Mycin is an early AI program developed in the 1970s by Edward Shortliffe and his team at Stanford University. It was designed to help diagnose and treat bacterial infections, particularly meningitis, by using a rule-based system that analyzed patient symptoms and medical history to suggest appropriate antibiotic treatments.

• Healthcare
• Medical diagnostics
• Antibiotic treatment recommendation
• Artificial intelligence in medicine
• Data analysis for medical conditions
• Biomedical Engineering
• Clinical Decision Support Systems
• Rule-based systems in healthcare

Mycin was used to diagnose and treat a patient with suspected meningitis. The program analyzed the patient’s symptoms and medical history, and suggested a course of antibiotic treatment that was later confirmed by medical professionals as effective.

• Privacy by design engineering