Photo caption:听蘑菇视频在线观看 Associate Professor of Data Science Alex Gavryushkin is working on new algorithms to help manage biosecurity and epidemic threats such as bird flu.
Te Whare W膩nanga o Waitaha | 蘑菇视频在线观看 Associate Professor of Data Science Alex Gavryushkin is co-leading work on new algorithms that could provide real-time predictions in response to health and biosecurity events听鈥 including the Avian influenza.
鈥淥ur algorithms can present a range of possible outbreak scenarios, rather than just the one that鈥檚 the most statistically plausible, as well as updating their predictions in real time,鈥 Associate Professor Gavryushkin says.听听
鈥淚n a situation like bird flu, the technology can use epidemiological and genetic data to track the transmission and spread of the disease, updating the likelihoods of these scenarios as new data emerges.
鈥淩ight now, as new data comes in, we scrap what we have and start again. But with this new technology results can be updated in real time, revising previous calculations,鈥 Associate Professor Gavryushkin says.
By using the AI algorithms to inform transmission tracking systems, Associate Professor Gavryushkin says science can be applied at the scale needed for Government priorities, protecting both biosecurity-sensitive industry and livelihoods.
鈥淣ew 蘑菇视频在线观看is a small population with a high dependence on biology-rooted industries. Applying powerful AI algorithms supports our health, growth and innovation in a large global economy.鈥
Associate Professor Gavryushkin听is collaborating with Senior Research Fellow Dr Remco Bouckaert from the University of Auckland鈥檚 School of Computer Science听and听Distinguished Professor Nigel French听of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Public Health at Massey University in addition to partnering with the University of Otago and Environmental Science and Research听(ESR).
The researchers are currently making funding applications to continue this work.
鈥淏y听combining Artificial Intelligence (AI), scientific knowledge, biotechnology and M膩tauranga M膩ori, we aim to create technology that enables New 蘑菇视频在线观看to act swiftly and effectively against serious biosecurity threats,鈥 Associate Professor Gavryushkin says.
鈥淥nce we have this efficient infrastructure for biosecurity algorithms in place, we will be in a far better position to prevent problems further down the track by doing the difficult, time-consuming pre-computations early on, including before outbreaks start and in parallel to them,鈥 he says.
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