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09-02-2021 | Short Communication

The CLAIRE COVID-19 initiative: approach, experiences and recommendations

Authors: Gianluca Bontempi, Ricardo Chavarriaga, Hans eD Canck, Emanuela Girardi, Holger Hoos, Iarla Kilbane-Dawe, Tonio Ball, Ann Nowé, Jose Sousa, Davide Bacciu, Marco Aldinucci, Manlio eD Domenico, Alessandro Saffiotti, Marco Maratea

Published in: Ethics and Information Technology | Special Issue 1/2021

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A volunteer effort by Artificial Intelligence (AI) researchers has shown it can deliver significant research outcomes rapidly to help tackle COVID-19. Within two months, CLAIRE’s self-organising volunteers delivered the World’s first comprehensive curated repository of COVID-19-related datasets useful for drug-repurposing, drafted review papers on the role CT/X-ray scan analysis and robotics could play, and progressed research in other areas. Given the pace required and nature of voluntary efforts, the teams faced a number of challenges. These offer insights in how better to prepare for future volunteer scientific efforts and large scale, data-dependent AI collaborations in general. We offer seven recommendations on how to best leverage such efforts and collaborations in the context of managing future crises.

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Title: The CLAIRE COVID-19 initiative: approach, experiences and recommendations
Authors: Gianluca Bontempi
Ricardo Chavarriaga
Hans eD Canck
Emanuela Girardi
Holger Hoos
Iarla Kilbane-Dawe
Tonio Ball
Ann Nowé
Jose Sousa
Davide Bacciu
Marco Aldinucci
Manlio eD Domenico
Alessandro Saffiotti
Marco Maratea
Publication date: 09-02-2021
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: Ethics and Information Technology / Issue Special Issue 1/2021
Print ISSN: 1388-1957
Electronic ISSN: 1572-8439
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-020-09567-7

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