Analyzing Data to cope with Coronavirus Pandemic

The School of Data Science co-hosted an online forum “Data Science Approach to the Coronavirus Pandemic” with College of Business and Hong Kong Institute for Data Science on 17 April 2020. More than 100 participants from CityU and other institutions joined the online forum.

The forum aims to help the public understand and cope with the pandemic through analyzing complex data and recent news. The moderator Prof Joe Qin, Dean of School of Data Science and Director of Hong Kong Institute for Data Science, started the forum by introducing data science approach to the coronavirus pandemic. Panelists included CityU academics Prof Jian Lu, Vice-President (Research and Technology); Prof Houmin Yan, Acting Dean of College of Business; Prof Frank Chen, Head of Department of Management Sciences; Dr Sean Yuan, Assistant Professor of Department of Biomedical Sciences;and Dr Qingpeng Zhang, Assistant Professor of School of Data Science, shared their views in their expertise.

During the Q&A session, participants asked questions thorough the online chatbox. The Panelists shared their views on the measures that different governments are taking to confront the pandemic and how the pandemic affect the global supply chain.