Smarter data tools for public health: IBM and Johns Hopkins demonstrated new analytic measures.

Progressively and surely, it appears clearly that, IBM is building its future around the services intended specially for companies, organizations and public institutions.

Today, officially, the company has announced that, his Scientists are collaborating with Johns Hopkins University and University of California, San Francisco to combat illness and infectious diseases in real-time with smarter data tools for public
health. The goal, is to help contain global outbreaks of dengue fever and malaria by applying the latest analytic models, computing technology and mathematical skills on an open-source framework.

‘’By understanding how and why these diseases spread, we can identify those regions most susceptible to emerging disease, inform public health, and allow them to focus on specific interventions in locations where they can have the greatest impact.” said James Kaufman, Public Health Manager, IBM Research.

Connectikpeople has observed that, available through the Eclipse Foundation, STEM is free and open to any scientist or researcher who chooses to build on and contribute to its library of models, computer code and denominator data. This openness facilitates the development of advanced mathematical models, the creation of flexible models involving multiple populations (species), interactions between diseases, and a better understanding of epidemiology.