The Electron and the Bit; Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1902-2002

xv, [1], 376 pages. Illustrations. Index. Format is approximately 9.25 inches and 12.25 inches. DJ has small scuff at front. John Guttag is the Dugald C. Jackson Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at MIT. He leads the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory's Data Driven Inference Group. The group uses advanced machine learning and computer vision to improve outcomes in medicine, finance, and sports. Current research projects include prediction and reduction of adverse medical events, matching patients to therapies and providers, and medical imaging. Professor Guttag has also done research, published, and lectured in the areas of sports analytics, financial analytics, software defined radios, software engineering, mechanical theorem proving, and hardware verification. From January of 1999 through August of 2004, Professor Guttag served as Head of MIT's Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department. The story of the development and innovation of the most prestigious engineering school department in the world release as part of MIT World Series: EECS Centennial Celebration. It was a long (nearly three year) process to complete the hearty compendium of significant electrical engineering and computer science developments as they were advanced over that span by members of the Department. Members of the book committee, including Fernando Corbató, Robert Fano, Paul Gray, Paul Penfield, and Frank Reintjes.…