Share The coronavirus pandemic has shown a scenario with several research and development possibilities for the engineers at the Polytechnic School of USP, who worked with specialists from different areas of knowledge. One of the highlighted paths was that of data analysis, which is very important for combating the disease. Carlos Augusto Prete Junior , electrical engineer from the Polytechnic School of USP and researcher of the Cadde Project team at the USP Institute of Tropical Medicine, in an interview with the USP Journal on the Air 1st Edition , comments on this union of efforts that is so necessary at the moment.