Data always plays a critical role in the ability to research, study, and combat public health emergencies, and nowhere is this more true than in the case of a global crisis. Access to data sets - and tools that can analyze that data at cloud scale - are increasingly essential to the research process and are particularly necessary in the global response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
To aid researchers, data scientists, and analysts in the effort to combat COVID-19, Google has made a hosted repository of public datasets, like Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering (JHU CSSE) the Global Health Data from the World Bank, and OpenStreetMap data, free to access and query through the Google COVID-19 Public Dataset Program. Researchers can also use BigQuery ML to train advanced machine learning models with this data right inside BigQuery at no additional cost.
These datasets remove barriers and provide access to critical information quickly and easily, eliminating the need to search for and onboard large data files. Researchers can access the datasets from within the Google Cloud Console, along with a description of the data and sample queries to advance research. All data included in the program will be public and freely available. The program will remain in effect until September 15, 2020.
This webinar will discuss how this data set and others can be used alongside Google tools to provide meaningful information to the community and it's stakeholders.
Tom Wojszynski of Google will lead this discussion along with several big-data experts from Google.
Webinar link will be sent via email prior to the event.
