Career in Data Science: Decoding opportunities in Data Science in the Covid-19 age Career in Data Science: Decoding opportunities in Data Science in the Covid-19 age Here is the list of key areas that Indian companies, professionals, and students need to focus on to succeed in the AI-driven post-pandemic world. advertisement Career in Data Science: Decoding opportunities in Data Science in the Covid-19 age On December 30, 2019, an AI-driven health monitoring platform called BlueDot spotted a cluster of unusual pneumonia cases occurring in Wuhan, China. The Canadian company sent out a warning to its customers the next day - December 31. They had identified what would come to be known as Covid-19 a week before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the USA or 2 weeks before WHO was able to spot it. Artificial Intelligence, or AI, has played a key role in identifying and addressing the pandemic.