CRCS Seminar: How Social Networks Shape Human Behavior
Prof. Alex `Sandy’ Pentland, MIT Human Dynamics Lab
CRCS Lunch Seminar
Date: Monday, November 15, 2010
Time: 11:30am – 1:-00pm
Place: Maxwell Dworkin 119
Speaker: Prof. Alex `Sandy’ Pentland, MIT Human Dynamics Lab
Title: How Social Networks Shape Human Behavior
Abstract: We have developed robust models of how social network dynamics shape human behavior. These models are constructed by use of data collected by my research group’s unique `reality mining’ sensor platforms, which allow us to track the behavior of hundreds of people in great detail and over long periods of time. The resulting models bring into question traditional ideas about group selection in evolution, the role of trust in society, the nature of social learning, and economic mechanism design.