A artificial intelligence will be a strong ally to understand the effects of the isolation and social distancing to fight the coronavirus. According to Technological Research Institute (IPT), an agreement was signed with the operator Living to use AI in the analysis of information collected about the movement of people during the quarantine. Thus, the Government of the State of São Paulo, which is establishing measures to encourage people to stay at home, will be able to evaluate the success of these attitudes and think of an increasingly efficient crisis management in the pandemic scenario. a1428
According to IPT, which is part of the Economic Development Secretariat of the State of São Paulo, the Living will use Big Data to provide data to the state government. In this way, the institute will be able to consult and analyze information on population displacement in real time in the territory of São Paulo.
With the strategic analysis of this information by the Government Executive Committee and the Coronavirus Contingency Center of the Government of São Paulo, it will be possible to observe trends and take measures to help contain the high level of contagion of COVID-19. Thus, we will have data on the effectiveness of social isolation in flattening the transmission curve.
Patricia Ellen, Secretary of Economic Development, Science and Technology, said that this is “the first concrete result of the work carried out by the Research, Technology and Innovation Group of the Office to Combat COVID-19".
"Vivo has been investing in the development of technologies and training teams to use Big Data”, said Luiz Medici, VP of Data and Artificial Intelligence at Vivo. "We believe we can use this experience to society in fighting Covid-19."
The data will be generated from the information available on the operator's mobile network, exclusively related to the displacement of groups of people. In an aggregated and anonymous way, the data is analyzed and, according to the statement, “always respecting the privacy of s”.
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According to a statement released by the Technological Research Institute, the data will be collected, processed and analyzed to be presented in a “heat map”. That is, the visualization of this data will make it possible to observe the greater or lesser concentration of people per location, in different periods.
With this visualization, the IPT will be able to identify the places with agglomerations and that gather people on the street in the state of São Paulo. In the case of a hospital, for example, it will be possible to see if there is a large flow of people referred there – thus, one can think of ways to redistribute these people and make a management that helps to contain the spread and work on the treatment of the disease. Covid-19.
In the same example of the hospital, it is also possible to observe if there is a greater service due to the concentration of people, which can help when separating teams and directing health professionals who were hired to work in the fight against the coronavirus.
The same can be used to observe the effects of the vaccination campaign, which is in place for the elderly and health professionals at the moment.
Jefferson de Oliveira, IPT's CEO, celebrated the partnership: “We have the opportunity to match this artificial intelligence platform with our experience of acting in natural disasters, considering the Covid-19 pandemic.. "
