Mathematics of COVID-19
Description
The Fields Institute, in collaboration with other mathematical and statistical sciences institutes in Canada, is forming a rapid response task force to study the mathematical modelling of COVID-19. The focus is on transmission risk modelling and intervention assessment. The group is headed by Prof. Jianhong Wu of York University.
Our objective is to assemble a national group of experts in mathematics, statistics, computational sciences, and artificial intelligence in order to provide mathematical support for decision making and the prevention and control of this virus.
This workshop will bring scientists and stakeholders together to exchange their research progress, look at policy issues/development, and identify knowledge gaps so our team can be better positioned to contribute to the mathematics of the on-going effort of managing the spread of COVID-19.
Schedule
| 09:00 to 09:30 |
Coffee and informal discussions
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| 09:30 to 10:00 |
Kumar Murty, The Fields Institute, Jianhong Wu, York University |
| 10:00 to 10:20 |
Huaiping Zhu, York University |
| 10:20 to 10:40 |
Julien Arino, University of Manitoba |
| 10:40 to 11:00 |
No Title Specified
Michael Li, University of Alberta |
| 11:00 to 11:20 |
Simulating / Modelling of the infection spread on Diamond Princess | Disaster diplomacy in the context of COVID-19
Ali Asgary, York University |
| 11:20 to 11:40 |
Disease dynamics on networks
Junling Ma, University of Victoria |
| 11:40 to 12:00 |
COVID-19 transmission risk, intervention assessment and trend prediction
Biao Tang, York University |
| 12:00 to 13:30 |
Lunch
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| 13:30 to 14:15 |
Nick Ogden, Public Health Agency of Canada |
| 14:15 to 14:30 |
Transmission of respiratory diseases
Lydia Bourouiba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 14:30 to 14:45 |
Navigating uncertainty in the early days of an epidemic: the role of modeling
Ashleigh Tuite, University of Toronto, David Fisman, University of Toronto |
| 14:45 to 15:00 |
No Title Specified
Jane Heffernan, York University |
| 15:00 to 15:15 |
Propagation of properties in a discrete network
Kumar Murty, The Fields Institute |
| 15:15 to 15:45 |
Coffee break
|
| 15:45 to 16:30 |
CIHR grant discussion
|
| 09:00 to 09:30 |
Coffee and informal discussions
|
| 09:30 to 09:45 |
Summary of Day 1
|
| 09:45 to 10:00 |
Jonathan Dushoff, McMaster University |
| 10:00 to 10:15 |
Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, York University |
| 10:15 to 10:30 |
No Title Specified
Charmaine Dean, University of Waterloo |
| 10:30 to 10:45 |
No Title Specified
Nicholas Hoell, University of Toronto |
| 10:45 to 11:00 |
No Title Specified
James Hsu Kiang Ooi, National Research Council Canada, Sajjad Ghaemi, National Research Council Canada, Nabil Belacel, National Research Council Canada |
| 11:00 to 12:00 |
Group discussions
|
| 12:00 to 13:30 |
Lunch
|
| 13:30 to 14:30 |
Report on Group Discussions
|
| 14:30 to 15:30 |
Panel Discussion
|
| 15:30 to 16:00 |
Coffee break
|
| 16:00 to 16:30 |
Closing
Tom Salisbury, The Fields Institute and York University |
