An integrated team from the DSRC and CCLP, University of Haifa, organized together with the Ministry of Health and Innovation Authority a Coronavirus Challenge Hackathon.

It was a groundbreaking and successful innovative event.

Thanks to 18 professional teams that participated from all sectors and from all over the country in a 3-day data sharing event in which the Ministry shared the data with, we now have new insights that can help the country develop data-based mechanisms for corona monitoring and tools that can change future policy and for example, shorten the isolation time.

The official partners are:

Ministry of Health – The Plague Treatment Team, Timna, Computation Department

Israel Innovation Authority – C4IR

Haifa University – The Center for Cyber Law & Policy, The International Center for Health, Law & Ethics, The Data Science Research Center (DSRC Haifa).