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Prof. Alex "Sandy" Pentland

Professor Alex "Sandy" Pentland

Professor Alex "Sandy" Pentland is among the most-cited scientists in the world, and was named by Newsweek as one of 100 Americans likely to shape this century. He has founded more than a dozen companies and social institutions, including many in the developing world. Currently, he directs the MIT Human Dynamics Lab and the Media Lab Entrepreneurship Program.  Pentland recently collaborated on the book Honest Signals: How they shape our world, with award-winning science writer, clinical psychologist and PhD, Tracy Heibeck. The book was published by MIT Press in 2008.


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