Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2. This is the full name of what has been the biggest threat to Public Health in the last 100 years. “Covid”, as it is widely known.
In a particularly aggressive period of the pandemic (end of 2020 – first half of 2021), Portugal registered one of the saddest records in its history: it became the country in the world with the highest number of new daily cases and more deaths per 100,000 inhabitants.
In this period, all help in combat and prevention was welcome. And companies specializing in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence were called to the forefront of this real war. And Intelligent Algorithms said “I’m here”.
Integrated in the context of Smart Cities, Intelligent Algorithms was called upon to help solve a problem: how would it be possible to control the density and flow of people in an outdoor area, in order to guarantee Covid safety standards and social distancing?
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📌 Would it be possible to guarantee the confidentiality of citizens’ data?
📌 Would it be possible to create automatic alerts every time an agglomeration was detected?
📌 Would it be possible for this entire system to work without installing any software or resorting to third-party sources of information?
Intelligent Algorithms’ solution ensured that all these issues were resolved and concerns safeguarded. By passively listening to devices (mobile phones, smart watches, tablets…), it was possible to implement a geolocation system that, as a result, provided a real-time map with any agglomeration considered dangerous (and issued the corresponding alerts).
In this way, the authorities could act more quickly to restore normality. No personal data were requested – and the platform was 100% autonomous.
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