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Contact tracing as COVID-19 aid. [Research Saturday]
Successful containment of the Coronavirus pandemic rests on the ability to quickly and reliably identify those who have been in close proximity to a contagious individual. Mayank Varia from Boston University describes how his team suggests an approach...
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Show Notes
Successful containment of the Coronavirus pandemic rests on the ability to quickly and reliably identify those who have been in close proximity to a contagious individual.
Mayank Varia from Boston University describes how his team suggests an approach based on using short-range communication
mechanisms, like Bluetooth, that are available in all modern cell phones.
The research can be found here:
Anonymous Collocation Discovery:
Harnessing Privacy to Tame the Coronavirus
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