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Webinar series: Data science in action in response to the outbreak of COVID-19

  • 1.  Webinar series: Data science in action in response to the outbreak of COVID-19

    Posted 03-31-2020 02:03
    (apologies for cross posting)

    https://statds.org/events/webinar_dsa2020/index.html

    Registration is free but required to get a link to the event. The
    capacity is up to 1000 connections.

    + Friday, 04/17/2020, 11 am EDT, Dr. Peter X. Song: An epidemiological
    forecast model and software assessing interventions on COVID-19
    epidemic in China.

    + Friday, 04/24/2020, 10 am EDT, Dr. Song Xi Chen: Tracking
    reproductivity of COVID-19 epidemic in China with varying coefficient
    SIR model.

    + More webinars TBA

    The global pandemic of COVID-19 presents challenges as well as
    opportunities for data scientists to make real-time and real-world
    impacts. A large body of new data and research results have
    accumulated rapidly to better understand COVID-19, its transmission,
    incubation, and impacts on public health, economics, environment, and
    society, as well as mitigation strategies and vaccine development.
    Data scientists are playing critical roles on many fronts such as
    forecasting and mapping the outbreak, designing clinical trials,
    surveying public anxiety level, and making policy recommendations,
    among others.

    Initiated by the ASA Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science
    and the Journal of Data Science, this webinar series aims to promptly
    disseminate the newest data science methods, tools, and findings in
    response to the outbreak of COVID-19, facilitate the exchange of
    research ideas, and engage collaborations of data scientists worldwide
    to make a real impact in solving the COVID-19 crisis.

    Cosponsorship, suggestions on the series, and recommendations of
    speakers are welcome.

    Contacts:
    Dr. Jun Yan, jun.yan@uconn.edu
    Dr. Hao Helen Zhang, hzhang@math.arizona.edu