DIMACS Epidemiology Minisymposium

April 25, 2005
DIMACS Center, CoRE Building, Rutgers University

Organizers:

Simon Levin, Princeton University, slevin@princeton.edu

Fred Roberts, Rutgers University, froberts@dimacs.rutgers.edu

Workshop Program:

Monday, April 25, 2005

10:00 - 10:30 Continental Breakfast and Registration

10:30 - 10:40 Welcome and Greetings and Overview of Upcoming Events in 
              DIMACS Special Focus on Computational and Mathematical Epidemiology
              Fred Roberts, DIMACS Director
              Simon Levin, Princeton University

10:40 - 11:40 Keynote talk: Epidemic viruses as Computational Entities
              Don Burke, Johns Hopkins University 

11:40 - 12:00 Break

12:00 - 12:35 Disease containment by progressive vaccination on trees and grids
              Stephen Hartke, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

12:35 -  1:35 Lunch and Discussion about Future Topics/Events/Projects

 1:35 -  2:10 Modelling the Ecology and Evolution of Influenza A Viruses
              Jonathan Dushoff, Princeton University 

 2:10 -  2:40 Break
 
 2:40 -  3:15 Networks of groups with homogeneous mixing
              Tanya Kostova, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

 3:15 -  3:35 Break

 3:35 -  4:10 Visualization Experiences with Seer Cancer Data
              James Abello, DIMACS 

 4:10 -  4:25 Continued discussion about Future Topics/Events/Projects and Closing Remarks

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