Ouagadougou: Burkinabe teacher-researchers working on artificial intelligence and data mining have developed applications that will make it possible to predict diseases, diagnose pathologies and improve patient monitoring, learned the AIB on Friday with them.
A team of researchers from the Mathematics and Computer Science Laboratory (LAMI) of Ki-Zerbo University organized a seminar on Friday to promote artificial intelligence in the field of health in Burkina Faso.
These are Burkinabe teacher-researchers working on artificial intelligence and data mining who have developed applications that will make it possible to predict diseases, diagnose pathologies or improve patient monitoring.
According to the head of the Mathematics and Computer Science Laboratory (LAMI) at Joseph Ki-Zerbo University, Professor Stanislas Ouaro, this seminar will present applications designed by Burkinabè specialists, which will help the Ministry of Health to develop its health policy. .
According to Professor Ouaro, this meeting i
s also a scientific exchange aimed not only at further improving already functional software, but also at inviting donors to believe in Burkinabè expertise by financing embryonic but promising tools.
For the director of the information system of the Ministry in charge of Health, Dimitri Ouattara, this seminar is an opportunity to understand the innovations that exist in the university community on health data, on the one hand, and on the other hand , a way to popularize what the Ministry of Health does.
The organization of this seminar was supported by the Center of Interdisciplinary Excellence in Artificial Intelligence for Development (CITADEL), a structure affiliated with the Virtual University of Burkina Faso, which aims to be a ‘catalyst for innovation in intelligence artificial in the sub-region.
Source: Burkina Information Agency