Big Data Studies in Combating the Covid-19 Virus Outbreak: The Case of China

Year 2021, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 4 - 14, 21.12.2021

Ugur Ertoy , Muammer Akçay

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4718425

Abstract

The coronavirus epidemic has greatly affected our lives by causing radical changes all over the world. It has caused changes in a variety of areas, from the way we work and education, to our communication and interaction methods, to our shopping behaviour. China has actively used smart technologies such as big data, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, blockchain, 5G to fight the coronavirus. Companies made their algorithms public, researchers shared data. Companies have also increased access to important video streaming tools for educators and remote workers. While its effects are continuing under various restrictions all over the world and the effects of the second wave are heavy in many countries, the epidemic has been brought under control in countries such as South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and especially China, and life almost completely returned to normal. In this research, we aimed to investigate how the big data and artificial intelligence studies which have been applied in China are used to fight against the pandemic and the situation is taken under control by the installation of digital infrastructure, the analysis and monitoring of the data provided by the sensors and cameras.

Keywords

coronavirus, covid-19, epidemic, big data studies, artificial intelligence

Covid-19 Virüsü Salgını İle Mücadelede Büyük Veri Çalışmaları: Çin Örneği

Abstract

Koronavirüs salgını, bütün dünyada köklü değişikliklere sebep olarak hepimizin hayatını büyük ölçüde etkiledi. Çalışma ve eğitim şekillerimizden, iletişim ve etkileşim yöntemlerimize, alışveriş davranışlarımıza kadar çeşitli alanlarda değişikliklere sebep oldu. Çin, koronavirüsle savaşmak için büyük veri, yapay zekâ, bulut bilişim, blok zinciri, 5G gibi akıllı teknolojileri aktif olarak kullandı. Şirketler algoritmalarını halka açık hale getirdi, araştırmacılar verileri paylaştı. Şirketler, eğitimciler ve uzaktan çalışanlar için önemli video yayın araçlarına erişim olanakları artırıldı. Etkileri hala bütün dünyada çeşitli kısıtlamalar altında devam ederken ve birçok ülkede ikinci dalganın etkileri ağır bir şekilde seyrederken, Güney Kore, Singapur, Tayvan ve özellikle Çin gibi ülkelerde salgın kontrol altına alındı ve neredeyse hayat tamamen normale döndü. Bu çalışmada, Çin’de uygulanan büyük veri ve yapay zekâ çalışmalarının salgınla mücadelede nasıl kullanıldığı ve durumun dijital altyapı kurulumu, algılayıcıların (sensörlerin), kameraların sağladığı verileri analizi ve takibi ile kontrol altına alındığı incelenmektedir.

Keywords

koronavirüs, kovid-19, salgın, büyük veri çalışmaları, yapay zeka

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