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Networks and epidemics| old_uid | 14587 |
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| title | Networks and epidemics |
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| start_date | 2014/11/06 |
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| schedule | 13h30-15h |
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| online | no |
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| location_info | aile verte, 1er étage, salle DR Dessein |
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| summary | The simplest models used in epidemiology of infectious diseases are based on simple concepts and equations, are mathematically well understood and capture the overall phenomenology of epidemics.
In order to go further, models need to take into account the complexity of the mobility and contact patterns of individuals. Thanks to the growing availability of large amounts of data, important steps have been made in recent times, driven in particular by interdisciplinary collaborations and advances in the so-called "network science". I will first present briefly some recent data-driven refinements of models of epidemic spread at large scale, and focus then on the research developed within the "SocioPatterns" collaboration (http://www.sociopatterns.org/): we have developed a sensing infrastructure able to measure contacts between individuals in various contexts (offices, schools, hospitals...) and study the resulting time-varying contact networks. I will present some characteristics of the gathered data, which reveal an interesting robustness across contexts. I will present some research directions suggested by the availability of these data, which range from fundamental issues to applications such as the design and evaluation of mitigation measures in the case of an epidemic spread. |
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| responsibles | <not specified> |
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