C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute Announces COVID-19 Awards

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After a rigorous peer review process, C3.ai DTI selected 26 research proposals that address COVID-19 across the disciplines of medicine, urban planning, public policy, and computer science, several of which focus on the study of the disease’s impact on racial, economic, and healthcare disparities. “My colleagues and I are grateful for the funding and access to computing resources provided by C3.ai DTI that will allow us to study the impact of social determinants of health on COVID-19 transmission and mortality and to build up future capacity to evaluate and intervene to reduce health inequities,” said Dr. Anna Hotton, epidemiologist and Research Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine at the University of Chicago. “The enormous potential of AI algorithms to help us derive actionable information and make well-informed decisions is truly exciting,” said Dr. Saurabh Amin, Robert N. Noyce Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “We have a unique opportunity to design scalable decision-making algorithms to learn how to reopen transportation systems in a safe way and to bridge the gap between desirable policy interventions and realistic operational strategies.” “The enthusiastic response among scientists and researchers coupled with the diverse, high-quality and compelling proposals we’ve received suggests that we have the potential to alter the course of this global pandemic,” said Thomas M. Siebel, CEO of C3.ai. The Institute engages the world’s leading scientists to conduct research and train practitioners in the new science of digital transformation, which operates at the intersection of artificial intelligence, machine learning, cloud computing, internet of things, big data analytics, organizational behavior, public policy, and ethics.

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