COVID-19 and Big Data

Global crises show the importance of the government-run Big Data platforms.

For every country it is extremely important to make data easily accessible and available to make effective decisions and take initiative in difficult situations.

The ease of availability of data allows AI-based regulation, technology-based logistics and immediate response based on real-time data and ML predictions.

Positive example: South Korea has an advanced digital platform for big-data mining and AI-based warning systems, which has already allowed the country to bring the coronavirus situation under the control. Push mobile systems immediately provide every person witht with an infected person. AI Data analysis informs government about possible clusters of the virus. Medical services are mobilizing their initiatives in the areas with most risk. Supply and distribution of masks and other items are also regulated by AI.

Result: the number of coronavirus patients in South Korea is coming down.

To support the urgent research on the Coronavirus, Kaggle platform provides a COVID-19 studies dataset for all AI experts, researchers and volunteers.