Re: Artificial intelligence for modeling outbreaks of viruses, but not viruses themselves

Dear Paola and members of the W3 AIKR CG,
These are harrowing, busy, stressful and exacting times for everyone.
I have found some key word strings that are yielding results both in identifying domains of research, bodies of literature, computational tools and research institutes and will help me to refine and focus on the issues at hand

AI-KR could definitely help creating a structural overview of research domains, available literature, computational tools and research institutes.
Two search strings so far have yielded a quick scan overview:"computational virology" and "genomics and computational tools for virus research"
I will over the next two weeks try to come up with some ideas on how to structure the efforts in creating an overview and see how we can utilize StratML to this effect.
Cheers to all of you and stay well

Milton Ponson
GSM: +297 747 8280
PO Box 1154, Oranjestad
Aruba, Dutch Caribbean
Project Paradigm: Bringing the ICT tools for sustainable development to all stakeholders worldwide through collaborative research on applied mathematics, advanced modeling, software and standards development 

    On Wednesday, April 8, 2020, 3:05:41 AM ADT, Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio@gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Mllton
interesting points-
I am  bogged down with practical work and trying to meet deadlines, as well was survival like anyone elseso do not have brainspace
From where I stand, data is useful but  mostly very noisyIt is indeed mostly noise that is flooding our inboxes difficult to keep clarity when hammered by noise
its knowledge required to make wise decision that matter, so the question of adequate KR remains pertinent to me, even in coronavirus times
Wish everyone on the list to stay safe
<g>

PDM
On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 1:33 AM ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program <metadataportals@yahoo.com> wrote:

Dear all,
Hundreds of articles are appearing every day on the COVID-19 virus, the global pandemic and local response and monitoring.
They range from medicine, microbiology, virology, epidemiology to computational (micro)biology mathematical modeling of outbreaks to criticisms of gain-of-function research.
Increasing numbers of articles focus on using semantic web technologies and AI to share the growing body of available global data for modeling, predictive analytics and study of the virus.
My question is simple: does there exist literature which focuses on artificial intelligence as a modeling paradigm for genomics, DNA and RNA replication, and a virus as an AI agent?
I am asking this because of the following points.

(1) Much of the composition of DNA in genomes does not relate directly to genes and other functional agents.
(2) Somehow a lot of information or precursor-knowledge appears to be stored in DNA and RNA strands.
(3) A virus contains a "manageable" amount of data for modeling and it seems worthwhile to study whether a virus can be modeled as a self-contained, multi-layered ecosystem of IT and logical constructs and programs.
(4) The concept from zoology, i.e. estivation, could be said to be applicable to viruses
(5) If we look at the article in Gizmodo titled Hibernating Aliens Could Explain the Great Silence
Hibernating Aliens Could Explain the Great Silence

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We could argue that the artificial intelligence could also be encoded as a virus.

AI modeling of viruses could potentially help us with predictive analytics for the evolution of viruses through mutations

I checked the Internet and found nothing.
Anyone out there who can prove me wrong in not finding anything or the idea of modeling a virus as AI for predictive analytics?


Milton Ponson
GSM: +297 747 8280
PO Box 1154, Oranjestad
Aruba, Dutch Caribbean
Project Paradigm: Bringing the ICT tools for sustainable development to all stakeholders worldwide through collaborative research on applied mathematics, advanced modeling, software and standards development