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Episode 278: Using data analysis to counter COVID-19

The use of big data and machine learning has grown during the coronavirus pandemic

AZSCI 278 Data Anlysis Covid 19 hero Artificial intelligence and machine learning
Mike MacKenzie

The Research Corporation for Science Advancement
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Using data analysis to counter COVID-19

This episode is supported by the The Research Corporation for Science Advancement.
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University of Arizona information systems professor Sudha Ram spoke with Leslie Tolbert, Ph. D. Regent’s professor emerita in Neuroscience at the University of Arizona.

The use of big data and machine learning has grown during the coronavirus pandemic. University of Arizona information systems professor Sudha Ram explains practical applications for contact tracing and describes how data analysis can help people avoid crowded locations when businesses reopen from COVID-19 restrictions.

Sudha Ram spoke with Leslie Tolbert, Ph. D. Regent’s professor emerita in Neuroscience at the University of Arizona.

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