That the Parliament congratulates Professor Naeem Ramzan, Director of the Centre for Affective and Human Computing for SMART Environments at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS), who, it understands, led a three-person team to develop technology that is capable of accurately diagnosing COVID-19 in just a few minutes; notes that Gabriel Okolo and Dr Stamos Katsigiannis were also part of the team; understands that they pioneered a ground-breaking Artificial Intelligence (AI) programme, which is able to detect the virus far faster than a PCR test, which typically takes around two hours, and believes that Scottish universities are at the forefront of new technologies and should be adequately funded to retain this lead.
Supported by:
Clare Adamson, Jeremy Balfour, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Donald Cameron (Registered interest)
, Sharon Dowey, Russell Findlay, Meghan Gallacher, Kenneth Gibson, Jamie Greene, Dr Sandesh Gulhane, Jamie Halcro Johnston, Rachael Hamilton, Stephen Kerr, Bill Kidd, Douglas Lumsden, Ruth Maguire, Edward Mountain, Paul O'Kane, Douglas Ross, Alexander Stewart, Paul Sweeney, Sue Webber, Annie Wells, Tess White, Brian Whittle