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great extent by minimizing human contact and
assist people and authorities on a large scale.
These solutions are saving lives of our thousands
of frontline corona warriors. The initial results
and positive impacts will further accelerate the
technology adoption in curbing the pandemic.
There are plenty of research opportunities in
making all these technology-driven processes
effective, fast, reliable, scalable, consistent, transparent,precise,and
efficient.The integrationof
IoT, cloud computing, and robotics into the
COVID-19 prevention cycle can lead hackers and
adversaries to carry out attacks and exploit user
privacy. The accuracy and reliability of these
technological catalysts will also play an important
role in their wide adoption. Thus, ensuring security,
privacy, and trust remains the most prominent
research area of this technology integration
in dealing with such pandemics.
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Pranav Kumar Singh is currently an Assistant
Professor with the Department of Computer Science
and Engineering, Central Institute of Technology
Kokrajhar, Kokrajhar, India. Contact him at snghpranav@gmail.com.
Sukumar
Nandi is currently a Senior Professor
with the Department of Computer Science & Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati,
Guwahati, India. Contact him at sukumar@iitg.ac.in.
Kayhan Zrar Ghafoor is with the Department of
Computer Science, Knowledge University, Erbil,
Iraq. Contact him at kayhan.zrar@knu.edu.iq.
Uttam Ghosh is currently an Assistant Professor of
practice with EECS, Vanderbilt University, Nashville,
TN, USA. Contact him at ghosh.uttam@ieee.org.
Danda B. Rawat is currently a Professor with the
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA.
Contact him at db.rawat@ieee.org.
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