Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Hacking epidemics in a hyper-connected world


Hacking epidemics in a hyper-connected world

11/30/2016 09:26 AM EST

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At the first hints of a disease outbreak, epidemiologists, health care providers, policy makers, and scientists turn to sophisticated predictive models to determine how an illness is spreading and what should be done to minimize contagion. An international research collaboration is upending the traditional modeling process, yielding predictions that are both simpler to calculate and more attuned to a hyper-connected world.


Full story at http://engineering.nyu.edu/press-releases/2016/11/28/hacking-epidemics-hyper-connected-world

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New York University


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