pandemic response

Model Perspective

May 24, 2024 · Fundamentals

Why Some Embrace Masks and Others Reject Them: An EPPM-Based Mathematical Model

This article explores how the Extended Parallel Processing Model (EPPM) explains differing mask‑wearing behaviors during the COVID‑19 pandemic, presents a simple mathematical model quantifying threat and efficacy perceptions, and derives practical public‑health insights from the analysis.

Extended Parallel Process Modelbehavioral modelingmathematical modeling

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Why Some Embrace Masks and Others Reject Them: An EPPM-Based Mathematical Model

Efficient Ops

Apr 10, 2022 · Operations

How Shanghai Securities Keeps Trading Systems Running During COVID Lockdowns

During Shanghai's COVID lockdowns, securities firms deployed round‑the‑clock IT staff, AI‑driven automation tools, and backup data centers to ensure uninterrupted trading operations and secure online services for millions of investors.

IT automationOperationsfinancial technology

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How Shanghai Securities Keeps Trading Systems Running During COVID Lockdowns

Qunar Tech Salon

Jul 27, 2020 · Operations

Website Operations at Qunar: Ensuring Stability, Security, and Efficiency During the Pandemic

The interview with Sun Bin, head of Qunar's website operations, explains how the team acted as a specialized "BlackOps" unit to provide robust technical guarantees, automate problem‑solving, protect user data, optimize resources, and maintain continuous service during the COVID‑19 outbreak.

Cost OptimizationData SecurityIncident Response

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Website Operations at Qunar: Ensuring Stability, Security, and Efficiency During the Pandemic

Didi Tech

Apr 30, 2020 · Artificial Intelligence

DGF-M: Face Recognition Algorithm for Masked Face Scenarios

Didi’s DGF‑M model, a mask‑aware face‑recognition AI, combines multi‑task training and synthetic data to detect masks with under 0.1 % miss rate and verify identities with up to 99.5 % pass rate at a 0.1 % false‑acceptance rate, and is deployed for driver verification, offered through the Didi Cloud API marketplace, and released as an open‑source solution to aid pandemic‑era security.

AI algorithmDGF-MDidi Cloud

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DGF-M: Face Recognition Algorithm for Masked Face Scenarios

TAL Education Technology

Mar 13, 2020 · R&D Management

R&D Team’s Pandemic Battle: Scaling Online Education with Zero Downtime

During the COVID‑19 outbreak, the product‑technology R&D team at a Chinese education provider rapidly shifted face‑to‑face courses online, expanded server capacity, implemented emergency plans, and released new teaching tools, achieving a zero‑downtime transition while maintaining high‑quality education.

OperationsR&Dcloud computing

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R&D Team’s Pandemic Battle: Scaling Online Education with Zero Downtime

DataFunTalk

Mar 2, 2020 · Artificial Intelligence

AlphaGo and Reinforcement Learning: Enabling AI Solutions for Pandemic Response and Smart Logistics

The article reviews AlphaGo’s core deep‑learning and reinforcement‑learning technologies, explains reinforcement‑learning fundamentals, and explores their wide‑range applications from epidemic forecasting and medical decision support to smart logistics, vehicle dispatch, and resource allocation, while highlighting challenges and future opportunities.

AlphaGoArtificial IntelligenceOptimization

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AlphaGo and Reinforcement Learning: Enabling AI Solutions for Pandemic Response and Smart Logistics