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Data Science, Big Data and AI at AIISC
Vaibhav Summit Panel on Vision of Data Science
[Oct2020, https://vaibhav.gov.in/v6.php]
Amit Sheth
Director, Artificial Intelligence Institute of UofSC (#AIISC, aiisc.ai)

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AIISC AMIT SHETH
• First university-wide AI Inst in US SE
• Core research on AI topics such as
knowledge infused learning, neuro-
symbolic and brain-inspired
(semantic-cognitive-perceptual)
computing, collaborative &
conversational agents
• Translational research with nearly all
colleges at UofSC: clinical/dHealth,
public health, epidemiology, pharma,
nursing, disasters/epidemic, smart
manufacturing, education
• More at: http://j.mp/AII0720
• Founding director of AIISC
• Fellow of IEEE, AAAI and AAAS
• (co)founded 4 companies,
h-index 106, Graduated 30
excellent PhDs
• Advisor to BITS-Goa
AI Center, MoUs and
active research/
exchanges with
many Indian
institutions
Amit Sheth – Vision of Data Science @ Vaibhav, 8 Oct 20202

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SAMPLE DATA SCIENCE (BIG DATA+AI) PROJECTS
• DisasterRecord: Real-time,
multimodal (social media
text/images, satellite/drone imagery,
relevant databases,
ontologies/knowledge graphs)
disaster management [Chennai]
• kHealth/kBOT: Augmented
Personalized Health with mobile
app/virtual health assistant [Chronic
health: Asthma, Mental Health,
Nutrition, …]
• Drug Abuse, Addiction, Depression
[>100M posts]
• Smart Manufacturing, Education [Jio-
Embibe], dHealth
• COVID-19: Public Health Study:
Semantic Analysis of Social Media
and New Big Data to understanding
COVID-19's impact on mental
health, addiction and gender-based
violence [>1.2B tweets]
• COVID19: Epidemiology Study with
Exogenous Factors [India- 3 states]
• Health-e Gamecock COVID-19 Daily
Symptom Monitoring mHealth
App/Chatbot
See: http://wiki.aiisc.ai/index.php/Covid19
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REAL-TIME MULTIMODAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT
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https://youtu.be/LuTqBxiIIZchttp://wiki.aiisc.ai/index.php/DisasterRecord

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PUBLIC HEALTH STUDY: SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL MEDIA & NEWS BIG DATA TO
UNDERSTANDING COVID-19'S IMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH, ADDICTION
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http://wiki.aiisc.ai/index.php/Covid19 https://youtu.be/XzYrn0PEzNk

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COVID19: EPIDEMIOLOGY STUDY WITH EXOGENOUS FACTORS
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https://youtu.be/LX2mQuDOd_shttp://wiki.aiisc.ai/index.php/Covid19

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VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS/CONVERSATIONAL AI
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Virtual Health Assistant:
COVID-10 symptoms
Pediatric Asthma
Nutrition
Mental Health
and several more
Education Assistant:
(Personalized learning)
http://wiki.aiisc.ai/index.php/KHealth_Chatbots https://youtu.be/oZCaM7rhJAg

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EXAMPLE PROJECTS/OPPORTUNITIES IN INDIAN CONTEXT
Practically any project where data (sensor, social, literature, survey,
EMR,…). Access to domain knowledge preferred.
• Public Health
• Personal/digital Health
• Epidemiology
• Disaster Management
• Smart Manufacturing
• Education
Many internships.
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