Yu Guo, Ph.D.
Head of Machine Learning Platform, Autonomous Vehicle, Uber ATG
Normally I don't share personal notes on Linkedin, but this might be the only exception. #wuhan, #china, my hometown, has been fighting the #coronavirus #covid19 #epidemic since January. My large extended family and many of my childhood friends are still under mandatory #lockdown . I have just lost an uncle to this disease in February. While I could not do anything for them on the ground, I really wanted to help in some way. Here's how: We hope to bring more transparency to the public and increase awareness about this global epidemic. So we built a real time tracker for US and Canada (https://lnkd.in/gZcpYFb), by burning some midnight (and weekend) oil. We have received 10 million visits in the last 7 days, and tons of positive feedback from online communities. (https://lnkd.in/gZbJ-J3) We'd like to thank the engineers from 1Point3Acres on this extended hackathon, the group of volunteers fact checking day and night to bring accurate information, and the huge community of supporters giving us feedback, news leads, and cups of boba tea. We will keep up the effort. Please support us by sharing with your friends. While building it has been a good journey, we hope the #covid19 (now) #pandemic ends soon and our tracker stops incrementing. #flattenthecurve & #staysafe !