Stephanie Sy

CEO and Lead Data Scientist, Thinking Machines

Stephanie Sy is the CEO of Thinking Machines, a leading data science technology startup with offices in Manila and Singapore. Her company has published original research in artificial intelligence at top industry conferences such as the International Conference on Machine Learning. They are part of the UNICEF Innovation Fund for their work building open source artificial intelligence models to help address poverty and development issues. She's on the 2018 Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 List and is an Asia Society Young Leader.

Artificial intelligence’s successes and failures are providing lessons on how to develop solutions during the pandemic. Photo: Andy Kelly

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in the Time of COVID-19

Researchers are finding new uses for artificial intelligence and machine learning during the pandemic, but they are not a silver bullet.

Woochong Um, Bruno Carrasco, Stephanie Sy

Data from traffic apps in Southeast Asia indicate that urban mobility has a significant impact on the spread of COVID-19. Photo: Thor Alvis

Using Urban Mobility and Big Data to Track the Pandemic

An analysis of data from popular transit applications indicates that there is a relationship between increased mobility and COVID-19 cases, but more information is needed to make a definitive link.

Stephanie Sy, Hanif Rahemtulla, Bruno Carrasco

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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in the Time of COVID-19

Using Urban Mobility and Big Data to Track the Pandemic

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