Google Search Trends As A Tool for Surveillance
According to epidemiologists and open data researchers, Google Search Trends can help us predict hotspots of diseases, allocate resources, and prevent outbreaks. In this workshop by research scholar Shreya Chakraborty, participants learnt how Google Search Trends can be mined as a source of open data. This important tool allowed them to grasp how experts track, trace, and predict outbreaks.
About the Researcher
Shreya Chakraborty is a PhD student at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. She’s a joint student in both the Institute Mathematics Initiative (IMI) of the institute and the Centre for Brain Research(CBR). She completed her masters in Statistics from the University of Calcutta and her bachelors in Statistics from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata. She is currently engaged in learning Statistical Genetics and Computational techniques for her research work. She enjoys learning concepts and techniques that could be particularly useful in the domain of public healthcare.
