Against COVID-19: Hackathon of German Government, #HackCorona – Telekom DIH is engaged
Data scientists, entrepreneurs, researchers, and tech professionals around the world are stepping up the fight against COVID-19. The federal German government kicks off its hackathon (#WirvsVirus) this weekend, March 20th-22nd 2020. Data Natives is launching #HackCorona in its global community of data scientists.
Deutsche Telekom is joining this fight sharing people movement data with health authorities like the Robert-Koch-Institute, helping to fight coronavirus. The data is anonymous and aggregated – respecting Europe’s stringent privacy laws, making it possible to map concentrations and movements of people in ‘hot zones’ where COVID-19 has taken hold.
#HackCorona from Data Natives encourages participants to seek solutions for 4 specific problems:
- Protecting the elderly
- Childcare for medical personnel
- Ventilation systems for hospitals
- Self-diagnosis
The Telekom Data Intelligence Hub is directly supporting Data Natives and #HackCorona offering critical data analytics and data exchange infrastructure (see: hackcorona.world). The Data Intelligence Hub provides a cloud-based workspace with analytics tools and its expert data scientists are actively involved in the challenges.
Other worldwide challenges in the fight against the virus, Kaggle’s CORD-19 Research Challenge: https://www.kaggle.com/allen-institute-for-ai/CORD-19-research-challenge
References
- Busvine, D., 2020. European Mobile Operators Share Data For Coronavirus Fight. Nytimes, https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/03/18/technology/18reuters-health-coronavirus-europe-telecoms.html
- Balser, M. and Hurtz, S., 2020. Coronavirus: Telekom Gibt Bewegungsdaten An RKI Weiter, Süddeutsche Zeitung, https://www.sueddeutsche.de/digital/coronavirus-telekom-smartphone-tracking-datenschutz-1.4850094
- Bundesregierung. 2020. Kreative Lösungen Gesucht, https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/themen/coronavirus/wir-vs-virus-1731968