Mark Hansen is a Professor of Statistics at UCLA, and Co-PI at the Center for Embedded Networked Sensing. He holds courtesy appointments in the Departments of Design/Media Art and Electrical Engineering, UCLA. Mr. Hansen is currently serving on the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Human and Environmental Exposure Science in the 21st Century. As a member of the Research and Development Group at the New York Times he looks at how social media helps (re)distribute Times content. He started his career at Bell Laboratories. Given that background, his work tends to be grounded in applications. He often finds himself analyzing large, complex data streams – the context varies from environmental monitoring to the mechanics of information technologies.
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