AI against COVID-19: Screening X-ray Images for COVID-19 Infections Call for Papers

"AI against COVID-19: Screening X-ray images for COVID-19 Infections"

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus, has
generated an unprecedented global health crisis, with more than 2.7
million deaths worldwide. Do you want to contribute to the fight
against this pandemic?

IEEE SIGHT (Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology) of
Montreal Section, Vision and Image Processing Research Group of the
University of Waterloo and DarwinAI Corp. invite data scientists,
students and professionals working on Artificial Intelligence (AI) to
participate in a virtual competition to help medical researchers
diagnose COVID-19 with chest X-ray (CXR) images. The ultimate goal is
to contribute to the development of highly accurate yet practical AI
solutions for detecting COVID-19 cases and, hopefully, accelerating
the treatment of those who need it the most. Moreover, this AI for
Good initiative will also allow us to take action on at least one of
the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Good Health
and Well-Being.

This competition is organized in collaboration with the National
Research Council Canada and is co-hosted by the IEEE Young
Professionals Affinity Groups of Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and
Vancouver Sections, Vancouver Circuit and Systems (CAS) Technical
Chapter, the Student Branches of INRS (Institut National de la
Recherche Scientifique), University of Toronto and Vancouver Simon
Fraser University, WIE (Women In Engineering) Ottawa. It is largely
sponsored by Microsoft, and partially by the IEEE Canada Humanitarian
Initiatives Committee and the IEEE Montreal Section.

How to participate
All the instructions can be found on the official webpage of this challenge.
https://r7.ieee.org/montreal-sight/ai-against-covid-19/

Prizes
Thanks to Microsoft, up to 20,000 CAD on prizes and funding for
follow-up projects! Check this out in the Prizes section on the
official webpage.

We look forward to meeting you there!

Don't wait! Register for free at https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/269273.