The MIT Human Dynamics Laboratory
We have invented the technology of reality mining, which uses sensor data to extract subtle patterns that predict future human behavior. These predictive patterns begin with "honest signals," human behaviors that evolved from ancient primate signaling mechanisms, and which are major factors in human decision making in everything from job interviews to first dates. By using data from mobile phones, electronic ID badges, or digital media to track these honest signals, we can create a "god's eye" view of how the people interact, and even "see" the rhythms of interaction for everyone in a city. Management insights based on Honest Signals were Named a "Breakthrough Idea of 2009" by Harvard Business Review, and Reality Mining was declared "a technology poised to change the world" by Technology Review.
Overview Publications Global IT Report (pdf), World Economic Forum Health Whitepaper (pdf), RWJF Sloan Mgmt Review: Honest Signals (pdf) Computational Social Science (pdf) Technical Publications Publications and Technical Reports Recent Press Harvard Business Review (pdf) Nature (pdf) Newsweek (pdf) The New York Times Videos World Economic Forum Understanding Your Company Reality Mining Honest Signals Sensible Organizations OohLaLa Projects To Get Involved With Sociometric Badges Reality Mining Influence Modeling Honest Signals	Participating Centers MIT Center for Collective Intelligence MIT Center for Digital Business Stanford CHIMe Lab Helsinki Tech Software Institute ASU AME Program Supporting Organizations Humana Innovation Laboratory BT Exact Technologies Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Microsoft Research Nokia Research Telmex MIT Center for Future Banking MIT Lincoln Laboratory Hitachi Research Laboratories US National Science Foundation US National Institutes of Health US DARPA (Aptima) Canadian IDRC European Research Council Collaborating Organizations World Economic Forum The Club of Rome	Core Members Prof. Alex Pentland, Director Joost Bonsen, Lecturer Wen Dong, PhD Candidate Taemie Kim, PhD Candidate Anmol Madan, PhD Candidate Ankur Mani, PhD Candidate Daniel Olguin-Olguin, PhD Candidate Galen Pickard, PhD Candidate Ben Waber, PhD Candidate Iolanthe Chronis, MS Candidate Alumni View full list Collaborating Faculty Prof. Erik Brynjolfsson, MIT Prof. Win Burleson, ASU Dr. Leo Burd, MSR Prof. T. Choudhury, Dartmouth Dr. John Clippinger, Harvard Dr. Mary Czerwinski, MSR Dr. N. Eagle, Santa Fe Institute Dr. Peter Gloor, MIT Prof. Tony Jebara, Columbia Prof. Dan Jurafsky, Stanford Prof. Prof. Casper Lassenius, Helsinki Prof. David Lazer, Harvard KSG Prof. Tom Malone, MIT Prof. Cliff Nass, Stanford Prof. Maja Pantic, Imperial