AI Helps India Achieve Stable Mental Health
Priya Dialani maps India’s mental health terrain and discusses how artificial intelligence is breaking through traditional taboos to deliver care to those most in need in the second-most populous country.
Robotics and UN Sustainable Development
Prof Ricardo Vinuesa reports on last year’s IEEE/Robotics Society of Japan International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems Workshop in Prague, whose main topic was the growing impact of robotics on everyone and opportunities in the context of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
The COVID-19 Calculator
With the evolving nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, along with seemingly ever-changing recommendations, restrictions, and government guidance, trying to assess one’s own personal level of risk at any given time or location can be confusing. Now, with the development of the COVID-19 calculator, people finally have a tool to cut through all the uncertainty and determine their own risk of infection accurately and flexibly.
DAOs Are the Future of Healthcare
Blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies are well-known for their decentralized nature, but what if decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO) were used to disrupt the healthcare industry as well, making it more distributed and personalized? This could also have implications for the sharing and storing of electronic medical records (EMR), as well as pandemic containment and prevention.
NLP Ferrets Out Propaganda
As the world is caught up in the throes of major crises, propaganda is heavily used as a way of controlling public opinion and neutralizing dissent. The propagandistic toolbox is also getting more and more sophisticated - which thus makes it harder to identify propaganda in public and social media. This article reviews the major linguistic expressions of propaganda and discusses how Natural Language Processing can be used to automatically spot it, while also noting the complexity and limitations of this task.
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Ricardo Vinuesa is associate professor at the Department of Engineering Mechanics at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Director of the Research Institute for Sustainable AI in Stockholm. His research combines numerical simulations and data-driven methods to understand and model complex engineering problems, including the impact of AI on Sustainable Development Goals.
Douglas Amante is working to achieve an artificial general intelligence system. His main goal is to use decentralized AI in different fields to apply ideas and visions that benefit everyone.
Michelle Louise Jose is a pharmacist working in the Healthtech industry with hands-on experience in content preparation for natural language processing. She is a staunch advocate of counteracting healthcare-related fake news.
Jennifer Dunphy is senior vice president for one of Southern California’s largest independent physician associations. She helps solve the major public health problems that affect her organization’s diverse membership. These include challenges such as housing stability, food insecurity and behavioral health issues.
Apoorva Komarraju writes about the latest advancements in AI from South India's point of view. Analytical and curious, her interests are pharmaceuticals, healthcare, and drug discovery.
Priya Dialani is a creative thinker and entrepreneur who enjoys writing about different technologies and their impact. When not writing, she can be found traveling, meeting new people and exploring branding and marketing trends.
George Patrinos is professor of pharmacogenomics and pharmaceutical biotechnology at the University of Patras, Greece. His research ranges from wet and dry lab and public health genomics projects, all with a focus on pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine.
Janna Lipenkova is a computational linguist who speaks seven languages. She heads two companies, Anacode and Equintel, that use AI to deliver cutting-edge business intelligence and guide clients towards smarter decisions, strategy, and execution.