Podcast S1/E02: Joaquín López Herráiz — AI and COVID-19

Joaquín López Herráiz discusses the use of AI to analyse chest X-rays during the COVID-19 pandemic. He explains how his team at the Complutense University of Madrid developed the winning project at UNESCO’s CodeTheCurve hackathon. The conversation covers the development process, its main challenges and the team’s proposed next steps.

Links

• About Joaquín López

• Code The Curve

• Tomography

Contents

0:00 – Introduction

05:40 – Introducing Joaquín López

06:55 – His background and career

09:45 – About the project

14:39 – Developing the project solution

21:41 – What is the biggest challenge you have faced so far?

29:40 – What has the experience meant to you personally?

33:00 – What would be the next steps of the project?

36:11 – Joaquín's recommendations

39:39 – Contact details and social media

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