Title : Epidemic modelling: past successes and future challenges
Speaker: Professor Valerie Isham (Forder Lecturer)
Affiliation: University College London
Time: 4:00 pm Thursday, 3 May, 2018
Location: MLT2/303-102
Abstract
Epidemic models are developed as a means of gaining understanding about the dynamics of the spread of infection (human and animal pathogens, computer viruses etc.) and of rumours and other information. This understanding can then inform control measures to limit spread, or in some cases enhance it (e.g., viral marketing). In this talk, I will give an introduction to simple generic epidemic models and their properties, the role of stochasticity and methods of approximation. I will discuss some past successes and outline some future challenges with particular regard to the effects of population structure (metapopulations, static and mobile networks) on transmission dynamics.

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