Mark Hansen is Professor of Statistics and the Vice-Chair for Graduate Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is also co-principal investigator for the US-based Center for Embedded Sensing, studying the impact of new micro-sensing technologies. In 1987 he gained a BSc in Applied Mathematics from UC Davis and in 1994 a PhD in Statistics from UC Berkeley. He and collaborator Ben Rubin were awarded the Ars Electronica Golden Nica for Interactive Art for Listening Post in 2004, as well as a Webby Award in 2003. Their work has been exhibited in the New York Times Building and at the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid.