Picture of soldiers using contact tracing app

EPFL Field-tests Contact Tracing App

By John Maxwell / 9 June 2020

As the name implies, the international Decentralized Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing project (DP3T) focuses on data privacy and negates any chance of data being misused by hackers.

Messenger in COVID-19 Communication

Survey Reveals Importance of the Messenger in COVID-19 Communication

By John Maxwell / 1 June 2020

The research paper “Who is listening? Spokesperson Effect on Communicating Social and Physical Distancing Measures During the COVID-19 Pandemic” is authored by Andreas Spitz and Ahmad Abu-Akel (Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne) and Robert West (School of Computer and Communication Sciences, EPFL).

App-based Self-screener for COVID-19

Coming Soon: EPFL’s App-based Self-screener for COVID-19

By John Maxwell / 25 May 2020

A group of five researchers at EPFL’s Embedded Systems Laboratory (ESL) have developed an artificial intelligence-based system that allows you to record your cough and have it analyzed almost instantly to indicate whether you have COVID-19. In a few weeks’ time, the team will release an app, aptly named Coughvid, which will be available for free and direct download to your devices.