MIT Sloan
Executive Education Faculty
Alex Pentland
Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences
Director, Human Dynamics Lab
Director, MIT Media Lab Entrepreneurship Program
School of Architecture and Planning
School of Engineering
Alex `Sandy' Pentland directs MIT's Human Dynamics Laboratory and the MIT Media Lab Entrepreneurship Program, and advises the World Economic Forum, Nissan Motor Corporation, and a variety of start-up firms.
Sandy is among the most-cited computational scientists in the world, and a pioneer in computational social science, organizational engineering, and mobile computing...
Read More»Alex `Sandy' Pentland directs MIT's Human Dynamics Laboratory and the MIT Media Lab Entrepreneurship Program, and advises the World Economic Forum, Nissan Motor Corporation, and a variety of start-up firms.
Sandy is among the most-cited computational scientists in the world, and a pioneer in computational social science, organizational engineering, and mobile computing.
He has won numerous international awards in the arts, sciences, and engineering; in 1999 he was chosen by Newsweek as one of the "100 Americans Most Likely to Shape the Next Century," in 2009 he won DARPA's 40th Anniversary of the Internet Grand Challenge, and in 2011 he was named one of the "world's seven top data scientists" by Tim O'Reilly in Forbes magazine.
His research has been featured in Nature, Science, the World Economic Forum, and Harvard Business Review, as well as being the focus of TV features including Nova and Scientific American Frontiers. His most recent book is Honest Signals, published by MIT Press. Close«
Website: http://web.media.mit.edu/~sandy/
Group(s):
Human dynamics
Research Center(s):
MIT Media Lab
General Expertise:
big data; business analytics; social networks; technology; computer science; organizational engineering; mobile information systems; computational social science
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Office: E15-387
Tel: 617-253-0648
Fax: 617-258-6264
Email: pentland@mit.edu
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Programs Taught By This Faculty
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Management and Leadership
Advanced Certificate for Senior Executives
May 28-June 28, 2013
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Management and Leadership
October 15-16, 2013
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Management and Leadership
Big Data: Making Complex Things Simpler
October 15-16, 2013
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Management and Leadership
Leading Change in Complex Organizations
May 18-23, 2014
Our Programs
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Managing Complex Technical Projects
June 05-06, 2013 | November 05-06, 2013
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June 13-14, 2013 | November 14-15, 2013
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September 08-13, 2013 | March 23-28, 2014 | September 07-12, 2014
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