Alex Pentland
ProfessorAlex"Sandy"PentlanddirectstheMITConnectionScienceandHumanDynamicslabsandpreviouslyhelpedcreateanddirecttheMITMediaLabandtheMediaLabAsiainIndia.Heisoneofthemost-citedscientistsintheworld,andForbesrecentlydeclaredhimoneofthe"7mostpowerfuldatascientistsintheworld"alongwithGooglefoundersandtheChiefTechnicalOfficeroftheUnitedStates.HehasreceivednumerousawardsandprizessuchastheMcKinseyAwardfromHarvardBusinessReview,the40thAnniversaryoftheInternetfromDARPA,andtheBrandeisAwardforworkinprivacy.HeisafoundingmemberofadvisoryboardsforGoogle,AT&T,Nissan,andtheUNSecretaryGeneral,aserialentrepreneurwhohasco-foundedmorethanadozencompaniesincludingsocialenterprisessuchastheDataTransparencyLab,theHarvard-ODI-MITDataPopAllianceandtheInstituteforDataDrivenDesign.HeisamemberoftheU.S.NationalAcademyofEngineeringandleaderwithintheWorldEconomicForum.OvertheyearsSandyhasadvisedmorethan60PhDstudents.Almosthalfarenowtenuredfacultyatleadinginstitutions,withanotherone-quarterleadingindustryresearchgroupsa