Benjamin Waber
MIT Media Lab > Human Dynamics Group



Biography:

I'm a a doctoral candidate and Highlands and Islands Enterprise Fellow in the Human Dynamics Group at the MIT Media Lab, and my advisor is Prof. Alex (Sandy) Pentland. I'm also a Research Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in the Program for Networked Governance. I'm currently studying how real time data flows can be used to rethink management of people, physical architecture, corporate planning, and training, among other things.

I received my BA and MA in Computer Science in four years from Boston University in 2006. During this time I was a member of the Image and Video Computation Group. I received a minor in Japanese, and I studied abroad in Japan for one semester during my Junior year at the Kyoto Center for Japanese Studies (now the Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies). I have also enjoyed working at various research labs in Japan, including Hitachi's Central Research Laboratory and Ricoh's Central Research Laboratory.

My work has been featured in many major outlets, and a selected listing can be found in my CV. I have also consulted for industry leaders such as LG, McKinsey & Company, and Gartner on technology trends, social networks, and organizational design.

My current research interests include dynamic organizational design, organizational behavior, social networks, sensor networks, prediction mechanisms, and information flow.

My wife Rebecca Waber was also in the Media Lab in Dan Ariely's E-Rationality Group, and now works at Innosight.

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