Name: EpiCoronaHack
Start: 2020-02-18T09:00:00-08:00
End: 2020-02-19T16:30:00-08:00
Location: Simon Fraser University

EpiCoronaHack

MAGPIE Research Group

MAGPIE research group is hosting a hackathon to explore data analysis, modelling, inference, and simulation on coronavirus data.

Simon Fraser University

Curious about the novel coronavirus that has been in the news? Wondering how worried you should be? Want to learn how researchers estimate the incubation period, transmissibility and other key features of this emerging outbreak? Want to make your own estimates, models and forecasts and see what you find? The MAGPIE research group, supported by PIMS and CANSSI, is hosting a hackathon called EpiCoronaHack. Come and join us to explore data analysis, epidemic modelling, inference, and simulation with the available coronavirus data. All are welcome! But some knowledge of at least one of the following is strongly recommended:<ul><li>Mathematics - ODEs, mathematical modelling</li><li>Statistics - stochastic models, statistical inference</li><li>Computing - R, MATLAB, Python or similar</li><li>An interest in epidemiology, infectious disease modelling or public health (no specific knowledge required) </li></ul>Date: Tuesday, February 18 and Wednesday, February 19, 2020Time: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm on Feb. 18; 9:00 - 4:30pm on Feb. 19<ul><li>Feb. 18: sign-in begins at 9:00 AM, opening talk at 9:30 AM </li></ul>Where: Big Data Hub - ASB 10900, CANSSI area, BDH FoyerGo to https://www.sfu.ca/magpie/home.html for more details.

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