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580 * ! Thu, 8/7/2014, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-259A
Modern Methods for Modeling and Forecasting of Infectious Diseases: From Visualization to Random Networks and Social Media — Invited Papers
Section on Statistics in Epidemiology
Organizer(s): Yulia R. Gel, University of Waterloo, Elena Naumova, Tufts University
Chair(s): Vyacheslav Lyubchich, University of Waterloo   
8:35 AM On Benefits and Limitations of Social Media for Early Outbreak Detection Elena Naumova, Tufts University ; Marwah Soliman, University of Texas at Dallas
9:00 AM Tracking Infectious Diseases Outbreaks with Networks-Based Models Lilia Leticia Ramirez Ramirez, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México ; Yulia R. Gel, University of Waterloo ; Mark Dredze, Johns Hopkins University ; Octavio Gutierrez-Garcia, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
9:25 AM Simplification of Agent-Based Epidemic Models Georgiy Bobashev, RTI International ; Daniel Heard, Duke University ; Robert J. Morris, RTI International
9:50 AM Tracking Epidemics with Google Flu Trends Data and a State-Space SEIR Model Vanja Dukic, University of Colorado at Boulder ; Hedibert Lopes, University of Chicago ; Nicholas Polson, Booth School of Business
10:15 AM Floor Discussion



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