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Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page. He helped create and direct mits media laboratory, the media lab asia laboratories at the indian institutes of technology, and strong hospitals center for future health. Alex paul sandy pentland born 1951 is an american computer scientist, the toshiba. Last year, for instance, pentlands lab put sociometers on 80 employees at a bank of america call center in rhode island. They argued that a living lab represents a usercentric research methodology for sensing, prototyping, validating and refining complex solutions in multiple and. Alex pentland directs mits human dynamics laboratory and the mit media lab. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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