Speaker:

Dirk Brockmann, Professor at the Institute of Biology, Humboldt-University of Berlin

Title:

The Data Donation Project - How wearable sensors can help in dealing with the COVID-19 crisis

Abstract:

This talk will be about two projects started in the context of the pandemic: 1) the Covid mobility monitor, and 2) The data donation project.

Speaker Bio:

Dirk Brockmann is Professor at the Institute of Biology at Humboldt-University of Berlin. Between 2007-2013 he was Professor for Applied Mathematics at Northwestern University. At Northwestern University he was on the faculty of Northwestern’s Institute on Complex Systems where he still holds an external faculty position.

A theoretical physicist by training, his research focuses on complex systems at the interface of physics, life sciences and social sciences. He is particularly interested the application of dynamicals systems theory, stochastic processes and network science to infectious disease dynamics and related contagion processes. In this context he is currently investigating dynamical processes on time-dependent networks, complex contagion processes and the emergence of cooperation in evolutionary processes. He is known for his work on human mobility and its role on the global spread of infectious diseases.

Webinar:

https://northwestern.zoom.us/j/98099248424
Passcode: nico

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