CONTENTS
Departments
TRENDS
6 Meet the Data Ethicist
10 Taking AI to the Humanities
14 Guardians of the Rainforest
10
ISSUE
2
VOICES
20 The New Frontiers of Computing
By Bask Iyer, Dell Technologies and VMware
CIO and GM for Edge Computing/IoT
82 GDPR, A Year In
By Margaret Franco, Senior VP
EMEA Marketing, Dell Technologies
RESEARCH
24 Embracing a Digital Future
A survey of 4,600 global leaders on
the status of digital transformation
THE INTERVIEW
26 Welcome to the Data Era
A conversation with John Roese,
Dell Technologies Chief Technology Officer
HISTORY
78 A Short History of Artificial Intelligence
Can AI’s roots predict its future success?
THE STORY
86 Preserving History on Earth... and Beyond
A look at how NASA’s mission data
is archived for all
THE LIST
92 Four Big Promises of 5G
By Liam Quinn, Dell Technologies
Senior VP and Senior Fellow
PHOTO (LEFT) COURTESY OF CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY; (TOP RIGHT) COURTESY OF MCLAREN APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES; (BOTTOM RIGHT) BY NOAH BERGER