Identifying High-Risk Workspaces during COVID-19 using Machine Learning

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc worldwide, on both public health and the worldwide economy. While necessary, quarantine and social distancing requirements have left many companies unable to reopen their offices in a safe manner. We present a model capable of identifying workspaces at high risk for COVID-19 disease transmission and illustrate how existing techniques for quantifying uncertainty in machine learning can be applied to assess the reliability of these predictions. This model is developed using a dataset created by leveraging historical sales data and detailed product information, and it is in the process of being utilized to identify customers to whom to reach out to facilitate the retrofitting of workspaces to support a safe return to the office.