Sandy Pentland

Leadership
It is not simply the brightest who have the best ideas; it is those who are best at harvesting ideas from others. It is not only the most determined who drive change; it is those who most fully engage with like-minded people. And it is not wealth or prestige that best motivates people; it is respect and help from peers.
Areas of Research

Lead Faculty, Stanford Digital Economy Lab | Center Fellow, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI)

Contact
profalex@stanford.edu
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Alex “Sandy” Pentland is HAI Center Fellow and faculty lead for digital society at Stanford HAI and the Stanford Digital Economy Lab. He is Toshiba Professor at MIT, member of US National Academies, Advisor to Abu Dhabi Investment Authority Lab, and formerly advisory board member at UN Secretary General’s office, Google, ATT, Telefonica, and elsewhere. Spin-off companies and open source systems from his lab manage authentication of most digital transactions in the world, media for roughly 1B people in far east, and health resources for roughly 0.5B people in the indopacific. His current focus is on problems and opportunities in using AI to improve our social institutions.

Academic Appointments
  • Center Fellow, Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
Honors & Awards
  • Lifetime Achievement Award, AI for Better World, MIT Alumni Association (2020)
  • Keynote speaker, AI for a better society, US Academy of Engineering (Summer 2022)
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