DIMACS 2002-2011 Special Focus on Computational and Mathematical Epidemiology: Working Groups

Interdisciplinary working groups will explore specific research areas. Each working group will consist of researchers with expertise in the field and/or in one of the applications areas. We will bring these working groups together for several days to a week for a first meeting. There will be informal presentations and lots of time for discussion and interaction. At the end or beginning of this first get-together, we will hold a public workshop with more formal presentations. During the public workshop, others in the community interested in the field will be given an opportunity to learn about the working group's efforts and the working group will have the opportunity to learn about the efforts of others that they might not have known about. Because we want to be inclusive, we will use this public meeting to identify individuals from the community who might wish to join the working group or have their students do so, and we will include them in the second working group meeting. The goals of this first get-together at DIMACS will be to formulate problems, share ideas and approaches, and set an agenda for future interactions. These interactions will take place via email and such interactions as take place normally in scientific collaborations. After six to twelve months, we will bring the working groups back together at DIMACS for another meeting. We expect that at this second meeting, the participants will have an opportunity for intensive collaborations and also that they will make informal presentations to each other about their progress. At the end of the second get-together, we hope that the working groups will have obtained exciting results, at least of a preliminary nature, and we will have laid the groundwork for extensive future collaborations.

The following is the meeting schedule of the groups:

Working Group Meeting: Mathematical Sciences Methods for the Study of Deliberate Releases of Biological Agents and their Consequences

Dates: First Meeting, March 22 - 23, 2002

Location: DIMACS Center, CoRE Building, Rutgers University

Organizers: Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Cornell University and Fred Roberts, Rutgers University

Email: cc32@cornell.edu, froberts@dimacs.rutgers.edu

Email: valerie@stats.ucl.ac.uk, alun@alunlloyd.com, D.Mollison@ma.hw.ac.uk

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