An AI Project by Indian Engineers Could Predict COVID-19 Cases and Fight the Pandemic
VinTeam, led by Indians Mudit Jain and Biplab Deka, is a finalist in the Cognizant XPRIZE Pandemic Response Challenge. By Praytaksh Dutta | Updated: 8 March 2021 18:12 IST
The XPRIZE Pandemic Response Challenge has been sponsored by Cognizant, to find AI solutions to COVID-19
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VinTeam created separate AI models for each region
To train its AI models, VinTeam used publicly available features
VinTeam is one of the finalists in the XPRIZE Pandemic Response Challenge, which focuses on the development of data-driven AI systems to predict COVID-19 infection rates, and plan interventions. VinTeam is made up of Mudit Jain, a software engineering lead at Google, and Biplab Deka, PhD from the University of Illinois, UC. The duo have created an AI tool that Jain says can help predict where coronavirus related cases are going to rise, and help authorities take