[Sds-seminars] [Sds-announce] Fwd: [Teaching-cs] [Department-cs] FW: MEMS Seminar Series: Peko Hosoi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Wednesday, October 13, 2:30 pm

[Dan Spielman]

This talk could be interesting. Hosoi is a good speaker.

  --Dan






*Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science *



*Department of Mechanical Engineering *

*and Materials Science*



*Peko Hosoi*

*Massachusetts Institute of Technology*



*[image: A person holding a ball Description automatically generated with
medium confidence]*

*Practical Mathematics for Pandemics*



It has been an extraordinary 18 months.  The urgent need to find solutions
in the midst of a global pandemic has motivated many members of the
scientific community to seek out new collaborations and tackle new
problems. In this talk I will describe two such experiences from the past
year.  The first begins with a collaboration in which we derive a framework
to estimate the amount of random viral testing, follow-up contact tracing,
and subsequent isolation of infectious individuals required to prevent
outbreaks in different communities. This analysis led to a partnership with
NIH's RADx initiative and the development of whentotest.org
<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhentotest.org%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cnancy.pellegrino%40yale.edu%7Ca1ad6e694c12425c419808d98808a94c%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C637690393056785943%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=FPhzfT5wPHCK0zc1%2BCTY9FP1azpRQWaQjb3l5e32GkI%3D&reserved=0>,
a website that is now being used to inform policy in multiple states and
organizations. The second story explores the impact of opening NFL stadiums
to fans during the pandemic. Borrowing techniques from economics, we apply
synthetic control methods to analyze covid case counts to determine whether
opening stadiums has a detrimental, beneficial or neutral effect on the
surrounding community.



*October 13, 2021*

*2:30 – 3:30 pm*



*Location – Via ZOOM *

*Meeting ID:* 937 0811 0959

*Password:* OEFaSXpRQWdwME9Oc1Z5bVc3dGRrdz09



https://yale.zoom.us/j/93708110959?pwd=OEFaSXpRQWdwME9Oc1Z5bVc3dGRrdz09


*(weblink)*



*Virtual coffee hour with the speaker!* Please join us directly following
Prof. Hosoi seminar for a special virtual coffee hour. During this time, we
will continue discussions related to the seminar topic, as well as
non-technical topics. Discussions related to gender and diversity in
academia are welcome.



*Host: Madhusudhan Venkadesan*










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