# Prof. Sinan Aral Speaks about Influence in Networks at Data Gotham 2012

Business and Policy Leader Events

— 9/14/2012

Prof. Sinan Aral, Assistant Professor of Information, Operations and Management Sciences

[Sinan Aral](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/sinan-aral), Assistant Professor of Information, Operations and Management Sciences, ([@sinanaral](http://twitter.com/sinanaral)) recently spoke at Data Gotham 2012 where he made one pitch: to be doing more causal influence in data sets, particularly in networks.

<http://www.youtube.com/embed/JmajkTKlEqw>

[Steven E. Koonin](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/steven-koonin), founding Director of NYU's Center for Urban Science and Progress, also spoke at Data Gotham.