Combating the Pandemic with AI and Big Data: Highlights from the "TAIWAN is Helping: AI x Pandemic Prevention Online Forum"

In light of the prolonged global transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and a probable long-term battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, a symposium on the topic “TAIWAN is Helping: AI x Pandemic Prevention Online Forum” was organized in Taipei, Taiwan. The event was co-hosted by the MOST All Vista Healthcare Sub-center, an AI research center established at the National Taiwan University (NTU) and sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology, along with the NTU Center for Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Robotics.

The forum covered four major aspects of anti-pandemic efforts, including:
-Virus and AI application analysis
-Development of detection and treatment for viral infections
-Public health and psychological trauma 
-Legal and medical ethics 

The esteemed speaker panel comprised of fifteen well-known scholars from both Taiwan and the US who graced the occasion by sharing their research findings. In addition to the in-person attendance, the forum was extended to a broad audience through an online live broadcast, ensuring reduced contact between participants......

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