[Forum SIS] Summer School “Data Science and Epidemic Models”, Trento, July 8-12, 2019. First Announcement

[Claudio Agostinelli]

Summer School “Data Science and Epidemic Models”,
Trento, July 8-12, 2019
First Announcement

The Summer School “Data Science and Epidemic Models” will take place in
Trento, Italy, from July 8 to 12, 2019.

The summer school aims at presenting state-of-the art techniques to
exploit the available data to improve our understanding of epidemic
dynamics and spread. The topics will include:
- computational and statistical methods for analyzing epidemiological
data, as well as data arising from new technological tools (such as
genetic analysis, social media, ...);
- methods for inferring detailed mobility and contact patterns to be
integrated in global epidemic models.

The school will include some hours of computer practice in the
application of the methods, and it is intended for Ph.D. students,
beginning post-docs and advanced Master’s students, preferably with some
experience in the area.

Lecturers:
- Nuno Faria, University of Oxford (UK)
- Christophe Fraser, University of Oxford (UK)
- Niel Hens, Hasselt University (Belgium)
- Aaron King, University of Michigan (USA)
- Alessandro Vespignani, Northeastern University, Boston (USA)

Participation will be limited to 50 people; participation fee 250 Euros.
The on-line form for participation will be available from February 1 on
the School Web site.

Deadline: April 1, 2019.

All information available on the web site
https://webmagazine.unitn.it/en/evento/dmath/51928/data-science-and-epidemic-models
<https://webmagazine.unitn.it/en/evento/dmath/51928/data-science-and-epidemic-models>

To contact us, write an e-mail to dsem2019 a unitn.it

The organizers:
Stefano Merler, FBK, Trento, Italy
Andrea Pugliese, University of Trento, Italy