Mysuru: IEEE Mysore Subsection in association with IEEE Bangalore Section, IEEE Information Theory Society (ITS) Bangalore Chapter and IEEE Circuits and Systems (CAS) Society Bangalore Chapter organized a webinar on “Machine Learning Models for COVID-19 Diagnosis” recently.
The webinar was conducted by Dr Yu-Dong Zhang, Chair of knowledge discovery and Machine Learning at the University of Leicester, United Kingdom and Moderated by Dr Parameshachari B D, Chair IEEE Mysore Subsection, Professor & Head, Dept. of TCE GSSSIETW, Mysuru.
The webinar was graced by Dr P Deepa Shenoy, Chair, IEEE Bangalore Section and Professor, UVCE, Bengaluru. Dr Jalaja S, Chair, IEEE Circuits and Systems (CAS) Society Bangalore, Asst. Professor BIT, Bengaluru, Dr Bindu A Thomas, 2021 Chair, IEEE Mysore Subsection, Professor & Head, VVIET and Office Bearers of IEEE Mysore Subsection and IEEE Bangalore Section and participants from all over India from different universities.
Dr Yu-Dong Zhang discussed Chest scans for diagnostic purposes, talked about how the recent machine learning models (including deep learning models) can help develop computer-aided diagnosis systems via chest X-ray and chest CT, also covered two other chest-related diseases, namely secondary pulmonary tuberculosis and community-acquired pneumonia. After his talk, all questions from the participants were answered by the speaker. The webinar was attended by more than 230 participants all over the world. Participants greatly appreciated this webinar.
