Artificial intelligence and the control of COVID-19
AI and control of COVID-19
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"Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used as a tool to support the fight against the viral pandemic that has affected the entire world since the beginning of 2020. The press and the scientific community are echoing the high hopes that data science and AI can be used to confront the coronavirus and "fill in the blanks" still left by science."
The Council of Europe and the University of Strasbourg organised the 5th edition of the "AI Breakfast" in the form of a webinar on 16 April 2020. Three experts were brought together on the theme of tracking applications on mobile phones in the fight against COVID-19. Michael Veale, Lecturer at University College London, Dino Pedreschi, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Pisa and Adrien Basdevant, a data protection lawyer, discussed the myths and realities of these applications.
Summary of interventions
More information on the webinarChapter 1: Introduction
Jan Kleijssen and Claudia Luciani, Council of Europe Directors
Chapter 2: DP-3T protocol - a guarantee for privacy?
Michael Veale, Lecturer in Digital Rights and Regulation, University College London
Chapter 3: Contact tracing applications, an instrument for global public policy
Dino Pedreschi, Professor of Computer Science, University of Pisa
Chapitre 4: Une nouvelle ère de surveillance ?
Adrien Basdevant, Avocat au barreau de Paris
Chapitre 5: Questions aux experts
Sophie Kwasny, Chef de l'unité de protection des données
Clementina Barbaro et Livia Stoica, Co-secretaires du CAHAI
Chapitre 6: Conclusions
Patrick Penninckx, Chef du département Société de l'information
Claudia Luciani et Jan Kleijssen, Directeurs, Conseil de l'Europe
