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Summer School and Workshop on Modeling and Numerics in Epidemiology

As first event of SaC3 we organize a one week summer school and conference at the Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia. This webpage is under construction (Sep 25, 2024). Information, in particular on the registration process, will follow soon.

Date and location

Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
December 9-13, 2024

Venue

School and workshop take place in Building E20 (Edificio E20 Facultad de Ciencias naturales y Exactas) as well as the university library E19 (Biblioteca Mario Carvajal). Both locations are situated in Campus Melendez (campus map) of Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia.

Examples for very good hotels in the are are Hotel NH Cali Royal or Hilton Garden Inn Cali Ciudad Jardin. The area is in general safe and we recommend that you look for accomodation close by.

Contents

The Summer School consists of a series of lectures on different topics in mathematical epidemiology, covering aspects of modeling as well as analysis and numerics of ordinary and partial differential equations. A group of lecturers, all experts in these fields, will give introductions to different topics.

In the afternoon sessions we will go into detail and learn how to apply the methods in simple Python projects. These Python courses are aimed at students with some prior knowledge of Python, as we cannot offer a basic introduction. Details and more information - especially how to prepare your laptop if you bring your own - are given below.

During the last days of the week we will transition to a workshop character. Experts will present their research in the field of mathematical epidemiology. A call for papers for your contributions of posters and talks is open (see below).

Organizers

Local organizers from Universidad del Valle

  • Heliana Arias
  • Carmen Ramirez
  • Stevens Paz Sanchez
  • Olga Vasilieva

Lecturers and complete board of organizers

  • Heliana Arias, Universidad del Valle
  • Malte Braack, Kiel University
  • Dayron Dominguez, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
  • Carolin Mehlmann, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
  • Hermann Mena, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems
  • Carmen Ramirez, Universidad del Valle
  • Thomas Richter, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
  • Stevens Paz Sanchez, Universidad del Valle
  • Olga Vasilieva, Universidad del Valle
  • Thomas Wick, Leibniz University Hannover

Python classes

Information will follow soon.

Prelimindary Schedule

Monday, December 9

  1. 09.00 - 09.30: Welcome and Introduction
  2. 09.30 - 10:15: Modeling Olga Vasilieva. Wolbachia-based biocontrol for preventing dengue and other mosquito borne human infections.
  3. 10:15 - 11:00: Modeling tba Introduction to mathematical epidemiology.
  4. 11:00 - 11:15: Break
  5. 11:15 - 12:00: Analysis Thomas Wick. Brief recap on ODEs.
  6. 12:00 - 14:00: Lunch break
  7. 14:00 - 14:45: Numerics Thomas Wick. Solving ODEs
  8. 14:45 - 15:00: Break
  9. 15:00 - 16:30: Practical Dayron Dominguez. numpy and scipy for solving odes

Tuesday, December 10

  1. 09.00 - 10:30: Modeling Hermann Mena. Modeling, Simulation and Control of Vector-Borne Diseases
  2. 10:30 - 11:00: Break
  3. 11:00 - 12:00: Discussion Thomas Wick. Challenges and open problems
  4. 12:00 - 14:00: Lunch break
  5. 14:00 - 15:00: Numerics Hermann Mena. Scientific Machine Learning and Model Order Reduction for Simulating Vector-Borne Diseases
  6. 15:00 - 15:15: Break
  7. 15:15 - 16:30: Practical Dayron Dominguez, Hermann Mena. Introduction to pyMOR

Wednesday, December 11

  1. 09.00 - 09.45: Invited Talk Paula Castro Autopsy of SARS-CoV-2 spread dynamics in Ecuador using data assimilation techniques
  2. 09.45 - 10.30: Analysis Thomas Richter. PDE basics
  3. 10:30 - 11:00: Break
  4. 11:00 - 12:00: Numerics Carolin Mehlmann. Numerics of PDEs
  5. 12:00 - 14:00: Lunch break
  6. 14:00 - 15:00: Practical Carolin Mehlmann. PDEs in Python
  7. 15:00 - 15:15: Break
  8. 15:15 - 16:30: Poster Session

Thursday, December 12

  1. 09.00 - 09.45: Modeling Invited
  2. 09.45 - 10.30: Numerics Thomas Richter. Nonstationary PDE discretization
  3. 10:30 - 11:00: Break
  4. 11:00 - 12:00: Practical Dayron Dominguez. Solving nonstationary PDEs in Python
  5. 12:00 - 14:00: Lunch break with
  6. 14:00 - 15:00: Discussion Olga Vasilieva. Challenges and open Questions
  7. 15:00 - 15:15: Break
  8. 15:15 - 16:30: Constributed talks
  9. 19:00 - 23:00: Joint Dinner

Friday, December 13

  1. 09.00 - 09.45: Invited Talk
  2. 09.45 - 10.30: Contributed Talks
  3. 10:30 - 11:00: Break
  4. 11:00 - 12:00: Contributed Talks
  5. 12:00 - 13:00: Closing

Fee

A small conference fee may be charged by the local organisers (probably a maximum of USD 20). Details will follow shortly.

Registration and call for papers

The registration to the summerschool and call for abstracts is closed. Please write a mail to thomas.richter@ovgu.de if you are still interested in joining us.

Contact

Thomas Richer at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg thomas.richter@ovgu.de.

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