that Ilya is the right person to discuss with:

• Smart devices and their impact on human environment
• Cultural and geographical aspects of human-computer interaction
• Customer development and Persona mapping
• Questions and fears on technological progress: Does Internet make human cruel or stupid? Will rise of the machines take place?  Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?