EPI-AI: Automated Understanding and Alerting of Disease Outbreaks from Global News Media
Dr. Polleri is part of the “EPI-AI Project,” a Canadian-UK Artificial Intelligence grant initiative that aims to achieve a step change in automated global epidemic alerting using news media monitoring. As a Postdoctoral Researcher within McGill University’s Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Polleri investigates ethical considerations and potential biases in using media as a data source for infectious disease surveillance. Read more about the project here.