Prof. John V Guttag

Dugald C Jackson Professor of Computer Science and Engineering

Primary DLC

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

MIT Room: 32-G966

Areas of Interest and Expertise

Applications of Networked and Mobile Systems
Advanced Software-Based Medical Instrumentation and Decision Systems
Bluetooth Scatternets (Blueware)
Application of Machine Learning and Data Mining Techniques to Large Data Sets, Especially Medical Data Sets
Application of Computer Vision to Medicine
Sports Analytics
Big Data
Healthcare: Value-Based, Triple Aim, Future Models

Research Summary

Professor Guttag does his research in the Laboratory for Computer Science, where he is co-leader of the Networks and Mobile Systems Group. This group studies issues related to computer networks, applications of networked and mobile systems, and advanced software-based medical instrumentation systems. Professor Guttag has also done research, published, and lectured in the areas of software engineering, mechanical theorem proving, hardware verification, compilation, software radios, and medical computing.

Recent Work

  • Video

    John Guttag - 2018 Japan Conference

    February 2, 2018Conference Video Duration: 41:54

    Transforming Healthcare Using Machine Learning

    Many poor healthcare outcomes and the majority of wasted healthcare spending can be attributed to bad decision making. It is widely accepted that decision support systems are needed to address this issue, and that machine learning has a key role to play in constructing such systems. However, learning to predict the impact of care decisions is made challenging by the need to scale out to complex populations being managed for complex diseases across complex care networks. We will present some recent work that addresses these challenges.

    Machine Learning Medicine

    June 27, 2016MIT Faculty Feature Duration: 22:51

    John Guttag
    MIT Dugald C. Jackson Professor of Computer Science & Engineering