Artificial intelligence in public health: the potential of epidemic early warning systems

CR MacIntyre, X Chen… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) to generate automated early warnings in epidemic
surveillance by harnessing vast open-source data with minimal human intervention has the …

Converging and emerging threats to health security

C Raina MacIntyre, TE Engells, M Scotch… - … Systems and Decisions, 2018 - Springer
Advances in biological sciences have outpaced regulatory and legal frameworks for
biosecurity. Simultaneously, there has been a convergence of scientific disciplines such as …

A network-based stochastic epidemic simulator: Controlling covid-19 with region-specific policies

A Kuzdeuov, D Baimukashev, A Karabay… - IEEE journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, we present an open-source stochastic epidemic simulator calibrated with extant
epidemic experience of COVID-19. The simulator models a country as a network …

Designing a multi-agent occupant simulation system to support facility planning and analysis for covid-19

B Lee, M Lee, J Mogk, R Goldstein… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
The COVID-19 pandemic changed our lives, forcing us to reconsider our built environment,
architectural designs, and even behaviours. Multiple stakeholders, including designers …

Reproducible parallel inference and simulation of stochastic state space models using odin, dust, and mcstate

RG FitzJohn, ES Knock, LK Whittles… - Wellcome Open …, 2021 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
State space models, including compartmental models, are used to model physical,
biological and social phenomena in a broad range of scientific fields. A common way of …

Digital health for the post-COVID-19 pandemic in India: emerging technologies for healthcare

A Ramachandran… - 2021 8th International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
COVID-19 has led to unprecedented utilization of digital solutions to combat the pandemic.
The purpose of the current article is to present an overview of digital technology adoption to …

Planning epidemic interventions with EpiPolicy

Z Tariq, M Mannino, M Le Xuan Anh, W Bagge… - The 34th Annual ACM …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Model-driven policymaking for epidemic control is a challenging collaborative process. It
begins when a team of public-health officials, epidemiologists, and economists construct a …

A data-driven framework to assess population dynamics during novel coronavirus outbreaks: A case study on Xiamen Island, China

P Wang, J Huang - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has profoundly influenced daily
life, necessitating the understanding of the relationship between the epidemic's progression …

[HTML][HTML] Open-sourced modeling and simulating tools for decision-makers during an emerging pandemic or epidemic–Systematic evaluation of utility and usability: A …

RS Lais, J Fitzner, YK Lee, V Struckmann - Dialogues in Health, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic had devastating effects on health systems globally.
Emerging infectious diseases and pandemics will persist as a global health threat and …

Is epidemiology ready for Big Software?

CC Kerr - Pathogens and disease, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Large-scale, open-source software projects like EMOD offer a new approach to
epidemiological modeling. Built by a team of professional software developers, EMOD offers …