Learning graphs from noisy epidemic cascades

J Hoffmann, C Caramanis - Proceedings of the ACM on Measurement …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
We consider the problem of learning the weighted edges of a graph by observing the noisy
times of infection for multiple epidemic cascades on this graph. Past work has considered …

The cost of uncertainty in curing epidemics

J Hoffmann, C Caramanis - Proceedings of the ACM on Measurement …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Motivated by the study of controlling (curing) epidemics, we consider the spread of an SI
process on a known graph, where we have a limited budget to use to transition infected …

Quarantines as a Targeted Immunization Strategy

J Hoffmann, M Jordan, C Caramanis - arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.08262, 2020 - arxiv.org
In the context of the recent COVID-19 outbreak, quarantine has been used to" flatten the
curve" and slow the spread of the disease. In this paper, we show that this is not the only …