Home People David Sontag People FacultyFaculty AI+DFaculty CSFaculty EEFaculty EmeritusLecturers Leadership Staff Instructors Hermann L. F. von Helmholtz Professor in EECS and in IMES, [AI+D] dsontag@mit.edu (617) 253-9757 Office: 32-G464 Website Research Areas AI for Healthcare and Life SciencesArtificial Intelligence + Machine LearningNatural Language and Speech Processing Latest News More News January 3, 2024 Automated system teaches users when to collaborate with an AI assistant MIT researchers develop a customized onboarding process that helps a human learn when a model’s advice is trustworthy. February 16, 2022 Department of EECS announces 2022 Promotions The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) is proud to announce the following promotions: Adam Belay is being promoted to Associate Professor Without Tenure, effective July... January 19, 2022 When should someone trust an AI assistant’s predictions? Researchers have created a method to help workers collaborate with artificial intelligence systems. May 21, 2021 New system cleans messy data tables automatically With just 50 lines of code, the program spots and fixes likely errors. July 26, 2019 Want to know what software-driven health care looks like? This class offers some clues An EECS-based course that combines machine learning and health care explores the promise of applying artificial intelligence to medicine.