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Machine Learning Models Predict COVID-19 Impact in Smaller Cities
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researcher Malik Magdon-Ismail tailored the robust machine learning models he is developing for the COVID pandemic to work with sparse data points, like those available during the early phase in a pandemic or in smaller cities, which ordinarily make trend-spotting difficult.
Posted Apr 17, 2020
Data Visualization Tool Examines Community Factors Underlying COVID-19 Outcomes
Using daily updated data, COVIDMinder, a new data visualization tool, examines how and why COVID-19 impacts regions differently by comparing community risks, mediation tools, and outcomes related to COVID-19 by state across the United States, and by county within New York state.
Posted Apr 13, 2020
Letter from Richie C. Hunter, Vice President, Strategic Communications and External Relations, soliciting suggestions for COVID-19 modeling and data resources for IDEA and the Rensselaer Libraries
Posted Mar 23, 2020
Student-Built App Wins Prize from HHS Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Competition
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has awarded a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute team $15,000 for an app called MortalityMinder, which identifies social conditions contributing to declining life expectancy at a community level.
Posted Feb 12, 2020
Experts Join Rensselaer-IBM Artificial Intelligence Research Collaboration
Four experts in diverse aspects of artificial intelligence have joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as part of the Artificial Intelligence Research Collaboration (AIRC), a recently formed joint initiative of Rensselaer and IBM Research.
Posted Jan 22, 2020