Mark Henry Hansen
Mark Henry Hansen | |
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Hansen at a Wikipedia event in 2024 | |
| Born | 1964 (age 60–61) Petaluma, California, U.S. |
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| Fields | Statistics |
| Institutions | Brown Institute for Media Innovation, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism |
| Doctoral advisor | Charles Joel Stone |
| Doctoral students | Nathan Yau |
Mark Henry Hansen (born 1964) is an American statistician, professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and Director of the David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute for Media Innovation. His special interest is the intersection of data, art and technology. He adopts an interdisciplinary approach to data science, drawing on various branches of applied mathematics, information theory and new media arts. Within the field of journalism, Hansen has promoted computational literacy for journalists.