AI4Pandemics Talk #19: Paulo José da Silva, University of Campinas

Welcome to the AI for Pandemic Seminars organized by the AI4PAN group centered at The University of Queensland. The fortnightly AI4PAN Seminars run via Zoom at 10am on Wednesday’s (AEST = Brisbane time zone). See also our YouTube Channel.

Speaker: Paulo José da Silva, University of Campinas

Title: Robot dance: using optimization in pandemic simulations

Abstract:
In this talk we will present the Robot Dance framework that allow us to use ideas from control and simulation in mathematical epidemiology models. This allows us not only to simulate the model with fixed parameters but also to capture possible natural variations on parameters that appears in situations like fitting past data when different social distancing measures were taken, simulate the response to a spike in the number of case that would result into adoption of non-pharmacological mitigation, design optimal vaccinations campaigns, etc. Further information