As health officials and researchers band together to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, the access to to a wide range of data analytics is key in helping them in their efforts. Thankfully, there are many companies in the IT sector that are providing their resources to aid in this struggle.
Microsoft and Google’s Kaggle data platform is banding with a coordinated effort of health institutions to provide over 44,000 scholarly articles related to the coronavirus. The goal of this is to aid the global research community. This will also help disseminate new information and breakthroughs. China’s Alibaba Cloud platform has created an Epidemic Prediction Solution model to aid policy makers and researchers. It combines publicly available information such as number of new cases, number of confirmed cases, contact data, and flight information. This is a brilliant reference for governments has they create policies to stem the virus.
Covid-19 is a public health emergency. It has caused governments, health agencies, and researcher groups to grapple with the potential lasting effects of this crisis and to respond with solutions. At the heart of their efforts is data science, which provides real time information to help in the planning of strategies to fight the problems caused by Covid-19. Not only is the collection and analysis of data important, but the collaboration across borders is key in meeting max efficiency. I find it encouraging that data analytics platforms and companies around the world are making a serious effort to meet this goal of working together.
Source – Coronavirus: Mobilising data science, by Cliff Saran https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252480503/Coronavirus-Mobilising-data-science
LIS 4022 Spring 2020 