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IMSI Zoom Workshop: Dealing with COVID-19 in Theory and Practice – OCT 29-30

  • 1.  IMSI Zoom Workshop: Dealing with COVID-19 in Theory and Practice – OCT 29-30

    Posted 10-23-2020 16:43

    Workshop: Dealing with COVID-19 in Theory and Practice – OCT 29-30, 2020
    Host: Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation

    Organizer: Andrew Lo, MIT

    The extraordinary impact of COVID-19 requires equally extraordinary measures, which are the focus of this workshop. Four major themes will be represented: Public Health Challenges, The Role of Data Science, Measuring and Managing Economic Impact, and The Path Forward.

    The workshop is free. Please register by end of business October 28, 2020.

    Register here: Dealing with COVID-19 in Theory and Practice

    Presenters:

    Public Health

    • Rupam Bhattacharyya, University of Michigan
    • Sarah E. Cobey, University of Chicago
    • Nigel Goldenfeld, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    • Sergei Maslov, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    • Bhramar Mukherjee, University of Michigan
    • Debrashee Ray, Johns Hopkins University
    • Maxwell Salvatore, University of Michigan


    Data Science

    • Michael Jordan, Berkeley
    • Xiao-Li Meng, Harvard
    • Mihaela van der Schaar, Cambridge
    • Daniel Weitzner, MIT


    Economic Impact

    • Emil Verner, MIT
    • Andrew Metrick, Yale
    • Andre Atkeson, UCLA


    Path Forward

    • Arthur Caplan, NYU
    • Peter Hale, Foundation for Vaccine Research
    • Jim Robinson, CEPI
    • Andrew Lo, MIT
    • Monique K. Mansoura, MITRE Corporation


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    Douglas Simpson
    Department of Statistics
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Associate Director
    Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation
    https://imsi.institute
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