Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on computational intelligence and cybersecurity: Survey

Mohamed Wiem Mkaouer; Tarek Gaber; and Zaineb Chelly Dagdia; Mohamed Wiem Mkaouer; Tarek Gaber; and Zaineb Chelly Dagdia

doi:10.3934/aci.2022010

Applied Computing and Intelligence

2022, Volume 2, Issue 2: 173-194. doi: 10.3934/aci.2022010

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Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on computational intelligence and cybersecurity: Survey

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Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, United States
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School of Computing, Science and Engineering, University of Salford, United Kingdom
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Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, DAVID, France
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LARODEC, ISG, Université de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

Received: 20 April 2022 Revised: 27 October 2022 Accepted: 01 November 2022 Published: 17 November 2022

In late December 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the outbreak of a new type of coronavirus, named the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), also known as COVID-19. The deadliness of the virus has forced governments and countries to socially isolate their populations, causing a worldwide impact on the economy. Pandemic management has stressed health systems to work beyond their limits, adding more to the tragedy of losing millions of lives. As a natural response to such disasters, intelligent systems have been developed for various reasons related to virus detection, tracking and control. The social lockdown created a record level of online platforms and applications being used to resume professional and educational activities in a virtual environment. This has triggered an unprecedented growth in cybercrime. This paper presents the effects of the pandemic on computational intelligence and cybersecurity.
- coronavirus,
- COVID-19,
- computational intelligence,
- cybersecurity
Citation: Mohamed Wiem Mkaouer, Tarek Gaber, and Zaineb Chelly Dagdia. Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on computational intelligence and cybersecurity: Survey[J]. Applied Computing and Intelligence, 2022, 2(2): 173-194. doi: 10.3934/aci.2022010

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Abstract

In late December 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the outbreak of a new type of coronavirus, named the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), also known as COVID-19. The deadliness of the virus has forced governments and countries to socially isolate their populations, causing a worldwide impact on the economy. Pandemic management has stressed health systems to work beyond their limits, adding more to the tragedy of losing millions of lives. As a natural response to such disasters, intelligent systems have been developed for various reasons related to virus detection, tracking and control. The social lockdown created a record level of online platforms and applications being used to resume professional and educational activities in a virtual environment. This has triggered an unprecedented growth in cybercrime. This paper presents the effects of the pandemic on computational intelligence and cybersecurity.

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