Matthew P. Daggett

Matthew P. Daggett is a technical staff member in the Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Systems Group at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. His research focuses on using operations research and computational social science methods to analyze complex sociotechnical systems in order to conduct experiments, build and evaluate prototypes, and create data-driven interventions that bring about organizational and societal advancement. His primary area of investigation focuses on the design and employment of decision support systems, where he explores the complexities of human-system integration and organizational adoption; human performance, trust, and reliance on technical augmentation; and the potential ethical, privacy, and societal implications of the use of technology. He has mastery in a diverse range of technical disciplines, including natural language processing, computer vision, and data visualization, and is nationally recognized for his expertise in the use of technology to counter human exploitation, including testimony before the United States Congress.

He joined MIT in 2005 and holds a BS degree in electrical engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.