ITIHAS: IT-enabled lntegrated Hotspot Analysis System
- ITIHAS is a predictive, back-end tool to fine-tune Aarogya Setu data strictly for surveillance purposes.It was developed by an IIT-Madras professor, for surveillance and containment strategies, apart from manual contact tracing of Covid-19 patients.
- In Gujarat, it was first used in Ahmedabad from May 23, and is now expanded to Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot and Navsari districts, and is also being used for state-wide prediction of emerging hotspots.
- Some experts have called the tool a game-changer in surveillance activities, with an intelligent way of pin-pointing (areas) by use of a complex, artificial intelligence algorithm.
Salient Features of ITIHAS
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