SIVP COVID-19 2021 : Special Issue on Computer Vision, Big Data and AI Research in Combating COVID-19

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

1. Datasets, data platforms, signal/data analysis and modelling approaches that facilitate our understanding of any aspect of the new coronavirus;
2. Signal and image processing techniques for COVID-19 detection and diagnosis from multimodal data, such as, voice, X-ray and CT images;
3. CV and AI techniques to ensure compliance with different measures, such as lockdowns, social distancing and facemask wearing;
4. CV and AI methods for COVID-19 detection and diagnosis;
5. Data analysis and AI approaches for tracking and predicting pandemic outbreaks;
6. AI for infodemiology and infoveillance;
7. Dynamic data assimilation models/Mathematical models;
8. Hybrid AI Neuro-symbolic models;
9. BD for outbreak detection and prediction;
10. BD for virus spread tracking;
11. BD for diagnosis and treatment;
12. BD for vaccine and drug discovery.