On November 12, 13 and 15, we are organizing the so-called Biomath days to which we invite students from the third grade of secondary school. On each of these days, the participating students will get in touch with the world … Continue reading
Category Archives: Epidemiology
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How would you control the outbreak of a deadly infectious disease? What would you prioritise – developing a vaccine; isolating the sick; closing borders? In this interactive event using reports from the 2003 SARS outbreak and swine flu pandemic of … Continue reading
Curriculum Material
Teach Networks to Teenagers
This is an article about outreach efforts to teach networks to students of age 13-16 in England. Supplementary teaching materials are available, too. Link to the abstract and article Download supplementary materials (.zip file)
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The Second International Conference on Applied Mathematics and Informatics (ICAMI’2013) will be organized during November 24 – 29, 2013 in San Andres Island, Colombia within the framework of the REALMA Network (REALMA). ICAMI’2013 will be hosted by the community of Colombian scholars, engineers and other specialists working in the field of applied mathematics and its adjunct areas, informatics and computer sciences. Continue reading
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This is part of a series of workshops organized by IMPA aiming at bringing together a multidisciplinary group of scientists to study problems in the biophysical sciences upon which mathematics may have an impact. This year’s main topics are: Inverse … Continue reading
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CIMAT is holding a 5-day workshop called “6th Industrial Problem Solving Workshop”. This event will take place at CIMAT in Guanajuato, Mexico. The workshop is designed to provide graduate students and qualified advanced undergraduates with firsthand experience in industrial research. … Continue reading
Public Lecture
Over the past few years, mathematicians have found themselves on the front line in the fight against epidemics. Mathematical models are frequently called upon by policy makers to answer questions about the likely scale of outbreaks and to help guide control efforts. Continue reading
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THE ROLE OF MOVEMENT AND DISPERSAL IN SPATIAL ECOLOGY, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Continue reading
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In epidemiology and ecology, models are typically developed along one of two directions: directly from available data, incorporating as much empirical records as possible, or conceptually as dynamical systems, incorporating data via estimation of parameters. Continue reading
Long Term Program
Public Lecture
Over the last century, there has been tremendous progress in understanding the transmission of infectious diseases in human populations. However, most historical outbreaks have not been studied in detail because data that might permit such investigations are buried in thousands of handwritten records. In recent years, my research group has digitized a large number of these historical records and begun to dissect the epidemic patterns. Modern computers allow us to visualize these patterns, and mathematical methods are helping us unravel the biological mechanisms that gave rise to the outbreaks. I will discuss our ongoing work, focussing on outbreaks of plague, from the Black Death in the 14th century to the Great Plague of London in the 17th century. Continue reading