Smart, Healthy Communities Initiative
Vikram Sharma Mailthody et al., Safer Illinois and RokWall: Privacy Preserving University Health Apps for COVID-19. March 2021. (Preprint)
This paper analyzes two computing infrastructures (Safer Illinois and RokWall) under development at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign to track and mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
Citation
Kim, J. & Kwan, M. International Journal of Geo-Information. January 2021. DOI: 10.3390/ijgi10010025
This paper examines people’s privacy concerns, perceptions of social benefits, and acceptance of various COVID-19 control measures that harness location information using data collected through an online survey in the U.S. and South Korea.
AWS Public Sector Blog (October 9, 2020)
Learn how the University of Illinois used mobile applications to support a safe return to campus.
A Daily Illini article by Amrita Bhattacharyya describes an overlooked feature of the Safer Illinois app: medical advice that students can get. The Safer Illinois app is primarily used to track COVID-19 test results and gain access to buildings, but it also provides medical advice to students who may be isolating. Students can use the…
