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Contact tracing as COVID-19 aid. [Research Saturday]

Successful containment of the Coronavirus pandemic rests on the ability to quickly and reliably identify those who have been in close proximity to a contagious individual. Mayank Varia from Boston University describes how his team suggests an approach based on using short-range communication mechanisms, like Bluetooth, that are available in all modern cell phones. The research can be found here: Anonymous Collocation Discovery: Harnessing Privacy to Tame the Coronavirus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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25 Apr 2020

Successful containment of the Coronavirus pandemic rests on the ability to quickly and reliably identify those who have been in close proximity to a contagious individual.

Mayank Varia from Boston University describes how his team suggests an approach based on using short-range communication

mechanisms, like Bluetooth, that are available in all modern cell phones.

The research can be found here:

Anonymous Collocation Discovery:

Harnessing Privacy to Tame the Coronavirus

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices