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How Does AI Help Fight The COVID-19 Pandemic?

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Summary

Dr. Mohammad Yaqub from MBZUAI will present AI solutions used to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, addressing healthcare consequences, social, economic, and policy-making decisions. The talk will cover the applications of AI and also discuss challenges like privacy, data needs, generalizability, data noise, and human acceptance. Yaqub's background includes a DPhil from the University of Oxford in Biomedical Engineering and research at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, focusing on machine learning solutions for medical problems. Why it matters: This talk highlights the important role of AI in addressing pandemics and the ethical considerations that come with its application in healthcare and policymaking.

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COVID-19 · AI · MBZUAI · healthcare · pandemic

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