MIT Connection Science


  • Alex “Sandy” Pentland

    Alex “Sandy” Pentland

    Faculty Director

    Alex “Sandy” Pentland is founding faculty director of the MIT Connection Science Research Initiative, which uses network science to access and change real-world human behavior.  He is a Stanford HAI… Read More

  • Hossein Rahnama

    Hossein Rahnama

    Visting Professor and Founding Connection Science Fellow

    Hossein Rahnama is a computer scientist and an academic entrepreneur. As a visiting professor at the MIT Media Lab and professor at Ryerson University, where he co-founded Ryerson DMZ, his… Read More

  • Thomas Hardjono

    Thomas Hardjono

    Technology Officer

    Thomas Hardjono is the CTO of Connection Science and Engineering. He leads technical projects and initiatives around identity, security and data privacy, and engages industry partners and sponsors on these… Read More

  • Wilson D’Souza

    Wilson D’Souza

    Senior Founding MIT Connection Science Fellow

    Wilson D’Souza is Senior Founding MIT Connection Science Fellow and founding member and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Akoya, a startup transforming the way consumers share their data by providing them… Read More