The Institute of Complex Engineering Systems (ISCI), a scientific research center that brings together leading engineers from Universidad de Chile and Pontificia Universidad Católica, together with the Chilean technology and telecommunications company Entel, signed a collaboration and knowledge transfer agreement, with the aim of contributing from geo-intelligence to the analysis of population mobility in times of pandemic.
The scope of this alliance, joins efforts to work the information with engineers and professionals from ISCI together with a team of specialists from Entel Ocean, the digital unit of the telecommunications company, in the processing of data, development of predictive models and generation of conclusions.
“Our purpose, as a scientific research center, is to be able to contribute with engineering initiatives that contribute to solve, from our field, country challenges such as the one we are facing today with the pandemic. The spread of Covid-19 infection in the territory depends, among other factors, on mobility patterns. It is for this reason that the alliance with Entel is fundamental to know and analyze this key information to contain its advance", says Leonardo Basso, director of ISCI.
“Faced with the critical scenario we are witnessing with the advance of the virus in our country, we could not remain indifferent. As a Chilean company we responded to the call of one of the most prestigious research centers in the country, to jointly develop relevant information that can contribute to decision-making with technological background, and always ensuring adequate data protection for our customers", says Manuel Araya, Manager of Regulation and Corporate Affairs of Entel.
The first milestone achieved as a result of this alliance is the creation of a dynamic digital platform of public access that shows, through a cartographic viewer, the periodic percentage variation of mobility in the urban area of the Metropolitan Region.
By means of advanced analytical tools, it is possible to present a dynamic mobility metric with a higher level of accuracy, which provides relevant information regarding social behavior in times of health emergency. The visualization of this data aims to provide background information that allows making public policy decisions with scientific support.
The analysis and results were built with statistical data at census area scale and information on the use of telecommunications infrastructure, which Entel has delivered in compliance with its data protection policy, anonymized and aggregated.
For example, in this snapshot of the map corresponding to the second week of May, you can see how sectors of the population, marked in blue, are in strict preventive quarantine, while the sectors with mandatory quarantine, marked in yellow, do not necessarily have the same adherence to it. Such differences in people’s mobility patterns can be detected and captured with the map viewer.
The platform is public and hopes to be a contribution to applied research in the context of the coronavirus pandemic.
It can be accessed through: covidanalytics
ISCI currently has more than 11 research initiatives aimed at addressing the health crisis through innovation and the use of technology.
29 May, 2020
The Institute of Complex Engineering Systems (ISCI), a scientific research center that brings together leading engineers from Universidad de Chile and Pontificia Universidad Católica, together with the Chilean technology and telecommunications company Entel, signed a collaboration and knowledge transfer agreement, with the aim of contributing from geo-intelligence to the analysis of population mobility in times of pandemic.
The scope of this alliance, joins efforts to work the information with engineers and professionals from ISCI together with a team of specialists from Entel Ocean, the digital unit of the telecommunications company, in the processing of data, development of predictive models and generation of conclusions.
“Our purpose, as a scientific research center, is to be able to contribute with engineering initiatives that contribute to solve, from our field, country challenges such as the one we are facing today with the pandemic. The spread of Covid-19 infection in the territory depends, among other factors, on mobility patterns. It is for this reason that the alliance with Entel is fundamental to know and analyze this key information to contain its advance", says Leonardo Basso, director of ISCI.
“Faced with the critical scenario we are witnessing with the advance of the virus in our country, we could not remain indifferent. As a Chilean company we responded to the call of one of the most prestigious research centers in the country, to jointly develop relevant information that can contribute to decision-making with technological background, and always ensuring adequate data protection for our customers", says Manuel Araya, Manager of Regulation and Corporate Affairs of Entel.
The first milestone achieved as a result of this alliance is the creation of a dynamic digital platform of public access that shows, through a cartographic viewer, the periodic percentage variation of mobility in the urban area of the Metropolitan Region.
By means of advanced analytical tools, it is possible to present a dynamic mobility metric with a higher level of accuracy, which provides relevant information regarding social behavior in times of health emergency. The visualization of this data aims to provide background information that allows making public policy decisions with scientific support.
The analysis and results were built with statistical data at census area scale and information on the use of telecommunications infrastructure, which Entel has delivered in compliance with its data protection policy, anonymized and aggregated.
For example, in this snapshot of the map corresponding to the second week of May, you can see how sectors of the population, marked in blue, are in strict preventive quarantine, while the sectors with mandatory quarantine, marked in yellow, do not necessarily have the same adherence to it. Such differences in people’s mobility patterns can be detected and captured with the map viewer.
The platform is public and hopes to be a contribution to applied research in the context of the coronavirus pandemic.
It can be accessed through: covidanalytics
ISCI currently has more than 11 research initiatives aimed at addressing the health crisis through innovation and the use of technology.
The Institute of Complex Engineering Systems (ISCI), a scientific research center that brings together leading engineers from Universidad de Chile and Pontificia Universidad Católica, together with the Chilean technology and telecommunications company Entel, signed a collaboration and knowledge transfer agreement, with the aim of contributing from geo-intelligence to the analysis of population mobility in times of pandemic.
The scope of this alliance, joins efforts to work the information with engineers and professionals from ISCI together with a team of specialists from Entel Ocean, the digital unit of the telecommunications company, in the processing of data, development of predictive models and generation of conclusions.
“Our purpose, as a scientific research center, is to be able to contribute with engineering initiatives that contribute to solve, from our field, country challenges such as the one we are facing today with the pandemic. The spread of Covid-19 infection in the territory depends, among other factors, on mobility patterns. It is for this reason that the alliance with Entel is fundamental to know and analyze this key information to contain its advance", says Leonardo Basso, director of ISCI.
“Faced with the critical scenario we are witnessing with the advance of the virus in our country, we could not remain indifferent. As a Chilean company we responded to the call of one of the most prestigious research centers in the country, to jointly develop relevant information that can contribute to decision-making with technological background, and always ensuring adequate data protection for our customers", says Manuel Araya, Manager of Regulation and Corporate Affairs of Entel.
The first milestone achieved as a result of this alliance is the creation of a dynamic digital platform of public access that shows, through a cartographic viewer, the periodic percentage variation of mobility in the urban area of the Metropolitan Region.
By means of advanced analytical tools, it is possible to present a dynamic mobility metric with a higher level of accuracy, which provides relevant information regarding social behavior in times of health emergency. The visualization of this data aims to provide background information that allows making public policy decisions with scientific support.
The analysis and results were built with statistical data at census area scale and information on the use of telecommunications infrastructure, which Entel has delivered in compliance with its data protection policy, anonymized and aggregated.
For example, in this snapshot of the map corresponding to the second week of May, you can see how sectors of the population, marked in blue, are in strict preventive quarantine, while the sectors with mandatory quarantine, marked in yellow, do not necessarily have the same adherence to it. Such differences in people’s mobility patterns can be detected and captured with the map viewer.
The platform is public and hopes to be a contribution to applied research in the context of the coronavirus pandemic.
It can be accessed through: covidanalytics
ISCI currently has more than 11 research initiatives aimed at addressing the health crisis through innovation and the use of technology.