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 Sachiko Muto in 2021 | |
| Born | May 1975 [1] |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Education | University of Toronto, London School of Economics |
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Sachiko Muto (born in 1975) is a Swedish academic and open source advocate.
Sachiko Muto | |
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| Sachiko Muto in 2021 | |
| Born | May 1975 [1] |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Education | University of Toronto, London School of Economics |
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Sachiko Muto (born in 1975) is a Swedish academic and open source advocate.
Muto completed a bachelor's degree in international relations and political science at the University of Toronto in 2000. In 2002, she completed a master's degree in European politics and policy at the London School of Economics. [2]
Muto started her career in European affairs as an intern at Directorate-General for Research and Innovation. [3]
Subsequently, she worked for ten years in policy making in Brussels before moving to California. [2]
Muto's area of research is social and political implications of technological change. [4] More specifically her ingoing research at the Delft University is focusing on the role of standards from this perspective. She was previously a researcher with UC Berkeley, from 2012 to 2014. [2] [5]
Muto is also a senior researcher at RISE in Sweden. [6] She is a frequent commentator on the question of impact of standards on the environment. [7]
Muto joined OpenForum Europe in 2007. [5] [6] She was advocating for open standards in the context of the Microsoft antitrust case in 2008. [8]
In 2016, Muto became the CEO of OpenForum Europe, replacing the founder Graham Taylor. [9] [7]
In her role, she argued for focusing investment in Europe on open source software to preserve the competitiveness of the continent. [10]
In 2022, Muto welcomed the creation of Linux Foundation Europe, to reinforce the advocates of open source in the EU. [11] She put forward the importance of open source in fostering a culture of collaboration in Europe. [11] According to Muto, investment in open source software would contribute to more growth and could put Europe in a leadership position. [12] Muto in particular called on the European Commission to assume a more assertive role in coordinating the efforts to develop open source. [13] From the perspective of users Muto, expressed concerns about privacy that would be best ensured through open source, because it offers the potential to mitigate the power of Big Tech. [14]
Muto lived in Belgium and the UK. She lived for five years in Cupertino, US before returning to Belgium in 2016 together with her family. [15]
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