Juan Carlos De Martin

Full professor of computer engineering at the Polytechnic University of Turin

Juan Carlos De Martin is a full professor of computer engineering at the Polytechnic University of Turin, where he co-directs the Nexa Center on Internet and Society (established in 2006). He is also a Faculty Associate at Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. In 2019 he ideated and organized "Biennale Tecnologia, a cultural festival on technology and society, of which he curated, with Luca De Biase, the first four editions.

De Martin is a member of the Academy of Sciences of Turin, of the Scientific Council of the Italian Encyclopedia and of the Scientific Committees of Biennale Democrazia and BergamoScienza. He was also been a member of the Study Commission on Internet Rights (2014-2018) established by the President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, an expert for Italy's Prime Minister Office, a member of several Ministerial Expert committees and an expert for the European Commission.

Author of over 170 scientific publications, De Martin authored the books "Università futura: tra democrazia e bit" (2017) and "Contro lo smartphone: per una tecnologia più democratica" (2023; an updated and expanded edition will be published in English by Pluto Press in 2027 under the title: “The Compulsory Machine: Power, Exploitation, and the Fight for a Democratic Smartphone”.)

Full professor of computer engineering at the Polytechnic University of Turin