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Professor of the Practice, and Director of Data Science at Northeastern's Silicon Valley Campus

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A pandemic lesson from Chile: Data transparency can save lives

Ricardo Baeza-Yates, a director of data science at Northeastern’s Silicon Valley campus, has found that the official numbers reported by Chilean President Sebastián Piñera’s government belie the true scale of the COVID-19 outbreak in his native country. As the country eases its mitigation measures in an effort to reactivate its economy, he fears that a resurgence of cases could be on the horizon.
- by Khalida Sarwari August 17, 2020

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