Malaysian wins award for algorithm that predicts dengue outbreaks


Dr Dhesi (left), who led the team of six people, which developed the app, said that winning the award, given by King

PETALING JAYA: Malaysian Integrated Medical Professional Association (Mimpa) president Dr Dhesi Baha Raja has won the Pistoia Alliance Life Science Award for developing an algorithm that predicts dengue outbreaks.

Dr Dhesi developed an AIME (Artificial Intelligence in Medical Epidemiology), which is a disease-prediction mobile platform that employs technology and data to give people prior warning of when disease outbreaks might occur.

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