In late January, as the world watched the growing COVID-19 epidemic with increasing unease, a Michigan State University laboratory, which specializes in the use of artificial intelligence and big data to discover therapeutics ...
Apr 13, 2020
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Epidemiologist and data scientist Dr. Kalinda Griffiths says "data is power" for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities facing the threat of coronavirus.
Mar 25, 2020
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Big data makes big promises when it comes to providing insights into human behavior and health. The problem is how to harness the information it provides in an efficient manner. An international team of researchers has proposed ...
Mar 23, 2020
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Electronic bracelets and phones that report your whereabouts, text messages if you stray too far from quarantine and digital detectives tracking where you've been—Asian countries have embraced innovative, if somewhat invasive, ...
Mar 20, 2020
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Robots and artificial intelligence are being deployed across the globe in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
Mar 12, 2020
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Constant temperature checks, a "no mask, no service" ethos, and high-tech people-tracking: welcome to the new normal in China, where reminders of the country's national mobilisation against the coronavirus lurk around every ...
Mar 4, 2020
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As the new coronavirus spread rapidly in central China, the country's authoritarian government took a very authoritarian step: It ordered the unprecedented lockdown of 60 million people in the hardest-hit province.
Feb 29, 2020
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We know we shouldn't, but most of us have clicked "agree" in a hurry to download an app or sign up for a streaming service without reading the user agreement in detail.
Feb 24, 2020
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Many predict the health sector will be revolutionized by big data analytics, but the level of understanding and commitment to using big data varies across the sector in New Zealand.
Feb 4, 2020
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A big data approach to neuroscience promises to significantly improve our understanding of the relationship between brain activity and performance.
Feb 3, 2020
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