Artificial intelligence (AI) has been applied widely in our daily lives in a variety of ways with numerous success stories. AI has also contributed to dealing with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, which has been happening around the globe. This paper presents a survey of AI methods being used in various applications in the fight against the COVID-19 outbreak and outlines the crucial role of AI research in this unprecedented battle. We touch on areas where AI plays as an essential component, from medical image processing, data analytics, text mining and natural language processing, the Internet of Things, to computational biology and medicine. A summary of COVID-19 related data sources that are available for research purposes is also presented. Research directions on exploring the potential of AI and enhancing its capability and power in the pandemic battle are thoroughly discussed. We identify 13 groups of problems related to the COVID-19 pandemic and highlight promising AI methods and tools that can be used to address these problems. It is envisaged that this study will provide AI researchers and the wider community with an overview of the current status of AI applications, and motivate researchers to harness AI's potential in the fight against COVID-19.
翻译:人工智能(AI)在日常生活中以多种方式广泛应用了人工智能(AI),取得了许多成功,大赦国际还帮助处理全球范围内发生的冠状病毒(COVID-19)流行病,本文件对各种应用中用于防治COVID-19爆发的各种应用中的人工智能方法进行了调查,并概述了AI研究在这场前所未有的斗争中的关键作用。我们触及了AI发挥基本组成部分的领域,从医学图像处理、数据分析、文本挖掘和自然语言处理、物联网、计算生物学和医学。还介绍了COVID-19相关数据来源的摘要,供研究之用。还详细讨论了关于探索AI的潜力和加强其在大流行病战斗中的能力和力量的研究方向。我们确定了与COVID-19大流行病有关的13组问题,并着重指出了可用于解决这些问题的有希望的人工智能方法和工具。我们设想,这项研究将向大赦国际研究人员和更广泛的社区提供AI应用现状的概览,并激励研究人员利用AI在打击COVID-19斗争中的潜力。