"Predict the Number of Infectious Disease Confirmed Cases" KT Hosts AI Contest with Total Prize of 100 Million Won
[Asia Economy Reporter Koo Chae-eun] KT will hold the AI Infectious Disease Response Contest "Post-Corona AI Challenge," with a total prize of 100 million KRW, starting from the 6th. The winning technologies in the contest are expected to be used as predictive models for actual infectious diseases such as COVID-19.
This contest is open to individuals and teams interested in preventing the spread of infectious diseases using AI technology. The application period is from the 6th until the 10th of next month. Details and application information can be found on the Korea Information Society Development Institute website.
The core of the submissions is to model and calculate the risk of infectious diseases entering Korea from overseas. Specifically, participants must predict the number of confirmed cases entering by country or by date. KT will provide applicants with global disease-related news data and subscriber roaming statistics to aid in model development.
The total prize money is 100 million KRW, with awards including the Minister of Science and ICT Award and the Korea Information Society Development Institute Director Award. Ten teams will be selected for the inflow prediction algorithm modeling category, and twenty teams for the app service development idea category. After preliminary and final rounds, the final rankings will be announced on May 22. Outstanding algorithm modeling ideas will be used to enhance KT's infectious disease spread prevention platform GEPP. The best app service development ideas will be supported by KT for development and commercialization.
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Jeon Hong-beom, Vice President and Head of KT AI/DX Convergence Business Division, said, "While AI-based COVID-19 response attempts are being made worldwide, KT has been leading efforts since 2016 to prevent infectious disease spread through AI and big data in collaboration with the government," and added, "We hope that the diverse ideas from this contest will make Korean AI technology a central pillar of K-quarantine."
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