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Department of Applied Mathematics
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario
Canada N2L 3G1
Phone: 519-888-4567, ext. 32700
Fax: 519-746-4319
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James Petrie | Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo
Targeted non-pharmaceutical interventions and optimal quarantine policy
Targeted application of non-pharmaceutical interventions can significantly reduce the cost of controlling infectious disease. I will discuss three projects related to this theme:
(1) A system for privacy-preserving digital contact tracing that enables notification of infection risk in a way that is scalable but does not increase government surveillance.
(2) Estimation of the optimal quarantine risk threshold by considering the tradeoff between quarantine policy and broad social distancing.
(3) Test timing and quarantine duration optimization informed by numerical modeling of conditionality between symptom onset, infectiousness and test sensitivity.
Contact Info
Department of Applied Mathematics
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario
Canada N2L 3G1
Phone: 519-888-4567, ext. 32700
Fax: 519-746-4319
PDF files require Adobe Acrobat Reader
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