{"id":201,"date":"2020-12-23T12:42:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T17:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/science\/cdm\/?page_id=201"},"modified":"2023-06-12T11:48:03","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T15:48:03","slug":"mathematics-and-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/science\/cdm\/events\/mathematics-and-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Mathematics and COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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About the lecture series<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To promote the application of mathematics and mathematical modelling in combating COVID-19, the Centre for Disease Modeling (CDM) together with the Chinese Society for Mathematical Biology (CSMB) has launched a weekly distinguished lecture series, \u201cMathematics and COVID-19\u201d.  There will be 16 distinguished speakers to present topics that will cover and examine how mathematics can contribute to the understanding of SARS-CoV-2 to inform public health policy decision making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You are invited!<\/strong>
Webinar:<\/strong> https:\/\/yorku.zoom.us\/j\/98615589444?pwd=S1JYcVA0R291blBoZzBnRkhDdW56dz09<\/a> . <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organizing Committee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

     Julien Arino - University of Manitoba                                                      
     Jacques B\u00e9lair - Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al
     Jingan Cui - Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture     
     Meng Fan - Northeast Normal University
     Jane Heffernan - York University                                                            
     Zhen Jin - Shanxi University
     Michael Li - University of Alberta                                                            
    Wei Lin - Fudan University
    Wendi Wang - Southwest University                                                      
    James Watmough - University of New Brunswick  
    Yanni Xiao - Xi'an Jiaotong University                                                    
    Huaiping Zhu - York University (Lead organizer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Webinar IT support:<\/strong> Bertland Imai, Steven Chen,  Grant McNair<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CDM York Local organizing Team:<\/strong>Jane Heffernan, Jude Kong, Pei Yuan, Elena Aruffo,Tingting Zheng,Juan Li, Qi Li, Yi Tan, Raad Angie, Jun Li, Huaiping Zhu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lectures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Lecture 18 Pandemics in film: unraveling mathematical modeling<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>:  Dr Jacques Belair (Universite de Montreal)         <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date, Time: <\/strong>Thursday, August 27, 2020 8:30 pm \u2013 9:30 pm (EST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lecture 17 Early warning and long-term prediction of COVID-19 infection in China: model\/data-based analyses<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>:  Dr Sanyi Tang, (Shaanxi Normal University)          <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date, Time: <\/strong>Thursday, August 20, 2020 8:30 pm \u2013 9:30 pm (EST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lecture 16 On the prediction, evaluation, and simulation of epidemic dynamics of COVID-19<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>:  Dr Wei Lin, (Fudan University, China)          <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date, Time: <\/strong>Thursday, August 13, 2020 8:30 pm \u2013 9:30 pm (EST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lecture 15 Spatial modelling and analysis of the spread of COVID-19 in China: Spatial effect and indirect transmission<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>:  Dr Wendi Wang, (School of Mathematics and Statistics, Southwest University, China)          <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date, Time: <\/strong>Thursday, August 6, 2020 8:30 pm \u2013 9:30 pm (EST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lecture 14 Lifting mobility restrictions, super-spreading events and control of the short-term dynamics of COVID-19 in Mexico<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong>  Dr Jorge Velasco Hernandez (Instituto de Matematicas Unidad Juriquilla Queretaro, Mexico)          <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date, Time: <\/strong>Thursday, July 30, 2020 8:30 pm \u2013 9:30 pm (EST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lecture 13 Predictive modelling of COVID-19 in Canada to inform public health measures<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>:  Dr. Nick Ogden<\/strong>, Director, Public Health Risk Sciences Division National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)          <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date, Time: <\/strong>Thursday, July 23, 2020 8:30 pm \u2013 9:30 pm (EST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lecture 12 Real-time epi and acute care need monitoring\/forecasting for COVID-19: Sequential Monte Carlo-leveraged transmission models<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>:  Dr. Nathaniel Osgood<\/strong>, University of Saskatchewan          <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date, Time: <\/strong>Friday, July 17, 2020 8:30 pm \u2013 9:30 pm (EST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lecture 11 From the Black Death to COVID-19: Analyzing the past and forecasting the future <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>:  Dr. David Earn<\/strong>, Mathematics & Statistics, McMaster University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date, Time:<\/strong>  Friday, July 10, 2020 8:30 pm \u2013 9:30 pm (EST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lecture 10 Staggered Release Policies for COVID-19 Control: Costs and Benefits of Relaxing Restrictions by Age and Risk<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>:  Dr. Zhilan Feng, Department of Mathematics, Purdue University,Mathematical Biology Program, DMS, National Science Foundation, USA          <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date, Time:<\/strong> Friday, July 3, 2020 8:30 pm \u2013 9:30 pm (EST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lecture 9 Evolving epidemiology of COVID-19 in different regions of China<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>: Dr. Hongjie Yu, School of Public Health, Fudan University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date, Time:<\/strong> Friday, June 26, 2020 8:30 pm \u2013 9:30 pm (EST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lecture 8 Several spatial epidemic models in a heterogeneous environment with applications to COVID-19<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>: Dr. Yuan Lou, Department of Mathematics, Ohio State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date, Time:<\/strong> Friday, June 19, 2020 8:30 pm \u2013 9:30 pm (EST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lecture 7 Towards Epidemiological Intelligence: modeling based analytics combating COVID-19<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>: Xiaonong Zhou, Professor, Director National Institute of Parasitic Diseases at Chinese Center of Disease Control and Prevention & Chinese Center for Tropical<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date, Time:<\/strong> Friday, June 12, 2020 8:30 pm \u2013 9:30 pm (EST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lecture 6 Mathematical models for COVID-19 are not crystal balls. However\u2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>: Dr. Daniel Coombs,  Mathematics, University of British Columbia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date, Time:<\/strong> Saturday June 6, 2020 8:30 pm \u2013 9:30 pm (EST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lecture 5 How safe is re-opening? Real time modelling and resurgence risk in COVID-19<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>: Dr. Caroline Colijn, Mathematics and Statistics, Simon Fraser University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date, Time:<\/strong> Saturday May 30, 2020 8:30 pm \u2013 9:30 pm (EST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lecture 4 COVID-19 transmission characteristics: Implications to mathematical modelling<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>: Dr. Junling Ma Mathematics and Statistics University of Victoria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date, Time:<\/strong> Saturday May 23, 2020 8:30 pm \u2013 9:30 pm (EST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lecture 3 Transmission of respiratory diseases<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>: Prof. Lydia Bourouiba, The Fluid Dynamics of Disease Transmission Laboratory, MIT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date, Time:<\/strong>Saturday May 16, 2020 8:30 pm \u2013 9:30 pm (EST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lecture 2 Nonidentifiability in data-driven parameter estimation<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>: Dr. Michael Li Department of Mathematics, University of Alberta<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date, Time<\/strong>: Friday, May 8, 2020 - 20:30 to 21:30 (EST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lecture 1 What models can and cannot predict about the current COVID-19 pandemic<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>: Dr. Mac Hyman, Department of Mathematics, Tulane University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date, Time<\/strong>: Thursday, April 30, 2020 - 20:00 to 21:00 (EST)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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