210224 PandemicResponseChallenge

A team of researchers from three University of Nebraska institutions is among the finalists in a global competition to develop an artificial intelligence-driven model to advise policymakers on how it is best to handle the COVID-19 pandemic. From left: Dan Piatkowski, assistant professor of community and regional planning at UNL, Alison Freifeld, professor of internal medicine at University of Nebraska Medical Center and an infectious diseases expert, Fadi Alsaleem, assistant professor of architectural engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and an expert in Big Data analysis and Basheer Qolomany, assistant professor of computer science at University of Nebraska-Kearney and an expert in cyber systems; Photos by Craig Chandler/UNL, Kent Sievers/UNMC, Ryan Soderlin/UNO, and Erika Pritchard/UNK. Photos taken February 2021,