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Ritwik Raj Saxena

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arXiv2025

Intelligent Approaches to Predictive Analytics in Occupational Health and Safety in India

Concerns associated with occupational health and safety (OHS) remain critical and often under-addressed aspects of workforce management. This is especially true for high-risk industries such as manufacturing, construction, and mining. Such industries dominate the economy of India which is a developing country with a vast informal sector. Regulatory frameworks have been strengthened over the decades, particularly with regards to bringing the unorganized sector within the purview of law. Traditional approaches to OHS have largely been reactive and rely on post-incident analysis (which is curative) rather than preventive intervention. This paper portrays the immense potential of predictive analytics in rejuvenating OHS practices in India. Intelligent predictive analytics is driven by approaches like machine learning and statistical modeling. Its data-driven nature serves to overcome the limitations of conventional OHS methods. Predictive analytics approaches to OHS in India draw on global case studies and generative applications of predictive analytics in OHS which are customized to Indian industrial contexts. This paper attempts to explore in what ways it exhibits the potential to address challenges such as fragmented data ecosystems, resource constraints, and the variability of workplace hazards. The paper presents actionable policy recommendations to create conditions conducive to the widespread implementation of predictive analytics, which must be advocated as a cornerstone of OHS strategy. In doing so, the paper aims to spark a collaborational dialogue among policymakers, industry leaders, and technologists. It urges a shift towards intelligent practices to safeguard the well-being of India's workforce.

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arXiv2024

Artificial Intelligence in Traffic Systems

Existing research on AI-based traffic management systems, utilizing techniques such as fuzzy logic, reinforcement learning, deep neural networks, and evolutionary algorithms, demonstrates the potential of AI to transform the traffic landscape. This article endeavors to review the topics where AI and traffic management intersect. It comprises areas like AI-powered traffic signal control systems, automatic distance and velocity recognition (for instance, in autonomous vehicles, hereafter AVs), smart parking systems, and Intelligent Traffic Management Systems (ITMS), which use data captured in real-time to keep track of traffic conditions, and traffic-related law enforcement and surveillance using AI. AI applications in traffic management cover a wide range of spheres. The spheres comprise, inter alia, streamlining traffic signal timings, predicting traffic bottlenecks in specific areas, detecting potential accidents and road hazards, managing incidents accurately, advancing public transportation systems, development of innovative driver assistance systems, and minimizing environmental impact through simplified routes and reduced emissions. The benefits of AI in traffic management are also diverse. They comprise improved management of traffic data, sounder route decision automation, easier and speedier identification and resolution of vehicular issues through monitoring the condition of individual vehicles, decreased traffic snarls and mishaps, superior resource utilization, alleviated stress of traffic management manpower, greater on-road safety, and better emergency response time.

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arXiv2024

Beyond Flashcards: Designing an Intelligent Assistant for USMLE Mastery and Virtual Tutoring in Medical Education (A Study on Harnessing Chatbot Technology for Personalized Step 1 Prep)

Traditional medical basic sciences educational approaches follow a one-size-fits-all model, neglecting the diverse learning styles of individual students. I propose an intelligent AI companion which will fill this gap by providing on-the-fly solutions to students' questions in the context of not only USMLE Step 1 but also other similar examinations in other countries, inter alia, PLAB Part 1 in United Kingdom, and NEET (PG) and FMGE in India. I have harnessed Generative AI for dynamic, accurate, human-like responses and for knowledge retention and application. Users were encouraged to employ prompt engineering, in particular, in-context learning, for response optimization and enhancing the model's precision in understanding the intent of the user through the way the query is framed. The implementation of RAG has enhanced the chatbot's ability to combine pre-existing medical knowledge with generative capabilities for efficient and contextually relevant support. Mistral was employed using Python to perform the needed functions. The digital conversational agent was implemented and achieved a score of 0.5985 on a reference-based metric similar to BLEU and ROUGE scores. My approach addresses a critical gap in traditional medical basic sciences education by introducing an intelligent AI companion which specializes in helping medical aspirants with planning and information retention for USMLE Step 1 and other similar exams. Considering the stress that medical aspirants face in studying for the exam and in obtaining spontaneous answers to medical basic sciences queries, especially whose answers are challenging to obtain by searching online, and obviating a student's need to search bulky medical texts or lengthy indices or appendices, I have been able to create a quality assistant capable of producing ad-libitum responses best suited to the user's needs.

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