ROLE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND BIG DATA IN COVID-19 PANDEMIC OUTBREAK : CHALLENGES, LESSONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS : PART II 

As the COVID-19 outbreak is booming, various approaches have been taken to control this outbreak. For example, lockdown, social distancing, screen and testing at a large scale. In this way, regulatory authorities occupy a crucial role in defining policies that can encourage the involvement of residents, scientists and researchers, industry, giant techs and large firms, as well as harmonizing the approaches executed by different entities to avoid any barriers and obstacles in the way of preventing the COVID-19 disease. Regarding this challenge, many attempts have been made from the first…

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BIG DATA AND HUMAN RIGHTS 

The data relating to our own actions and the data generated and reported on by “things”, are also increasingly shared and/or exploited in aggregate form, as so-called Big Data.  In this new environment, we are generate extremely detailed personalized or quasi-personalized data trails even if  we are only half aware of them. These data can be used to map social networks along with the spiders’ webs of contacts linked to further contacts. Combined with Big Data and profiles, they can show surprisingly revealing details  of every man and woman’s life, beliefs, inclinations,…

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UNITED NATIONS 75TH ANNIVERSARY: CRITICAL ANALYSIS

“The new millennium presents the most appropriate time to review the history of United Nations(UN) institution, its successes and failures, and expectations for its future.” Opinions may differ about the successes and failure of the United Nations as an instrument for world peace and security. But everyone will agree that it has played a crucial role in the economic and social advancement of the people. United Nation’s efforts in the early Cold War era concentrated on the relationships between nations and the issues of war and peace. The UN has…

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CHINA : HISTORY OF BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS’ ATTACK AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE AND FACTS

During the years 1931-1945, Japan pursued a Biological Weapons(BW) program and conducted Biological Weapons(BW) field tests against Chinese military and civilian targets. According to some Japanese estimates, including from former members of the Japanese Imperial Army, the total number of Chinese killed by military use of Biological Weapons(BW)  was about 21,000 people, most of these from cholera.(This figure does not include the more than 3,000 Chinese, Korean, and other prisoners of war who died in Japanese Biological Weapons(BW)  experiments.) Chinese estimates are much greater. During Japan’s invasion of China, Biological Weapons(BW)  was carried…

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PRECISION AGRICULTURE WITH BIG DATA ANALYTICS

In traditional agriculture, a schedule is  predetermined considering factors such  as rainfall, suitable weather, etc. and all tasks are performed in order accordingly. Despite their efforts, farmers face difficulty in making proper  decisions due to lack of essential  information at appropriate time. Thus, it  is required to collect real time data on weather, air quality, and soil fertility  and even on availability of labour and essential capital investment in total and analytical predictions, to make ingenious decisions. This way of farming is known as precision agriculture. Big data has emerged big in integrating various industries across…

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STEPS OF INNOVATION FOR FUTURE FUELS: PART II 

In June 2018, Norway launched an updated national strategy for research, development, demonstration and commercialisation of new climate-friendly energy technology. Fast-track from idea to market PILOT-E  is  a  collaboration  between  different  Norwegian energy  research,  development  and  demonstration support schemes. it works as a “fast-track” through the stages of research from idea to market. PILOT-E has been highlighted  at  earlier  Ministerials  and has been very successful. The maritime sector has been a priority so far. By 2022, around 70 new electric ferries will be operating on the Norwegian fords. There are also projects for hydrogen ferries underway. This is being  made  possible by public funding to develop the…

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STEPS OF INNOVATION FOR FUTURE FUEL: PART I 

For innovation in future fuel strategies & policies, few countries had agreed to provide information on strategies and plans for their respective governmental and/or state directed clean energy research and development investment over five years. New investments are focused on transformational clean energy technology innovations that can be scaled to varying economic and energy market conditions that exist in the countries and in the broader world. We can have bureau of some countries innovation strategies and policies for future fuel. The Government of Japan formulated the Strategic Energy Plan in…

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IMPACT OF BIG DATA ON HUMAN RIGHTS

The data relating to our own actions and the data generated and reported on by “things”, are also increasingly shared and/or exploited in aggregate form, as so-called Big Data. In this new environment, we are generating extremely detailed personalized or quasi personalized data trails. We are hardly aware about it. These data can be used to map social networks. The spiders’ webs of contacts linked to further contacts. Combined big data and profile can show details of every man and woman’s life, activities, health, beliefs with a high degree of…

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