CEE DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES 2015-16 Modeling and Forecast of T Contagion Phenomena he recent big data revolution is finally enabling the development of data-driven computational models that allow very detailed analysis of dynamical processes as diverse as epidemic outbreaks, information and knowledge diffusion and Internet packet routing. These models have gained importance in the public-health domain, especially in infectious disease epidemiology, by providing quantitative approaches in support of the policy-making processes. In this lecture I will focus on discussing the recent successes as well as the methodological challenges in the modeling and forecast of contagion processes. Namely I will discuss the phenomenology emerging from the integration of multi-scale networks, the accuracy provided by different levels of data-integration, the problem of real-time estimation of parameters, and the validation through high quality data sets of the computational models. The example of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa will be used to ground some of these questions in the case of a current emerging disease threat. in the age of BIG DATA Alessandro Prof. Vespignani received his undergraduate degree and Ph.D., both in physics and both from the University of Rome “La Sapienza,” in 1990 and 1994 respectively. He completed his postdoctoral research at Yale University and Leiden University. Prof. Vespignani worked at the International Center for Theoretical Physics (UNESCO) in Trieste and at the University of Paris-Sud in France as a member of the National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS) before moving to Indiana University in 2004. Before joining Northeastern University Vespignani was J.H.Rudy Professor of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University and serving as the Director of the Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research and the Associate Director of the Pervasive Technology Institute. Vespignani is elected fellow of the American Physical Society, member of the Academia Europaea, and fellow of the Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences at Harvard University. He is serving in the board/leadership of a variety of professional association and journals and the Institute for Scientific Interchange Foundation. Vespignani STERNBERG DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR Northeastern University Monday, May 4th, 2015 LECTURE: 5-6pm | BUILDING 1-190 Pre-lecture Reception at 4:30pm FACULTY HOSTS Lydia Bourouiba + Marta Gonzalez
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