Source – https://www.dailyuw.com/ A UW Allen School team recently published an article in Nature Machine Intelligence finding models predicting COVID-19 diagnosis from X-rays are relying on shortcuts. Several research groups have developed artificial intelligence (AI) models to diagnose COVID-19 based on chest radiography, with the intention of increasing COVID-19 testing accessibility. When UW M.D. and Ph.D. students Alex Read More
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Source – https://physicsworld.com/ Last year, the scientific community built thousands of machine learning models and other artificial intelligence systems to identify COVID-19 on chest X-ray and CT images. Some researchers were sceptical of the results: were the models identifying COVID-19 pathology or were they instead making decisions based on confounders such as arrows and other medically irrelevant Read More
Source – https://scitechdaily.com/ Artificial intelligence (AI) may offer a way to accurately determine that a person is not infected with COVID-19. An international retrospective study finds that infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, creates subtle electrical changes in the heart. An AI-enhanced EKG can detect these changes and potentially be used as a Read More
Source – https://www.analyticsinsight.net/ Machine learning is enabling a smooth shift in this COVID-19 struck world. Machine learning is one of the most used technologies in this generation. It has varied capabilities that can transform businesses across industries for the better. From being considered as a niche technology, machine learning is now seeing an increased adoption within companies Read More
Source – https://www.mobihealthnews.com/ Also: PainChek’s app picks up European and Australian regulatory clearances; Digital health access as a social determinant of health. AI isn’t ready for COVID-19 prime time. A systematic review of published this week in nature machine intelligence warns that new models using machine learning to review chest radiographs and chest computed tomographies for COVID-19 have major Read More
Source – https://www.financialexpress.com/ Two important research breakthroughs—one in the US and the other in UK— leverage advanced artificial intelligence technologies to fight the pandemic Clinicians, academicians and government entities around the world have leaned on new-age technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and data science, to track and fight the coronavirus pandemic. Read More
Source – https://www.healthcareglobal.com/ DataRobot’s AI platform makes it easy to build predictive models to identify infection hotspots A new data-driven project is launching with the ambitious aim of resolving the COVID-19 pandemic in 60 days. ContagionNET has been designed by DataRobot, a global enterprise AI company that enables easy building and deployment of predictive models. Read More
Source – https://healthitanalytics.com/ Machine learning tools analyzed tweets about COVID-19 and showed that social media can significantly influence people’s health beliefs. Using machine learning, researchers found that people’s biases about COVID-19 and its treatments are exacerbated when they read tweets from other users, a study published in JMIR showed. The analysis also revealed that scientific events, like scientific publications, Read More
Source – https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/ A new machine learning approach to COVID-19 testing has produced encouraging results in Greece. The technology, named Eva, dynamically used recent testing results collected at the Greek border to detect and limit the importation of asymptomatic COVID-19 cases among arriving international passengers between August and November 2020, which helped contain the number Read More
Source – https://www.news-medical.net/ The overwhelming increase in critically ill COVID-19 patients, who urgently require intensive care units (ICU) and emergency departments (ED), has challenged healthcare systems worldwide. The unprecedented and large number of patients, especially in the regions where the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has hit badly, has created an immediate Read More
Source – https://www.selectscience.net/ Researchers have developed a system to identify drugs that might be repurposed to fight the coronavirus in elderly patients When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in early 2020, doctors and researchers rushed to find effective treatments. There was little time to spare. “Making new drugs takes forever,” says Caroline Uhler, a computational biologist Read More
Source – https://healthitanalytics.com/ A machine learning model estimated that the number of US COVID-19 cases is nearly three times greater than reported. Since the pandemic began, experts have looked to daily counts of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths in an effort to contain the virus. Now, a machine learning algorithm has revealed that these numbers Read More
Source – https://healthitanalytics.com/ A new artificial intelligence framework could speed the development of vaccines to treat new COVID-19 mutations. An artificial intelligence method can help combat emerging COVID-19 mutations by identifying the best potential vaccines to treat the virus, according to a study published in Scientific Reports. As COVID-19 begins to mutate in populations globally, scientists are Read More
Source – https://starofmysore.com/ Dr. V.N. Manjunath Aradhya, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Computer Applications, JSS Science and Technology University, Mysuru, has developed a model for detecting COVID-19 from chest X-ray images.This concept has an advantage of learning from a few samples. The model proposed is a multi-class classification model as it classifies images of Read More
