Atos mobilizes technological expertise to fight Covid-19
Paris, 28 April 2020
Atos, a world-wide leader in electronic transformation, delivers its technology leadership, techniques and innovation methods to the world-wide combat in opposition to Covid-19. By many direct and lover-led initiatives across the world, Atos is engaged on various fronts, supplying answers and computing electricity to assistance contain the spread of the virus, aid the scientific community, accelerate vaccine study and make sure organization continuity for crucial actions.
“An successful reaction to COVID-19 necessitates world-wide motion and collaboration concerning public and private actors. We are proud to be supporting people doing work intensively on the frontline in an hard work to counteract the pandemic by sharing our methods and answers. We are now in uncharted territory, but Atos’ determination and willingness to assistance citizens stay and get the job done sustainably and confidently in a changing electronic landscape in the course of the pandemic and in the lengthy phrase, remain intact,” says Elie Girard, Atos CEO.
Aiding nearby authorities contain the spread of the virus
The expanding mobility of the population will make containment of disorders more difficult and the need to act quickly and proficiently is vital at every level.
Leveraging its public sector and healthcare knowledge, Atos has made EpiSYS, an Epidemic Administration Procedure (EMS) which offers healthcare specialists a precise overview of an epidemiological condition by storing and taking care of all affected individual facts and facts relevant to the virus, which includes tracking and tracing affected individual incident stories, in real-time. EpiSYS was adopted in Austria in early March to assistance command the spread of Covid-19 and just take strategic selections in the existing disaster.
Mobilizing supercomputers and machine discovering to velocity up study
Atos’ significant-general performance computers can count 1000’s of instances more quickly than common computers. Whether or not they are used for simulation, to make predictive models, assess the development of the illness or produce new solutions, these impressive equipment are undertaking pretty demanding calculations that demonstrate to be vital in today’s race in opposition to the clock.
Atos’ supercomputers are at get the job done all-around the world. Two of the most impressive supercomputers in France, Joliot-Curie, operated at the CEA’s supercomputing center (TGCC), and Occigen, operated at CPU’s supercomputing middle (CINES), are supplying urgent computing access to substantial laptop methods to European study teams concerned in the combat in opposition to COVID-19.
In the British isles, Atos’ BullSequana supercomputer at the Hartree Centre is supplying computing electricity to run simulations of Covid-19 protein actions. In addition, the JADE countrywide AI supercomputing facility supplied and managed by Atos is becoming used by British isles researchers from the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Southampton doing work in the spot of biomolecular simulations. This supercomputer, owned by Oxford College and hosted at the Hartree Centre, part of the Science and Technologies Services Council (STFC), contributes towards endeavours in the development of a vaccine in opposition to SARS-COV2, anti-viral drugs and to improved fully grasp the molecular architecture of the virus and how it features.
Equally, Atos’ supercomputers in Brazil and the Czech Republic are also driving study all-around Covid-19.
Furnishing organization continuity with safe and sound and versatile electronic environments
Atos’ technologies also participate in a crucial part in preserving organization continuity amid the pandemic. To answer the challenges that companies are struggling with with household workplace turning out to be the norm, Atos has created and adapted a extensive place of work solutions giving and provides conclude-to-conclude answers, from distant management to wireless technology, while ensuring the protection of any business environment.
It is also vital to make sure govt and public authorities are ready to carry on to supply fundamental every day desires for every citizen’s lifetime. In the previous weeks, Atos has been ready to warranty services continuity with QoS (Quality of Company) for electricity utilities and h2o supplies, like Scottish Water, in various international locations thanks to an unwavering determination and expertise in these industries.
Sharing our facts science techniques with the study community
Atos is getting part in the ‘Covid–19 Dataset Challenge’, an international opposition launched by the White Dwelling, asking AI researchers to utilize machine discovering resources and strategies to assistance present answer to key inquiries about the illness. Atos has a focused workforce of 10 experts doing work on the venture.
