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Summer school: Applied Modeling of Climate-Sensitive Infectious Diseases

This year we are organizing an interdisciplinary summer school to equip early-career modeling scientists with the main concepts and methods of researching and implementing models for climate-sensitive infectious diseases.

This year we are organizing an interdisciplinary summer school from 23-27 September 2024 in Heidelberg to equip early-career modeling scientists with the main concepts and methods of researching and implementing models for climate-sensitive infectious diseases. The topics include:

  • Climate and disease data preparation
  • Statistical models
  • Machine Learning
  • Process-based modeling

as well as their application to the converging global challenges: climate change and the spread of infectious diseases.

Target Audience:

MSc. and PhD candidates as well as postdoctoral scientists and young researchers with interest in mathematical/statistical modeling of infectious diseases.

Prerequisites:
  • Familiarity with Python and R.
  • A background in science.
  • Familiarity with ordinary differential equations.
  • Knowledge in compartmental models and machine learning is a plus.
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