Can AI help in the fight against COVID-19?

Key takeaways from a panel featuring Jeremy Howard from fast.ai and other world-class AI and medical experts.

Author: Nicholas Therkelsen-Terry, CEO of Max Kelsen

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On 9th April 2020, Queensland AI hosted a special online panel, exploring a very topical question, “Can AI help in the fight against COVID-19?”

During the hour-long webinar discussion, Nicholas Therkelsen-Terry, CEO of Max Kelsen and Head of Queensland AI, hosted a multi-disciplinary panel of medical and AI experts directly involved in the COVID-19 response.

Queensland AI COVID-19 Panel: (Clockwise from top left) Lucy Shinners, Jeremy Howard, Sally Shrapnel, Brent Richards, Kerrie Mengersen, Nicholas Therkelsen-Terry

Can AI help in the fight against COVID-19?

Over the hour, the panellists discussed the role of artificial intelligence and data science in the fight against COVID-19.

Topics included:

• The increasing importance of data literacy in a COVID-19 world
• The efficacy of classic statistical analysis in driving COVID-19 policy decisions
• Where to draw the line in data scientists’ involvement with the…