Neil Gershenfeld is the Director of MIT's centre for Bits and Atoms, and the former director of its famed Media Lab. The author of numerous technical publications, patents, and books, including When Things Start to Think, he has been featured in media such as the New York Times, The Economist, CNN, and PBS. He lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.

• Preface -- Section 1. Description of the Data Sets -- Section II. Time Series Prediction -- Section III. Time Series Analysis and Characterization -- Section IV. Practice and Promise -- Appendix: Accessing the Server -- Biography -- Index.