Matthew L. Jones Explained

Matthew Laurence Jones (born 1972) is a professor of the history of science and technology. He is an academic on history as well as data science and cybersecurity. From 2000 to 2023, Jones was employed as a professor by Columbia University; he joined Princeton as Smith Family Professor of History in 2023.

Early life and education

Matthew Laurence Jones^[1] was born in 1972^[2] and raised in Reno, Nevada.^[3] He attended Harvard University, graduating with a B.A. in 1994 and later attended the University of Cambridge, receiving an M.Phil. in 1995. He returned to Harvard for his Ph.D., which he received in 2000.^[4]

Career and research

Jones joined the faculty of Columbia University in 2000, where he served as James R. Barker Professor of Contemporary Civilization. In 2023, he joined Princeton as Smith Family Professor of History.^{[5] [6]}

As a history professor, Jones is also an academic in the fields of data science^[7] and cybersecurity.^[8] He has published widely on big data,^[9] surveillance,^[10] and artificial intelligence.^[11]

Awards

While at Columbia, Jones received a Guggenheim Fellowship (2012),^[12] a Mellon Foundation New Directions Fellowship (2012),^[13] an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant,^{[14] [15]} and multiple grants from the National Science Foundation.^{[16] [17]} Jones is also a Future Flourishing Fellow of CIFAR.^[18]

Publications

Books include: The Good Life in the Scientific Revolution (2006), Reckoning with Matter (2016), and How Data Happened (2023).^[19]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Matthew Laurence Jones . 2024-07-14 . Research With Princeton . . en.
2. Web site: 2024-05-11 . Jones, Matthew L. (Matthew Laurence), 1972– . 2024-07-14 . LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies . The Library of Congress.
3. Web site: Professor Jones . 2024-07-14 . Columbia College and Columbia Engineering . . en.
4. Web site: September 1, 2023 . Jones, Matthew L. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20240412154126/https://history.columbia.edu/person/jones-matthew-l/ . Apr 12, 2024 . Jul 14, 2024 . Department of History . Columbia University.
5. Web site: Apr 11, 2024 . Matthew Jones (0000-0002-6163-9401) . 2024-07-14 . ORCID Registry . ORCID.
6. Web site: Feb 2, 2023 . Faculty members named to endowed professorships . 2024-07-14 . Office of the Dean of the Faculty . . en.
7. Web site: Matthew L. Jones . 2024-07-14 . The Data Science Institute at Columbia University . . en-US.
8. Web site: Security vs. Security: AI and the Golden Age of Signals Intelligence . 2024-07-14 . Information Security Office . . en.
9. Web site: Magee . Phoebe . Winter 2014–2015 . A Secret History . 2024-07-14 . Columbia Magazine . . en.
10. Web site: (Online) Entre Nous: Data’s Human History with Chris Wiggins and Matthew Jones . 2024-07-14 . Events . . en-US.
11. Web site: Penn . Jonnie . 2021-06-30 . Dr Matthew Jones . 2024-07-14 . Histories of Artificial Intelligence: A Genealogy of Power . . en.
12. Web site: Matthew L. Jones . 2024-07-14 . Fellows . . en.
13. Web site: Jan 1, 2023 . New Directions Fellowships Recipients . 2024-07-14 . New Directions . . en.
14. Web site: Columbia University . 2024-07-14 . Grants . . en.
15. Book: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: 2014 Annual Report . . 2024-07-14.
16. Web site: Award # 0551849: Scholar's Award – The Matter of Calculation: Early Modern Calculating Machines, Statecraft and Thinking about Thinking . 2024-07-14 . NSF Award Search . National Science Foundation.
17. Web site: Award # 1829357: Doctoral Dissertation Research: Recovering the Polyvalent Genealogies of Machine Learning, 1948–2017 . 2024-07-14 . NSF Award Search . National Science Foundation.
18. Web site: Matthew L. Jones . 2024-07-14 . Fellows & Advisors . . en-US.
19. Web site: Matthew L. Jones . 2024-07-14 . Department of History . . en.