Spanish Team’s AI Model For Pandemic Response Named XPRIZE Winner

VALENCIA IA4COVID19’s AI model won the XPRIZE Pandemic Response Challenge grand prize. Researchers are pinning their hopes on AI to help predict the next pandemic, but also for early diagnosis of COVID-19.

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A team of Spanish scientists that is closely collaborating with the Valencian Government in Spain to use data science to help fight the SARS-CoV-2 virus has won a global competition. The team developed the winning artificial intelligence-driven model to advise policymakers on how to best deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Grand prize winner VALENCIA IA4COVID19 and second place winner, JSI vs COVID from Slovenia, will split the $500,000 prize purse of the Pandemic Response Challenge run by XPRIZE, a nonprofit...

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