Source: siliconangle.com Manufacturing firms around the world have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by accelerating their investments in disruptive digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics and cloud platforms, a new study has found. Most manufacturers were caught off-guard the COVID-19 pandemic began spreading across the world, and the vast majority of them were forced Read More
Source: cio.com If ever there has been a need to adapt, 2020 has let it be known that this is the year. COVID-19 has brought about all kinds of workplace changes, from remote work with video meetings to temporary layoffs. It may seem like just another buzzword, but microservices can help human capital management (HCM) Read More
Source: mbtmag.com A recent report by Vodafone Business found that COVID-19 has ignited a surge in Internet of Things (IoT) adoption, with 79 percent of U.S. businesses saying they’ve launched new IoT projects as a result of the ongoing health crisis. However, as IoT continues to digitally transform enterprises and their operations, business leaders must understand how Read More
Source: thestar.com.my WITH Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Sabah and Selangor placed under a conditional movement control order (MCO) following the spike in Covid-19 cases nationwide, the onus is on every Malaysian now to play a greater and crucial role in flattening the infection curve. We were successful in fighting the pandemic’s spread the first time around, Read More
Source: upnewsinfo.com A new review published in the Journal of Research in Science Teaching highlights the potential of machine learning — a subset of artificial intelligence — in science education. Although the authors initiated their review before the COVID-19 outbreak, the pandemic highlights the need to examine cutting-edge digital technologies as we re-think the future of teaching Read More
Source: analyticsinsight.net How is Robotics building bridges between Employees and Technology? Traditionally, human beings design and construct robotics, and the use of machines to perform tasks. Robots are broadly used in industries such as automobile manufacturing to perform simple repetitive tasks. In such industries, work must be performed in ecosystems hazardous to humans. Almost every Read More
Source: techrepublic.com With big data streaming into organizations worldwide at the rate of 2.5 quintillion bytes of data each day, it’s incumbent on organizations to determine just how much of this big data is vital and needed, and which portions of big data are excess and can be eliminated before the data ever enters corporate systems. If Read More
Source: traveldailynews.com There is no question that the travel industry has been hit hard by the current pandemic. Places once packed to the gills with tourists now lie empty, and people are increasingly reluctant to travel given the risk of infection as well as quarantine requirements. However, all indications point to this travel freeze being Read More
Source: marketscale.com Phil Duffy, Vice President, Product, Program and UX Design for Brain Corp, joined host Daniel Litwin to tackle a broad, yet critical topic in today’s automated world – how robotics are building new bridges between employees and technology. Brain Corp builds the software for autonomous mobile robots, or AMRS, used by retailers and Read More
Source: venturebeat.com Did you ever wonder what goes on inside the brain of a data scientist? A few years ago, PerceptiLabs, a deep tech startup, took on an ambitious goal — to visualize what data scientists see when they are building a machine learning model. In doing so, they reinvented the process of model building, Read More
Source: analyticsinsight.net Contribution of AI to a Coronavirus vaccine Biomedical research of vaccines against COVID-19 was already being tested in humans in March. Three months after the initial outbreak was identified in China, many of those owed their rapid start to the power of Artificial intelligence (AI). The feat is a promising and remarkable step in more than 200 Read More
Source: stockhead.com.au The entity operates as a “venture builder” backing high-risk, high-reward Australian innovation in combination with teams of leading scientists and researchers. Managing director Charles Murphy says the research sector has been “decimated” by the pandemic with reports of a funding gap in billions and thousands of job losses. “We’ve built a network across Read More
Source: backendnews.net The small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS) market continues to develop at an impressive pace and is unmarred by the challenges of COVID-19. Global tech market advisory firm, ABI Research, predicts strong growth of the industry worth $92 billion by 2030. While the pandemic has dented consumer shipments and hindered commercial rollout, this has Read More
Source: healthcareglobal.com Medical equipment manufacturer Wipro GE Healthcare has partnered with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) to open a research lab. The lab is located at the Department of Computational and Data Sciences (CDS) in Bangalore. It will specialise in healthcare diagnostics, deep learning technology, ML and AI systems. Work will also be done Read More
Source: inc42.com In the last few years, there has been a dramatic shift, from industry to industry, capturing trends and successfully sustaining culture, as the world unlocked the digital age. Technology, with it, brought a global change which led to a transformation in business, society and lifestyle. This, despite as suggested by many, is not Read More
Source: healthitanalytics.com September 15, 2020 – While the rapid spread of COVID-19 has exposed many unflattering healthcare truths, the glaring health disparities highlighted by the pandemic are perhaps the most detrimental to patient health. The virus has had a disproportionate impact on minority and underserved communities, shining a spotlight on existing clinical and non-clinical inequities. “Minorities are Read More