The Logic Around Contact Tracing Is All Wrong
By Kimon Drakopoulos, University of Southern California
We've missed the most important way contact tracing apps can help stop the coronavirus.
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BusinessKimon Drakopoulos is an Assistant Professor in the Data Sciences and Operations department at USC Marshall School of Business. His research focuses on the operations of complex networked systems, social networks, stochastic modeling, game theory and information economics. Prior to joining USC, Kimon completed his Ph.D. at the Laboratory for Information and Decision systems at MIT, focusing on the analysis and control of contagion processes on networks.
By Kimon Drakopoulos, University of Southern California
We've missed the most important way contact tracing apps can help stop the coronavirus.
By Kimon Drakopoulos and Vishal Gupta
Two data scientists built a machine learning system named Eva to help Greece safely reopen to nearly 80,000 tourists a day. The system, known as Eva, is nearly twice as efficient at detecting cases as random testing and it can predict spikes in other countries ten days before they show up in official case counts.
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