Alex "Sandy" Pentland

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Alex "Sandy" Pentland, Stanford University

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Alex "Sandy" Pentland Biography

Alex 'Sandy' Pentland is a world-renowned computational scientist, data scientist, and professor at MIT and Stanford; recognized as one of the most-cited scientists in his field. Named one of the “100 People to Watch This Century” by Newsweek and “one of the seven most powerful data scientists in the world” by Forbes, he is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering, an advisor to Abu Dhabi Investment Authority Lab, an advisor to the UN Secretary General’s office, and on the board of the Boston Global Forum. His work has helped manage privacy and security for the world’s digital networks by establishing authentication standards, protect personal privacy by contributing to the pioneering EU privacy law, and provide healthcare support for hundreds of millions of people worldwide through both for-profit and not-for-profit companies. His research groups have launched dozens of startups in health, security, finance, and computing that impact most adults in the world.