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January 13, 2022, Filed Under: Health, Projects

Optimize EMS Responses During Extreme Events

Optimizing ambulance allocation and routing is one of the most efficient ways for EMS to save more lives at virtually no cost. However, current EMS software was developed under models that assume normal demands. They are unable to adapt to disasters such as the COVID-19 pandemic, where traffic patterns change,… read more 

November 1, 2021, Filed Under: Health, Projects

Urban Health Risk Mapping

This project developed an AI system that can measure the health effects of neighborhood environments in ten major US cities using citizen crowd-sourced data. The research team mapped the computed health risk scores at the census tract-level for all selected municipalities and also built an interactive website that allows users… read more 

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