Tuesday, June 2, 2020
As economies begin to reopen, Waterloo Engineering researchers are developing technology that will notify users and public health when individuals come in close contact with someone confirmed or suspected to have COVID-19.
Patricia Nieva and William Melek, both Waterloo mechanical and mechatronics engineering professors, and their students are developing contact tracing software for an app called TraceSCAN.
In addition, the Waterloo researchers are creating software algorithms for grouping of individuals within a community based on smart phone Bluetooth data. Full story