Meet the Speaker: Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland
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Hayek-Saal
Plenary
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in englischer SpracheYou are intrigued by Sandy Pentland’s work on social physics, big data and privacy questions? You have questions you always wanted to ask one of the most cited computer scientists and entrepreneurs in this world? Join the “Meet the Speaker” with Sandy Pentland right after the plenum and go more in-depth into the world of big data and what it teaches us about behaviour.
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Dr. Alex 'Sandy' PENTLAND
Professor, MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
| 1981-1986 | Lecturer and Research Scientist, Stanford University, Stanford; SRI - Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, CA |
| since 1986 | Professor, MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA |
| 1995-2000 | Academic Head, MIT Media Lab, MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA |
| since 2000 | MIT Media Lab Entrepreneurship Program Director, MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA |
| 2007-2015 | Co-Lead, Big Data, Privacy, Development, World Economic Forum, Cologny |
| since 2014 | Chair, Advisory Board, AT&T Inc., Dallas, TX |
M.Sc. Philippe NARVAL
General Secretary, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna
| 1994-1996 | Scholarship holder/Student, Lester B. Pearson United World College, Victoria |
| 1996-1997 | National Service/Gedenkdienst, Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial, Jerusalem |
| 1997-1998 | Community Service Coordinator, American International School, Cochabamba |
| 1998-2003 | BA, King's College, London |
| 2000-2001 | Exchange Year, Universidade de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte |
| 2003-2004 | Exhibition Coordinator, Künstlerhaus Wien |
| 2004-2005 | Programme Manager, Concordia, Chisinau |
| 2005-2010 | Programme Officer, Light for the World, Vienna |
| 2010-2011 | MSc, University of Oxford |
| since 2012 | General Secretary, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna |
